Literature and its times : profiles of 300 notable literary works and the historical events that influenced them / [edited by] Joyce Moss, George Wilson.

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Detroit : Gale, c1997.Description: xxix, 488p. : ill. ; 29cmISBN:

0787606073

Other title:

Vol. 1 : ancient times to the American and French revolutions (prehistory-1970s)

Subject(s):

Classical literature -- History and criticism. Literature and history -- Rome

DDC classification:

22nd ed 809.93358 LIT

Summary: Literature and Its Times provides the historical background of 300 of the most-studied novels, plays, poems, speeches and short stories. This 5-vol. set is arranged chronologically from ancient times to the present, with the entries in each volume arranged alphabetically by title. Each entry examines both the historical setting of the literary work and the historical events taking place at the time the work was written.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Literature/Kiswahili Fasihi	809.93358 LIT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00007078

Includes bibliography and index

Literature and Its Times provides the historical background of 300 of the most-studied novels, plays, poems, speeches and short stories. This 5-vol. set is arranged chronologically from ancient times to the present, with the entries in each volume arranged alphabetically by title. Each entry examines both the historical setting of the literary work and the historical events taking place at the time the work was written.

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