"English Literature" MA Exam References

History of English Literature

Title
1. The Norton Anthology of English Literature
2. The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Major
Authors (5th ed.) New York. W. W. Norton, 1987. 3 volumes.
3. The Abridged Edition of the Norton Anthology of English
Literature (1st ed.)
4. A Survey of English Literature. 2 volumes.
5. An Outline of English Literature (1st ed.) Longman, 1984.

Author(s)
S. Greenblatt

Chapters
All

M.H. Abrams et al.

All

J. Sokhanvar and H. Honarvar

(Eds.)
A. Abjadian
G.C. Thornley and R. Gwyneth

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Literary Genres
Title

Author(s)

1. The Oxford Companion to English Literature

2. Cambridge Paperback Guide to Literature in English

M. Drabble
I. Ousby

Chapters
Summary (characters and theme)
of important works
Summary (characters and theme)
of important works

Literary Criticism and Terms

Title
1. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature (5th ed.) Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2005.
2. Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice (4th ed.) NJ:
Prentice Hall Inc, 2007.
3. A Short History of Literary Criticism (1st ed.) London: The Merlin Press, 1964.
4. An Introduction to Literary Criticism (3rd ed.) Hong Kong: Longman York
Press, 1986.
5. Literary Schools for University Students. Tehran: Avaye Noor, 1993.
6. Literary Schools: A Reader. Tehran: Rahnama Press, 2003.
7. Glossary of Literary Terms (8th ed.) Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005.
8. A Dictionary of Literary Terms (4th ed.) Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd, 1999.

Author(s)

Chapters

W. Guerin et al.

All

C. Bressler

All

V. Hall

All

R. Dutton

All

M. Haghighi
F. Yeganeh
M.H.A. Abrams
J.A. Cuddon

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