The essays in this collection survey the work of some of the most important British and Irish novelists of today. They not only consider afresh the work of nove

Essays on British and Irish authors of short stories written between 1945 and 2000 that are traditional in subject matter and technique, and cover social, polit

Essays on British and Irish novelists discusses the combination of desperation and avant-gardism, bestsellers, masterpieces, competing technologies, hyper ficti

This award-winning multi-volume series is dedicated to making literature and its creators better understood and more accessible to students and interested reade

Embraces the work of writers working in theatrical traditions ranging from the classic well-made play to the most radical avant-garde pieces. This variety is in