Synopsis This book, Studies and Essays in English Literature is a collection of twenty five exploratory, thought provoking and perceptive analysis on various aspects of English literature. This anthology provides literary criticism on different themes and issues, drawing upon the theories and concepts of a host of critics namely, Plato, Longinus, Philip Sydney, I.A. Richards, T.S. Eliot, F.R. Leavis, Jacques Lacan, David Lodge and Jacques Derrida to the study of papers on criticism. Besides criticism, this book contains extensive papers on theatre, fiction and poetry. The works of G.B. Shaw, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Hopkins, Tennyson, William Blake, Alexander Pope, John Milton, William Shakespeare, John Dryden, Middleton, Christopher Marlowe and Langland have been examined with an entirely new perception and observation. The works of Samuel Beckett, Ionesco, Grotowski and Peter Brook are also dealt with critically in the area of absurd and postmodern theatre movement. The study makes for a wide-ranging exploration of different writers with absorbing insight into the complex literary milieu. Covering in-depth critical survey and analysis with various interpretations, the titles in this series are immensely valuable and will go a long way in deepening the literary culture to Post Graduate Students, Research Scholars and Lecturers.