The fully revised edition of The Penguin Guide to Literature in English: Britain and Ireland provides an illustrated introduction to the work of the most important writers and their historical background from the year 600 to the present day. It covers writers from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Ian Banks and Irvine Welsh.

• Features illustrations, charts and a glossary of literary and cultural terms
• Suitable for upper–intermediate and advanced level students
• Written by experts especially for non-native speakers of English