This definitive companion provides a critical overview of literary culture in the period from John Milton to William Blake. Its broad chronological range responds to recent configurations of the canon and points to new directions of study.

Designed as both a contribution to original research and as a stimulating and accessible text, this volume is a helpful, reliable, responsive and adaptable resource for students of Chaucer at all levels.

The Companion to Romanticism is a major introductory survey from an international galaxy of scholars writing new pieces, specifically for a student readership, under the editorship of Duncan Wu.

This broad-ranging Companion offers readers a thorough grounding in both the background and the substance of eighteenth-century poetry in all its rich variety.

• Provides an up-to-date and wide-ranging guide to eighteenth-century poetry
• Reflects the dramatic transformation which has taken place in the study of eighteenth-century poetry over the past two decades
• Opens with a section on contexts, discussing poetry's relationships with patriotism, politics, science, and the visual arts, for example
• Discusses poetry by male and female poets from all...

This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history.

• One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in recent years
• Brings together respected Twain critics and a number of younger scholars in the field to provide an overview of this central figure in American literature
• Places special emphasis on the ways in which Twain's works remain both relevant and important for a...

A Companion to Shakespeare is an indispensable book for students and teachers of Shakespeare, indeed for anyone with an interest in his plays.

• Contains 28 newly commissioned essays written by the most distinguished historians and literary scholars
• Situates Shakespeare in the historical and cultural conditions in which he wrote