What are the books that I should definitely read to gain knowledge about English literature before pursuing my MA and PhD?
Asked by Radhika Goel
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Dear Radhika, following are the books.
1) A Critical Study of English Literature Volume 1& 2 by David Daiches
2) A History of English Literature Volume 1,2 & 3 by J N Mundra and S C Mundra are really good books to prepare for English Literature. It will give you thorough knowledge in question and answer form. Apart from this you should also read Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J A Cuddon published by Penguin books. Go through Bacon's essays and also don't forget to read William Shakespeare separately. I hope this would suffice. All the best and God bless you. -
Go through Hudson's Background to the study of Literature threadbare. The book will give you a comprehensive idea. Study Abram's Literary Terms beforehand. Read some Shakespeare and Keats. Improve your literary taste. Learn to read in detail. Get rid of superficial reading. -
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Kamaraju pulugurtha Online teaching of English, on retirement | Guide-Level 14
7 years agoGo through Hudson's Background to the study of Literature threadbare. The book will give you a comprehensive idea. Study Abram's Literary Terms beforehand. Read some Shakespeare and Keats. Improve your literary taste. Learn to read in detail. Get rid of superficial reading. -
You can refer the following books:
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R
Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
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