Books in the Longman Literature In English Series series

This study charts the remarkable development of American drama in the twentieth century. It defines the variety of themes, genres and styles the drama produced, discussing both individual works and dramatic oeuvres whilst placing them in their cultural context.

Concerned with English poetry of the Romantic period, this author-based study aims to consider the writer in terms of the poetry, and not from a biographical point of view, and the political and social history which conditioned this poetry.

This study traces the literary and cultural history of Caribbean writing from Walter Raleigh to the present. It identifies the individuality of the Caribbean contribution within the broader picture of postcolonial literature and includes a literary map, chronology, and essays on keynote topics.

This is a study of a particularly influential phase in the development of modern English theatre - the age of Wilde and Shaw. It focuses on some of the main themes in the theatre, from Shaw and comedy, to the rise of political and radio drama.

The multi-volume Longman literature in English series aims to provide students of literature with a critical introduction to the major genres in their historical and cultural context. This book looks at cinema, painting and architecture in 20th-century America, as well as the culture of politics.

Part of the "Longman Literature in English" series, this text examines American fiction between 1940 and 1991. Amongst the areas covered are the emergence of African American Fiction, Southern Fiction, Jewish American Fiction, postmodernism as Black humour and fiction by women.

Part of the "Longman Literature in English" series which aims to provide students of literature with a critical introduction to the major genres in their historical and cultural context. This text examines English poetry since 1940.

A comprehensive historical survey of the period 1789xxx;1830. Will aid the reader in assessing the role of prose fiction in a period hitherto dominated by poetry.

This text aims to provide students with a critical introduction to the major developments in literary criticism and literary theory in English since the 1890s.

An in-depth survey of drama in English up to 1590 which is based upon close readings of selected plays, including Thomas Kyd's "The Spanish Tragedy". The text covers many types of drama such as mystery cycles and the interludes, as well as comedy and tragedy.

A full understanding of Irish Literature and the consciousness of Irish writers requires seeing them in the context of the issues that dominated the period in which they wrote. The questions of nationality, race and religion, the nature of Irish identity and efforts to develop a cultural consciousness, are examined here.

The canon of eighteenth-century poetry has expanded to include women poets, laboring-class and provincial poets, and many unheard voices. This book questions some of the structures, categories, and labels that have given the age its reassuring shape in literary history.

This text provides students with a fascinating historical and sociological overview of the literature in English from East and West Africa, introducing a wide range of writers, genres and individual works and also providing an overview of the main events and forces which have shaped the writing.

This widely acclaimed survey of nineteenth-century fiction covers both the major writers and their works and the genres and 'minor' fiction of the period. This excellent introduction and reference source has been revised in its second edition to include new material on lesser-known writers and a comprehensively updated bibliography.

The Romantic Period was one of the most exciting periods in English literary history. This book provides a comprehensive account of the intellectual and cultural background to Romantic literature. It looks at: the changing literary marketplace and so-called 'circulation revolution'; the troubled territories of education and family life; and more.

Part of the Longman Literature in English series which aims to provide students of literature with a critical introduction to the major genres in their historical and cultural context. This volume considers English prose during the 17th-century.

This is an introductory guide to the themes, styles, concerns and contexts of English drama, from 1940 to the turn of the 21st century.

What were the causes of Restoration drama's licentiousness? How did the elegantly-turned comedy of Congreve become the pointed satire of Fielding? And how did Sheridan and Goldsmith reshape the materials they inherited? Richard Bevis argues that none of these questions can be answered without an understanding of Augustan and Georgian history.

An examination both of the arts as an expression of cultural attitudes, emphasizing court culture as a focal point and source of patronage, and also of developments in science, religion and political theory. It is suitable for upper school, undergraduate and Open University students.

This is a thought-provoking synthesis of the Victorian period, focusing on the themes of science, religion, politics and art. It examines the developments which radically changed the intellectual climate and illustrates how their manifestations permeated Victorian literature.

This study offers a critical interpretation of Scottish literature as well as an introduction to Scottish culture. It covers the Scottish enlightenment and the world of Adam Smith and David Hume, and the "Scottish Renaissance" associated with Hugh MacDiarmid.

This book presents a full account of Chaucer's achievements and explores in what ways Chaucer is at the same time typical and atypical of his age.

Provides students of literature with an introduction to this genre, placing 16th-century poetry in its historical and cultural context. This volume examines poetry of the Renaissance, from Dunbar in the late 15th century to the "Songs and Sonnets" of John Donne in the early 17th century.

This is an impressive and lucid survey of eighteenth-century intellectual life. It reflects on some of the dominant themes of the period, arguing against such labels as 'Augustan Age', 'Age of Enlightenment' and ' Age of Reason', which have been attached to the eighteenth-century by critics and historians.

This is an ambitious and fascinating analysis of early twentieth-century literature in English from Kipling, Conrad, Lawrence and Forster through figures like Bennett and Woolf to writers such as Evelyn Waugh.

Concerned with English poetry of the 17th century, this text attempts to explain how this poetry relates to the century in which it was written. This second edition emphasizes the relationship of the verse with the century's socio-political history and includes a section on women poets.