A history of British, Irish and American literature

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This revised and enlarged edition features discussions of British, Irish, and American literary works up to 2010, focusing on significant prose, poetry, drama, and non-fiction from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 21st century. It highlights what remains essential reading today. A key innovation is the integration of visual material, with over 160 pictures enhancing the text, and a CD-ROM included that contains the full text and 460 illustrations. This visual component, along with introductory sections on art for each century, illustrates the connection between visual and verbal representations, emphasizing literature's debt to art. Additional features include discussions on non-fiction works in literary criticism, travel writing, historiography, and the social sciences, as well as analyses of popular genres like crime fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and children's literature. The book also offers footnotes clarifying technical and historical terms, a detailed glossary of literary terms, chronological tables for British/Anglo-Irish and American literatures, an updated bibliography with further reading suggestions, and an extensive index covering names, important topics in literary history and criticism, and cultural history terms.