This book intends to be a comprehensive account of English literature starting from the pre-Anglo Saxon period to the modern age. Catering to the needs of students and scholars, the book is a rich store house of information. It offers minutae of socio-political contexts of England over the years from which the literary products sprang. The book incorporates both at a glance pictures and elaborate analyses of literary works punctuated with relevant insightful remarks of the great historians of English Literature. Written in a free-flowing style and lucid language of the book is expected to be immensely reader-friendly. The book is primarily targeted at the students of English literature; however the topics in the book are elucidated in an elaborate and comprehensive manner, which makes it easy for the readers who are not acquainted with the literary background.

Author Biography

Rabindranath Chakraborty acted as a senior lecturer of English for over 30 years at Dwijendralal College, India, and later joined IGNOU and is still associated with it as a visiting professor of English.