English Literature

Designed to be compatible with virtually every standard textbook in its subject field, Barron’s EZ-101 Study Keys gives you a valuable overview of your college-level course. Classroom-style notes emphasize important facts, remind you what you need to remember for term papers and exams, and help guide you through the complexities of lectures and textbooks.

English Literature covers the key themes, quotations, and literary terms for your introductory college course. All key topics are covered, including Old English language and poetry; Middle English masters such as Chaucer and Malory, Renaissance masters such as Shakespeare, Bacon, Donne, and Milton; Restoration and the eighteenth century, including Dryden, Pope, Sheridan, Boswell, and Johnson; the Romantic poets and novelists; the Victorians; and the modern, including George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett.