This collection of critical essays covers writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to 1992.

Includes bibliographies and index. Library missing vol. 2.

v. 1. William Langland to the English Bible -- v. 2. Thomas Middleton to George Farquhar (Missing) -- v. 3. Daniel Defoe to the Gothic novel -- v. 4. William Wordsworth to Robert Browning -- v. 5. Elizabeth Gaskell to Francis Thompson -- v. 6. Thomas Hardy to Wilfred Owen -- v. 7. Sean O'Casey to poets of World War II -- v. 8. Index -- v. 9. Supplement I: Graham Greene to Tom Stoppard -- v. 10. Supplement II: Kingsley Amis to J.R.R. Tolkien.