The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

Clear, concise and comprehensive overview of the major literary movements and their associated classic works, all the way from ancient Mesopotamia to today. Very enlightening and entertaining read. I didn't even know "Southern Ontario Gothic" was a thing!

This book lays out the most significant of literatures that have been written and published in humanity and does a good job of presenting the information- not too long or too short. It’s a great overview of understanding the various themes and context and provides an opportunity to build interest on the ones you like so you can buy the actual books explore them further. This book is a great starting point.

Great book which gives an overview of English Literature in an easy to 'dip into' layout. A great concise reference book.

This book has particularly helped with my literature modules at university. Reading each section to how literature became popular in many different forms have been quite interesting. Most importantly, this book is fantastic if you struggle to absorb and interpret 18/19th century literature stories when reading or watching them – this book gives a simple, but detailed, description into the stories themselves and helps interpret the certain storyline subject.

Brought this as a Christmas gift, the receiver was an English teacher and she absolutely loved it.She was actually plesantly surprised at how thoughtful a secret santa gift could be. Perfect for anyone who likes books, it's hard back and bursting will all sorts of information.

This book is a must have for any avid reader!! I bought this for my daughter for Christmas and she loves it, came in 2 days. An amazing gift

A nutshell guide to the major literary figures and their works with thematic links. The graphics layout, however, is, in my opinion, awful. Great big blocks of typeface as headings give a slightly patronising feel to the whole book which detracts from the well researched content.

A very well written and easy to read guide to literature from its beginnings to the present time. It covers a wide range of books and authors and the ebook version is very good value.

Detailed and well done. A wealth on information. More text than I expected, not for children. Love their entire series. Awesome

Este libro está súper bien para quien esté estudiando literatura universal, estudiando para oposiciones con esta materia, cine (guionista), escribiendo una novela, o simplemente le gusta el mundo de los libros, la literatura, o el cine. Me ha gustado mucho. Describe sobre ciertos referentes literarios, y bonitas fotos e ilustraciones. Me gusta el diseño del libro. Obviamente, faltan muchos referentes, y con datos. Pero, no todo se puede tener en un libro.

Finde die Reihe sehr gut, sehr übersichtlich und anschaulich erklärt, zu empfehlen

Giusto quello che mi aspettavo, come il suo nome lo dice è molto facile da capire e la grafica è molto bella

La manera de exponer los temas es simple y efectiva. Es visual, pero no deja de lado entrar a fondo en los temas. Lo recomiendo mucho.