World Literature and Its Times British and Irish Literature and Their Times

World Literature and Its Times helps students and researchers make connections between the political/social climate during which books were written and the works themselves. Each World Literature and Its Times volume focuses on major fiction, poetry and nonfiction from a particular country or region, presenting approximately 50 works in detailed essays running approximately 10 pages. The series is planned to conclude at 12 volumes which will be released at 6-month intervals beginning June 1999. Future volumes will cover Russian, Jewish, Spanish, Asian, French, Middle Eastern, Italian, Indian and German literatures.Thomson Gale Staff is the author of 'World Literature and Its Times British and Irish Literature and Their Times', published 2000 under ISBN 9780787637286 and ISBN 0787637289.