This comprehensive guide to the historical and cultural context of English literature covers
the core periods of literature and history from the English Renaissance to the present. Peter
Widdowson introduces and outlines key terms concepts and developments and provides a series of
timelines showing political social cultural and literary events for each year. Together this
indispensable reference work offers a concise history of Britain for literature students at all
levels and provides readers with the context for any literary work from 1500 to 2000.The
Palgrave Guide to English Literature and its Contexts 1500-2000- covers a wide range of
canonical British authors and works but also provides contextualising examples of works from
other countries- each chapter focuses on a key period in English Literature and History gives
a brief overview of that period and defines the main terms and ideas of the age- contains
easy-to-follow timelines which may beviewed either horizontally or vertically allowing readers
to track a chronological history or single out the developments and events of a specific year
