From Anglo-Saxon runes to postcolonial rap, this undergraduate textbook covers the social and historical contexts of the whole of the English literature.

Essential student textbook supporting the study of literature from the Middle Ages to the present.

This book examines a key topic in modern literary studies. Contextual factors shape our perception of how literary texts are made, and how they are read. This b

Provides richly detailed essays on significant works of English Literature. Each 8-10 page concise essay examines both novels and works of short fiction through