THE CONCISE OXFORD COMPANION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE 4E

Author: Dinah Birch

Brand: Oxford University Press, USA

Edition: 4

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 832

Release Date: 14-11-2012

Part Number: 9780199608218

Details: Product Description
The Concise Oxford Companion To English Literature (Oxford Paperback Reference) is an apt book for literature lovers, students, and teachers. It serves as a condensed guide to the Oxford Companion to English Literature. It is packed with more than 5,500 entries highlighting novelists, poets, and playwrights and their respective works. Readers will also get a reference list of beloved characters, themes, and brief summaries of the plot of that particular work. The historical context and a background of the time period it was written in is also proved in this guide.
This guide covers a wide array of literary genres and categories like postcolonial literature, African writers, biographies, women writers, fantasy and science fiction, children's literature, travel writing, and much more. It even has a special focus on ecocriticism and nature writing. A sizeable number of contemporary writers have also found a space in this book.
The Concise Oxford Companion To English Literature (Oxford Paperback Reference) provides readers a list of frequently used abbreviations and even lists the names of literary award winners. It even has a timeline that chronicles the entire gamut of English Literature, beginning at c. 1000 going up to the modern day. It is well-structured and arranged alphabetically just like a dictionary, ensuring easy reference. This 4th edition paperback was released in 2012 by Oxford University Press.
Key Features:


The book contains links of useful websites that can supplement the information given.
It includes modern developments in literature like manga and the growing popularity of vampires in books.


Review
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Ian Sansom, Guardian

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David Sexton, Evening Standard

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Sue Gaisford, Harpers & Queen

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Reference Reviews

Increasing user-friendliness and a nice "up to date" feel ―
Reference Reviews

Sumptuous volume. ―
Ferdinand Mount, Standpoint

Detailed, clear and lively accounts. ―
Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman

A classic now made contemporary, this really is a boon companion. ―
Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman

Birch and the contributors have done an excellent job. ―
Sameer Rahim, Daily Telegraph

Excellence is in the details. ―
Times Literary Supplement, Henry Hitchings

It offers companionable assistance; it's your pal in literary need. ―
John Sutherland, Sunday Times

It is a fascinating, compact and readable reference work. ―
Day by Day

accessible, readable ―
Mail on Sunday

If you are at all interested in literature, then this is your essential reference book ―
Writers News
Review
Review from previous edition This is a scrupulously produced, smartly laid-out, academically serious and at the same time relishably browsable book. ―
Henry Hitchings, The Times Literary Supplement

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 authorit

EAN: 9780199608218

Package Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 2.0 inches

Languages: English