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 poets published in the years between 1960 and 1985 whose methods and outlooks, as reflected in their works, display the diversity an

Contains biographical sketches of representative British novelists whose work began to appear roughly around 1960.

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

An impressively detailed but also unusually wide-ranging analysis of post-war Britain from 1970 to the end of Mrs Thatcher's term as prime minister in 1990, cov