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However, certain copyright details had not been made available to Routledge at time of going to press.  \nPREFACE  \nThe aims and intentions of Literature and Criticism are probably best described by an account of the project’s history. Our brief from the publisher was for a work of reference, covering the field of literary and critical activity now usually described as ‘English’ or ‘English Literature’. From the earliest stages of planning, however, we felt that what was needed went beyond a descriptive guide to authors and texts on conventional lines. 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