The Oxford Companion to English Literature - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198662335 ISBN 13: 9780198662334

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

First published in 1932, the "Oxford Companion to English Literature" has served as a source of reference for general readers, as well as a guide for students and specialists, on all aspects of English literature and English literary culture. In 1985, under the editorship of Margaret Drabble, the text was completely revised while retaining the essential characteristics of Sir Paul Harvey's original volume. The 1995 revision contained 60 new entries on emerging contemporary voices, and this revision continues in that tradition, adding 16 survey articles on literary concepts. The volume offers extensive coverage of the classical roots of English literature and of European authors and works that have influenced the development of English literature. The articles cover authors and their works, allusion and references, fictional characters, plot summaries, composers and artists, literary and artistic movements, historians, philosophers, scholars and editors, publishing history, literary societies, newspapers and periodicals, and critical terms and theory.

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Review:

no guide could come more classic that The Oxford Companion to English Literature ... the literary reference source of first resort ... indispensible volume ... Contemporary international writing is excellently covered ... excellent chronology. (Malcolm Bradbury, The Times, 27/9/00)

About the Author:

About the Editor: Margaret Drabble is one of Britain's leading novelists, the author of numerous works, including Jerusalem the Golden, The Needle's Eye, The Middle Ground, and the trilogy of novels The Radiant Way, A Natural Curiosity, and The Gates of Ivory.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0198662335
• ISBN 13: 9780198662334
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 1166
• Editor: Drabble Margaret