Literature and Culture Handbooks are an innovative series of guides to major periods, topics and authors in British and American literature and culture. Designed to provide a comprehensive, one-stop resource for literature students, each handbook provides the essential information and guidance needed from the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced knowledge and skills. Written in clear language by leading academics, they provide an indispensable introduction to key topics, including: . Introduction to authors, texts, historical and cultural contexts . Guides to key critics, concepts and topics . An overview of major critical approaches, changes in the canon and directions of current and future research . Case studies in reading literary and critical texts . Annotated bibliography (including websites), timeline, glossary of critical terms. The Eighteenth-Century Literature Handbook is an invaluable introduction to literature and culture in the eighteenth century.

General Editors' Introduction 1. Introduction, Gary Day Timeline, Kelly Kramer2. Contexts, Identities and Consumption: Britain 1688-1815, R. M. Larsen (University of Derby) 3. Literary and Cultural Contexts: Major Figures, Genres, Topics, Events, Movements, Gavin Budge (University of Central England) 4. Case Studies in Reading 1: Key Primary Literary Texts, Anne Chandler (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale) 5. Case Studies in Reading 2: Key Theoretical and Critical Texts, Steve Newman (Temple University, USA) 6. Key Critical Concepts and Topics, Richard Terry (University of Sunderland) 7. 'Dead Keen on Reason?' Changes in Critical Responses and Approaches to the Eighteenth Century, Philip Smallwood (University of Central England) 8. Questioning Canonicity, Bridget Keegan (Creighton University) and Amber Haschenburger 9. Issues of Sexuality, Gender and Ethnicity, Chris Mounsey (King Alfred's College Winchester) 10. Mapping the Current Critical Landscape, Donna Landry (University of Kent) Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terminology, Teresa Barnard (De Montfort University) Annotated Bibliography Appendix: Teaching and Learning Strategies, Ian McCormick (University of Northampton) Notes on Contributors Index