Mastering English Literature

The third edition of this leading text provides a comprehensive guide to the what and how of literary study. Attention is paid to the details of literary language and includes a wide variety of examples. In view of the shifts in the teaching of English Literature over recent years, more emphasis has been placed on contextualizing literature and this updated version takes these changes into account by incorporating more material on historical and cultural contexts as well as in-depth discussions on novels, drama and poetry.