Eighteen chapters by leading academics and practitioners on key aspects of English Literature to inform, engage and pique the interest of A Level students. A perfect overview of the subject for advanced level students, first year undergraduates and the general reader.
Foreword by John Mullan
- Robert Eaglestone: What is English Literature?
- Judy Simons: The Critical Essay
- Peter Barry: Reading in Context
- Michael Rosen: Poetry – A Conversation Across Time
- Emma Smith: Shakespeare and Historical Context
- Jenny Stevens: The Rise of the Novel in the 18th and 19th Centuries
- Malcolm Hebron: The Romantics
- Stephen Donovan: Modernism
- Sean McEvoy: Modern Drama in Britain and Ireland – The European Influence
- Pamela Bickley: The Novel in the 20th and 21st Centuries
- Nicolas Tredell: Declaration and Dream: American Literature 1776-2018
- Leila Kamali: Postcolonial Literature
- Andrew Michael Hurley: Gothic and the Supernatural
- Nathan Waddell: Dystopia
- Christopher Pittard: Crime
- Chris Powers: The Short Story
- Nicolas Tredell: ‘Isms’ and the Critical Reader
- Andrew McCallum: Experimental Literature Past, Present and Future
Comment on this publication