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

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

Covering a wide range of historical, theoretical, critical and cultural contexts, this collection studies key issues in contemporary Woolf studies.

T. S. Eliot's work demands much from his readers. The more the reader knows about his allusions and range of cultural reference, the more rewarding are his poem