title: The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland
author:  Ronald Carter 
description: "The book fills a gap that has existed ever since Legouis and Cazamian became outdated, and that was quite a long time ago."<br />-LinguistList <br />
zlib_text: The Routledge History of  Literature in English
  The Routledge History of Literature in English covers the main developments in
  the history of British and Irish literature, with accompanying language notes
  which explore the interrelationships between language and literature at each
  stage. With a span from ad  to the present day, it emphasises the growth
  of literary writing, its traditions, conventions and changing characteristics,
  and includes literature from the margins, both geographical and cultural.
  Extensive quotations from poetry, prose and drama underpin the narrative.
  The third edition covers recent developments in literary and cultural theory,
  and features:
  • a new chapter on novels, drama and poetry in the twenty-ﬁrst century;
  • examples of analysis of key texts drawn from across the history of British
  and Irish literature, including material from Chaucer, Shakespeare, John
  Keats and Virginia Woolf;
  • an extensive companion website including extra language notes and key
  tex