Literature in Britain and Ireland is a survey of literature on the British Isles since the time
of the Anglo-Saxons. Despite this wide angle the linguistic regional and ethnic
differentiations in each particular period are being emphasised. Because of its combination of
traditional and innovative components of English Studies this history of literature is useful
as a study book accompanying courses as well as an incentive for discoveries while reading. The
chapters are systematically structured to allow profiles along the history of genres.In
addition to poetry drama short stories and the novel different forms of non-fictional prose
are being highlighted too. Innovative tendencies in teaching English literature are taken into
account beyond the consideration of popular and contemporary literature.
