Thoroughly updated, this book remains the best overall survey of English literature available. Brings this successful book up to date with new material on, among others, Caryl Churchill, Brian Friel, Martin Amis and Graham Swift Very accessible
A survey of English literature which has been updated to include writers such as Caryl Churchill, Brian Friel, Martin Amis and Graham Swift. The book deals briefly with the earlier periods and more fully with the last two centuries. It includes coverage of the post-war novel and theatre.
