The Eighteenth-Century Literature Handbook PDF

Literature and Culture Handbooks are an innovative series of guides to major periods, topics and authors in British and American literature and culture.

Designed to provide a comprehensive, one-stop resource for literature students, each handbook provides the essential information and guidance needed from the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced knowledge and skills.

Written in clear language by leading academics, they provide an indispensable introduction to key topics, including: • Introduction to authors, texts, historical and cultural contexts • Guides to key critics, concepts and topics • An overview of major critical approaches, changes in the canon and directions of current and future research • Case studies in reading literary and critical texts • Annotated bibliography (including websites), timeline, glossary of critical terms.

The Eighteenth-Century Literature Handbook is an invaluable introduction to literature and culture in the eighteenth century.