Studying Literature in English provides the ideal point of entry for students of English Literature. This book is an accessible guide for Literature students around the world. This book:

• Grounds literature and the study of literature throughout by referencing a selection of well-known novels, plays and poems
• Examines the central questions that readers ask when confronting literary texts, and shows how these make literary theory meaningful and necessary
• Links British, American and postcolonial literature into a coherent whole
• Discusses film as literature and provides the basic conceptual tools in order to study film within a literature-course framework
• Places particular emphasis on interdisciplinarity by examining the connections between the study of literature and other disciplines
• Provides an annotated list of further reading

From principal literary genres, periods and theory, to strategies for reading, research and essay-writing, Dominic Rainsford provides an engaging introduction to the most important aspects of studying literature in English. This book is invaluable reading for anyone studying literature in English.