The Fourth Edition of The Longman Anthology of British Literature
continues its tradition of presenting works in the historical context in
which they were written. This fresh approach includes writers from the
British Isles, underrepresented female authors, "Perspectives"
sectionsthatshed light on the period as a whole and link with
immediately surrounding works to help illuminate a theme, "And Its Time"
clusters that illuminate a specific cultural moment or a debate to which
an author is responding, and "Responses" in which later authors respond
to one or more texts from earlier works.