by William Rose Benet (Author)
A revised one-volume encyclopedia with over 10,000 informative entries, covering biographies of poets, playwrights, novelists and essayists from Aristophanes, to Toni Morrison, from Chuang Tzu to Gabriel Garcia Marquez. There are plot summaries, sketches of principal characters, myths, legends and folklore, biographies of artists, musicians and historical personages, as well as accounts of significant schools and movements in literature, and recipients of major literary awards.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 1155
Edition: 4th Revised edition
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published: 30 Sep 1998
ISBN 10: 0713649852
ISBN 13: 9780713649857