Bücher der Reihe Longman Critical Readers

Explores the changes that have occurred in the interpretation of English Renaissance poetry in the 20 years up to 1998. The introduction looks at how critical approaches have transformed traditional accounts of literary history by analyzing, amongst other issues, the role of poetry in nationalism.

Steve Ellis shows how the Canterbury Tales has been radically opened up by modern critical theory. The book provides an introduction to a wide range of theoretical approaches to Chaucer, including the feminist, Lacanian, Bakhtinian, deconstructive, semiotic and anthropological schools.

Provides a critical account of the life and works of Christopher Marlowe. Marlowe is studied as a man who staged the birth of the modern author, and for his representations of sexuality and homosexuality. This text portrays a wide range of critical approaches and provides theoretical grounding.