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Routledge Guides to Literature

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Editorial Advisory Board: Richard Bradford and Jan Jedrzejewski, both at the University of Ulster, Coleraine, Ireland, and Duncan Wu, St. Catherine's College, Oxford University, UK

Routledge Guides to Literature are clear introductions to authors and texts most frequently studied by undergraduate students of literature. Each book explores texts, contexts and criticism, highlighting the critical views and contextual factors that students must consider in advanced studies of literary works.

Each guide presents a variety of approaches and interpretations, encouraging readers to think critically about 'standard' views and to make independent readings of literary texts. Alongside general guides to texts and authors, the series includes 'sourcebooks', which incorporate extracts from key contextual and critical materials as well as annotated passages from the primary text.