This Handbook is helpful for the PGT and the TGT aspirants but it is also equally useful for the aspirants appearing at the various examinations like NET, Ph. D. & M. Phil. entrance. The knowledge-packed Literary Terms and Forms, Figures, Biblical and Mythical Allusions, Basic Facts of English Literature, Awards, Known For, Known As and much more are its special features which make it ready reckoner in English literature. The table on ?Shakespeare?s Plays? that contains genre, setting, popular lines and sources will become a guide for the aspirants for ready reference. A table, titled, ?Authors at Glance? having name, birth, place of birth, death, father, mother, wife, beloved, popular works, awards and the critical books will prove to be a vade mecum for them. The capsule summaries will acquaint the aspirants with the major works of the major authors.
