From jrubba at HARP.AIX.CALPOLY.EDU Tue Aug 6 18:56:00 1996 From: jrubba at HARP.AIX.CALPOLY.EDU (Johanna Rubba) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 11:56:00 -0700 Subject: Query Message-ID: Hello! I'm writing to ask for recommendations for a pleasure-reading list of books that are set in various periods over the history of English (e.g. books set on the continent in pre-invasion times; books set in the Old, Middle, and Early Modern English periods). I'm looking specifically for pleasure-reading type books that have lots of detail on daily life in those periods -- historical fiction, etc.; not necessarily Great Literature. Ones I'm aware of are Mary Stewart's three novels about Merlin. There is also a novel told from Grendel's point of view**, but I don't recall the title/author. And I recently read what turned out to be a romance set in Germany in the times of the Roman Empire. Stuff like that. **I think this one qualifies as literature. I will post a summary of responses. Thanks! Johanna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Johanna Rubba Assistant Professor, Linguistics ~ English Department, California Polytechnic State University ~ San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 ~ Tel. (805)-756-2184 E-mail: jrubba at oboe.aix.calpoly.edu ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From jrubba at HARP.AIX.CALPOLY.EDU Tue Aug 6 18:56:00 1996 From: jrubba at HARP.AIX.CALPOLY.EDU (Johanna Rubba) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 11:56:00 -0700 Subject: Query Message-ID: Hello! I'm writing to ask for recommendations for a pleasure-reading list of books that are set in various periods over the history of English (e.g. books set on the continent in pre-invasion times; books set in the Old, Middle, and Early Modern English periods). I'm looking specifically for pleasure-reading type books that have lots of detail on daily life in those periods -- historical fiction, etc.; not necessarily Great Literature. Ones I'm aware of are Mary Stewart's three novels about Merlin. There is also a novel told from Grendel's point of view**, but I don't recall the title/author. And I recently read what turned out to be a romance set in Germany in the times of the Roman Empire. Stuff like that. **I think this one qualifies as literature. I will post a summary of responses. Thanks! Johanna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Johanna Rubba Assistant Professor, Linguistics ~ English Department, California Polytechnic State University ~ San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 ~ Tel. (805)-756-2184 E-mail: jrubba at oboe.aix.calpoly.edu ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~