The Eighteenth-Century Literature Handbook (Literature & Culture Handbooks)

<div><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS ??'">Literature and Culture Handbooks</span></i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS ??'"> 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: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span><br/><p class=MsoPlainText><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS ??'">• Introduction to authors, texts, historical and cultural contexts <o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoPlainText><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS ??'">• Guides to key critics, concepts and topics <o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoPlainText><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS ??'">• An overview of major critical approaches, changes in the canon and directions of current and future research <o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoPlainText><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS ??'">• Case studies in reading literary and critical texts <o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoPlainText><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS ??'">• Annotated bibliography (including websites), timeline, glossary of critical terms. <o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS ??'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">The Eighteenth-Century Literature Handbook</span></i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS ??'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> is an invaluable introduction to literature and culture in the eighteenth century. </span></p></div>>