Surveys the main periods, movements, figures, the achievements of British literature from Chaucer's time to the 1980s, emphasizing each writer's major work and the continuity of tradition within the genres.
- ISBN10 1280326948
- ISBN13 9781280326943
- Publish Date 1 January 1984 (first published July 1974)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 March 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Taylor & Francis Group
- Edition 2nd Revised ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 496
- Language English