This popular introduction and course companion to literary studies for A level and degree students is revised in a major new edition. New features in the third edition include completely new chapters on gothic and war literature, new sections on Swift, Dryden, Matthew Arnold and Kipling and an account of the impact of new critical theory on all major authors.

Now appearing in its third edition, Martin Stephen's classic text and course companion to English literature has been thoroughly revised and updated, taking account of the changes which have occurred in the subject since publication of the second edition.