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Introduction to Literary Context: English Literature provides richly detailed essays on significant works of English Literature. Coverage includes the most studied works of English Literature, both historical and contemporary, in high school and undergraduate college literature programs. Each 8-10 page concise essay examines both novels and works of short fiction through the following categories: * Content Synopsis* Societal Context* Scientific and Technological Context* Biographical ContextThis volume includes discussion of over 30 novels and works of short fiction, including: Utopia (Thomas More) ; Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe) ; Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) ; Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) ; The Frozen Deep (Wilkie Collins) ; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) ; The Time Machine (H.G. Wells) ;