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Our range of Literature textbooks cover topics in Literary Theory, Medieval, English, European and World literature. Our textbooks are used on upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses in Drama, Poetry and English Literature. In addition to the literature textbooks available on this site, the Cambridge Shakespeare platform offers bestselling editions of Shakespeare's works, with integrated playtexts and notes, reference material, and related multimedia resources.
Visit the Literature hub on Cambridge Core to browse books, journals and elements from Cambridge University Press, including the Cambridge Companions to Literature series, Elements in the Gothic and Elements in Poetry and Poetics.
Visit the Cambridge Core: Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies page to browse books, elements and journals from Cambridge University Press, including the Cambridge Companions to Theatre and Performance book series, Elements in Theatre, Performance and the Political, and TDR: The Drama Review journal.
Cambridge Shakespeare hosts a wealth of prize-winning content from Cambridge University Press now with full text search, integrated playtexts and notes, reference material and related multimedia resources. Available as an online annual lease to institutions.
Orlando is a resource on women's writing in the British Isles, from the earliest times to today, offering a wealth of biographical and critical information on more than 1400 authors. Author entries are complemented by accounts of the political, educational, religious and legal contexts of literary production and reception.
