Literature in Context: Critical Approaches to Reading English Literature, Volume-I offers a rich and diverse collection of essays that delve into the dynamic interplay between text and context across centuries of English literary tradition. From canonical authors to contemporary voices, the volume brings together scholars who examine literature through varied lenses-social, political, cultural, historical, feminist, postcolonial, psychoanalytic, ecocritical, AI and many more. Covering genres from poetry to prose, drama to digital texts, this book encourages readers to explore how meaning is constructed, contested, and transformed. Each chapter highlights the importance of critical frameworks and contextual understanding in literary interpretation, which making the volume an essential resource for students, teachers, and researchers in literary studies. Whether you're encountering these texts for the first time or returning to them with fresh eyes, Literature in Context: Critical Approaches to Reading English Literature Volume-I invites you to engage deeply with the words on the page-and the worlds beyond them.