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

by Margaret Drabble (Editor), Daniel Hahn (Contributor), Margaret Drabble (Editor), Daniel Hahn (Contributor), Margaret Drabble (Editor), Daniel Hahn (Contributor), Jenny Stringer (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $3.25

  This is a book 'one turns to with constant pleasure' (TLS). The classic guide to English literature, fully updated and revised for this paperback new edition. Based on the best-selling Oxford Companion to English Literature, this is an indispensable, compact guide to all aspects of English literature. Written by a team of more than 140 distinguished contributors working under Margaret Drabble's editorial direction, this handy reference work provides the reader with unrivalled coverage of writers, works, historical context, literary theory, allusions, characters, and plot summaries. Extensively updated and expanded for this new edition, this book provides essential reading for readers. New entries on modern authors such as Jim Crace and Ben Elton have been added, alongside new entries on topics such as travel writing and Anglo-Indian literature. Over 5,500 entries provide a wide coverage, including entries on the literature of other countries. The fully-updated appendices list literary prize-winners, including the Nobel, Man Booker prize, and Pulitzer prizes.

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  Paperback
  1990

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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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  Hardcover
  1987

  $3.25

  Based on the fifth edition of The Oxford Companion to English Literature , this is a concise reference guide for the student. More than 5,000 entries illuminate fictional characters, literary movements, legends, theatres, periodicals, the plots of novels, plays, songs and poems, and the lives and works of authors, poets, playwrights, essayists, philosophers, and historians. The entries have been updated and several entirely new essays added.