Critical Encyclopaedia Of English Literature : Ancient & Modern(4 Volume Set)

"The English Language and Literature course is one of the broadest in the country, giving you the chance to study writing in English from its origins in Anglo-Saxon England to the literature of the 20th and early 21st centuries. As well as the literature of the British Isles, you can study works written in Eng- lish from many other parts of the world. The course also allows you a considerable degree of choice about the topics you would like to concentrate on. This book provides students and scholars of classical literature with a practical guide to modern literary theory and criticism. Using a clear and concise approach, it navigates readers through various theoreti- cal approaches, including Russian Formal- ism, structuralism, deconstruction, gender studies, and New Historicism. "