Paul Poplawski, formerly of the University of Leicester, where he was Director of Studies at Vaughan College and Senior Lecturer in English, now lives and works as an independent scholar in Austria.

Review for first edition: '… a brilliantly designed textbook, thoughtfully conceived and appealingly presented, clearly showing how literature is vibrantly alive in and to the world in which it was written. Both students and teachers will find this book of great use and genuine interest.' David Scott Kastan, Columbia University

• Revised preface; 1. Medieval English, 500–1500 Valerie Allen; 2. The Renaissance, 1485–1660 Andrew Hiscock; 3. The Restoration and eighteenth century, 1660–1780 Lee Morrissey; 4. The Romantic period, 1780–1832 Peter J. Kitson; 5. The Victorian age, 1832–1901 Maria Frawley; 6. The twentieth century, 1901–39 Paul Poplawski; 7. The twentieth and twenty-first centuries, 1939–2015 John Brannigan; 8. Post-Colonial literature in English Paul Poplawski.

Paul Poplawski, formerly of the University of Leicester, where he was Director of Studies at Vaughan College and Senior Lecturer in English, now lives and works as an independent scholar in Austria.

Review for first edition: '… a brilliantly designed textbook, thoughtfully conceived and appealingly presented, clearly showing how literature is vibrantly alive in and to the world in which it was written. Both students and teachers will find this book of great use and genuine interest.' David Scott Kastan, Columbia University

• Revised preface; 1. Medieval English, 500–1500 Valerie Allen; 2. The Renaissance, 1485–1660 Andrew Hiscock; 3. The Restoration and eighteenth century, 1660–1780 Lee Morrissey; 4. The Romantic period, 1780–1832 Peter J. Kitson; 5. The Victorian age, 1832–1901 Maria Frawley; 6. The twentieth century, 1901–39 Paul Poplawski; 7. The twentieth and twenty-first centuries, 1939–2015 John Brannigan; 8. Post-Colonial literature in English Paul Poplawski.

Paul Poplawski, formerly of the University of Leicester, where he was Director of Studies at Vaughan College and Senior Lecturer in English, now lives and works as an independent scholar in Austria.

Review for first edition: '… a brilliantly designed textbook, thoughtfully conceived and appealingly presented, clearly showing how literature is vibrantly alive in and to the world in which it was written. Both students and teachers will find this book of great use and genuine interest.' David Scott Kastan, Columbia University

• Revised preface; 1. Medieval English, 500–1500 Valerie Allen; 2. The Renaissance, 1485–1660 Andrew Hiscock; 3. The Restoration and eighteenth century, 1660–1780 Lee Morrissey; 4. The Romantic period, 1780–1832 Peter J. Kitson; 5. The Victorian age, 1832–1901 Maria Frawley; 6. The twentieth century, 1901–39 Paul Poplawski; 7. The twentieth and twenty-first centuries, 1939–2015 John Brannigan; 8. Post-Colonial literature in English Paul Poplawski.