The concise Oxford chronology of English literature

"What were people writing about as Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? How did the events around the time of the industrial revolution influence the literary output of British writers and thinkers? What are we reading now and how does it differ from what was being read 500 years ago?" "The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature presents a comprehensive year-by-year digest of 15,000 significant and representative works of literature published in English by British authors since 1474."--BOOK JACKET.