This book is a user-friendly guide to English literature from 1960 to the present. Written by the authors of "The Routledge History of Literature in English" (now in its second edition), The "Routledge Guide to Modern English Writing" considers the development and status of English writing today. From Philip Larkin, Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes to Caryl Churchill, Tom Stoppard and Alan Bennett, the book is essential reading for all readers of contemporary writing.