The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (Oxford Paperback Reference) - Softcover

9780192826671: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (Oxford Paperback Reference)
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Based on the fifth edition of "The Oxford Companion to English Literature", this is a reference book for the student or general reader. It focuses on the English literature of the British Isles but there is still coverage of the literature of other countries and of other disciplines which have influenced or have been influenced by literature. More than 5000 entries illuminate the plots of novel and plays; songs and poems; the lives and works of authors, poets, playwrights, essayists, philosophers, and historicans; fictional characters; literary movements; legends; theatres; periodicals. Entries have been updated and there are several new essays on topics such as anachronism, autobiography, foreign influences on English literature, parody and Senecan tragedy.

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Review from previous edition It is a fascinating, compact and readable reference work. (Day by Day)

a work of extraordinary value ... No library, no matter how small, can claim not to be able to afford at least one copy of this invaluable and almost incomparable, reference book. Another authoritative reference work of remarkable value will be welcome news to those libraries wich found themselves unable to purchase the full edition. (Library Review)

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If you are at all interested in literature, then this is your essential reference book (Writers News)

REVIEWS of the Parent Hardback 'It's the best' Times Higher Education Supplement 'A book one turns to with constant pleasure' Times Literary Supplement 'Indispensable' The Economist
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About the Editors: Margaret Drabble is one of modern Britain's most distinguished novelists. Her books include The Middle Ground, The Realms of Gold, The Ice Age, A Writer's Britain, and the recently published A Natural Curiosity. Jenny Stringer, an assistant editor of the Fifth Edition of The Oxford Companion to English Literature, has since contributed to and edited several other reference works.

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  • PublisherOxford Paperbacks
  • Publication date1990
  • ISBN 10 0192826670
  • ISBN 13 9780192826671
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number5
  • Number of pages640
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