Subject Guide: Literature

Explores the Bible's role and influence on individual writers, whilst tracing the key developments of Biblical themes and literary theory through the ages.

Explores the textual environment of London in the 1380s and 1390s, revealing a language of betrayal, surveillance, slander, treason, rebellion, flawed idealism, and corrupted campaigns.

Surveys the critical literature from the late Middle Ages to the contemporary period to show how editors and critics constructed various voices as a response to Chaucer's work.

Re-examines the linguistic, literary, and cultural identities of England and France within the context of the Hundred Years War.

Uncovers the almost unknown influences of humanism on English literature in the 15th century.

Lists hundreds of places in Britain and Ireland and details their connections with the lives of famous writers.

Analyses of space map a variety of ways medieval narratives encoded meaning.

Provides some of the cultural context that readers need to know in order to understand medieval literature, such as the religious orientation of the people.

Addresses the ways literature and theory have engaged with literary criticism, philosophy, and history and related concerns.

Tests readers' knowledge of classic and contemporary literature.