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"Written in prose that is clear and free from the diktat of theory and criticism, A Little History of Literature is an enjoyable account of a lifelong involvement with literature."—John Vukmirovich, Times Literary Supplement"For many, this book will be intellectual comfort food. For younger readers, it will, or should, function as a blueprint or study guide. Written in prose that is clear and free from the diktat of theory and criticism, A Little History of Literature is an enjoyable account of a lifelong involvement with literature."—John Vukmirovich, Times Literary Supplement"A genial, enthusiastic guide leads a jaunt through literary history. . . . [Sutherland’s] aim is not to draw a line between high art and low, but to share his prodigious joy of reading."—Kirkus Reviews"This slim book makes for a necessarily cursory review of literature’s greats – and the loving treatment by an expert . . . will please both novices and established readers looking to dip back into well-loved works."—Shelf Awareness"John Sutherland is among the handful of critics whose every book I must have. He's sharp-eyed and sharp-tongued, with a generous heart and a wise head."—Jay Parini
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About the Author
John Sutherland, Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus of Modern English Literature, University College London, has taught students at every level and is the author or editor of more than 20 books. He lives in London.
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Product details
Series: Little Histories
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press (September 30, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300205317
ISBN-13: 978-0300205312
Product Dimensions:
5.2 x 1 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.4 out of 5 stars
26 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#134,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
This book strongly resembles Saul Steinberg's famous New Yorker cover of New York City, but instead of New York streets writ large we have British authors with all the writers from other countries scattered haphazardly in the background.This necessarily gives a biased history of literature. Given these limitations this is a well-written, enlightening but very superficial literary history, aimed at the high schooler or college Freshman.It takes us only until the 5th chapter to get to Chaucer and we pretty much stay mainly on the British islands for the next 35. Sutherland, an expert in 19th Century British literature, pulls out interesting facts from all ages of writing and writes with a very light hand. But we get a full chapter on Hardy and Tennyson, but only a paragraph or two on Proust and Joyce and Kafka. He covers topics such as censorship, best sellers, screen adaptations and book prizes in their own chapters as well.A chapter on Virginia Woolf is typical: covered are a short bio, a survey of her works, feminist criticism and the Bloomsbury Group. All in seven pages. But this is a "little" history so there is truth in advertising and when moving at this pace, there are no longeurs.The book is continually entertaining, informative and very basic. It is like those tour buses that introduce you to a new city: showing you places that you may care to return to at some future time in order to linger.
He might as well have called it A Little History of Western Literature given his scant mention of any historical development in the eastern front save for the current writers Mo Yan from China who is a Nobel Laureate and Haruki Murakami from Japan who has a global following, both of which were only mentioned in passing. Substitute English for Western and the book becomes even more accurate, because after quick brushstrokes on the precursors of literature in the west, dedicating 4 out of 40 chapters on myths, epics and tragedies from various old world superpowers, he formally begins to follow the trail of literature in English beginning with Chaucer's Cantebury Tales.These gripes aside, this 'little history' will satisfy lovers of literature like me who are interested to follow the treasure trail of developments in the tools (printing and publishing), authorship (copyright laws), milieus (romanticism, modernism, post modernism, dystopian, absurdist, existentialist, metaphysical, magic realism, etc), types (novels, poetry, plays, criticism) and trends (reading groups, bestsellers, ebooks, adaptations, literary prizes, etc) that lead us to the book that we have in our hands.Easter eggs such as discovering that italics is so named because the first designer of the slanted type is from Italy, that font is so called because these are the receptacles of shapes where molten lead is poured to create the type, and that these fonts are stored in cases where the capital letters are found in the upper case, all add to the fun of reading this book. Many other tidbits such as these are inconspicuously found all over, and discovering them adds to the fun of reading.Knowing the tumultuous and multi-branched scope of literature's historical development in this book gave me greater appreciation of all the books I've read and will read, and for that alone I cherish this book and highly recommend its reading.
This was probably an impossible commission. After a brief introduction covering myth, fable and the sagas, what we get is restricted to English lit. with a little American, and the smallest nod to foreign (European) languages. That said, this is a fair overview of this huge subject by somebody who clearly loves it and has read everything! Whether you agree with everything he chooses to write about or what he says about the works he covers doesn't much matter: the important bits are covered and the book as a whole is interesting and I think would provoke an intelligent teenager into exploring further the wealth and variety that English lit. has to offer. Will the American readership be miffed, though?
Having read Sutherland's Lives of the Novelists, and listened to his marvelous lecture series on British Literature (via Audible) I knew I was in for a treat. And this new book did not disappoint, being (as it was) written in Professor Sutherland's distinctive style.I was never bored; rather, I was inspired to read MORE. I can genuinely recommend this book to anyone who needs a good reason to return to Literature. And for those who never left it, Sutherland will help you to get even more out of reading.
John Sutherland's books are always hugely enjoyable, with lots of informative tidbits scattered throughout. This is a little more programmatic than others of his I've read (his series on 19th Century novels -- Is Heathcliff a Murderer? Can Jane Eyre Be Happy? and their successors -- is not to be missed), but always thoughtful with interesting perspectives on his literary subjects.
Great for those with little background. Probably not desirable for the more experienced.
Loved this book! Amazingly compact but full of flavor and information, this book makes you love literature that much more. Wonderfully organized, easy to understand. A quick read. John Sutherland is a wonderful historian and writer.
This really is a succinct, history of literature. I bought it as companion because I'm studying literature and its given me a great birds eye view of the history. I would really recommend it.
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