The Oxford Companion to English Literature - Hardcover

Margaret Drabble

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198662440 ISBN 13: 9780198662440

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2000

Synopsis

Based on the text of Margaret Drabble's 1995 edition, this sixth edition has been completely reworked and expanded. There are nearly 600 entirely new entries to reflect the new figures and issues of English Literature in the new millennium, and the existing entries have been extensively revised and updated to incorporate the latest scholarship. But this new edition remains faithful to Sir Paul Harvey's original vision of an authoritative work placing English literature from the Classical world, Europe, Latin America, and beyond. In addition to the extensive coverage of writers, works, literary theory, allusions, and characters, there are sixteen featured essay-style entries on key topics including black British literature, fantasy fiction, and modernism.

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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:

Margaret Drabble is one of Britain's leading literary figures, the author of numerous novels, including A Natural Curiosity, The Gates of Ivory, and The Witch of Exmoor. She lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0198662440
• ISBN 13: 9780198662440
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 1184