Introduces the elements considered essential to English literature, in which writing became more personal and had a new sense of humanity.

Both the form and content of literature today owes much to the developments that took place in England between the Restoration and Romantic periods. The emergen

This is a guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, charting some of the main features of literary language development and

Details the evolution of literature during a period representing a staggering amount of change, moving from one-dimensional action stories and religious lessons

Details the evolution of literature and explores the writers, works, and events that have shaped literature.