About Writers and their Work
Writers and their Work, launched in 1994 in association with the British Council, won immediate acclaim for its publication of brief but rigorous critical examinations of the works of distinguished writers and schools of writing. The series embraces the best of modern literary theory and criticism, and features studies of many popular late-twentieth-century writers, as well as the canonical figures of literature and important literary genres. Major European writers are to be included and each of Shakespeare's plays will be the subject of an individual study.
An important element of the series is to bring neglected or marginalized writers to a wider readership, to represent fully the rich diversity of post-colonial writing and to show the breadth and density of women's writing through the centuries. With more than 100 titles published or in preparation, and many more planned, Writers and their Work is building into an authoritative and original critical encyclopaedia of British, Commonwealth and European literature.
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Why you need this series Writers and their Work, which has brought to a fine art the short study of individual authors, is unrivalled in its range. Written by the foremost critics of the day, with over a hundred books in the series and a further hundred titles in preparation, the series presents studies of the central figures of World Literature, Beowulf to the present. In addition we are developing specialist titles in: * Womens writing - Aphra Behn to Virginia Woolf
* Postcolonial writing - Chinua Achebe to Wole Soyinka
* Regional writing - Flann O Brien to Dylan Thomas
* Living novelists - A. S. Byatt to D. M. Thomas
* Living poets - Carol Ann Duffy to Seamus Heaney
* American Writers - Stephen Crane to Edith Wharton The series is unique. It has perfected the short critical work and offers: * Brief, affordable, readable critiques
* Exciting, cutting edge, comprehensive scholarship
* State of the art criticism and theory
* Teachers what their students need to know
* Students exemplary models of original critical assessment
* Aquick read packed with information and ideas
* Crisp but penetrating analysis of major writing in English
* Up-to-date bibliographies and bibliographical outlines
* A series that combines fun and gravitas
Reviews
This series promises to outshine its own previously high reputation . . ."
Times Higher Education Supplement
"Excellent, informative, readable, and recommended . . ."
NATE News
"A timely addition to the ranks of the lit. crit. and reviews genre. Written in an accessible and authoritative style . . ."
Library Association Record
"These are serious, state-of-the-art critiques . . ."
European English Messenger
Personnel
General Editor :
Professor Isobel Armstrong
Birkbeck College, University of London
Advisory Board : Professor Isobel Armstrong (General Editor)
Brian Hulme (Publisher)
Hilary Jenkins (The British Council)
Margaret Meyer (The British Council)
John Mole (Poet and Teacher)
Dr Susheila Nasta (Advisory Editor)
Michael Shaw (Literary Agent)
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