{"product_id":"the-concise-oxford-companion-to-english-literature-4e-1","title":"THE CONCISE OXFORD COMPANION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE 4E","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dinah Birch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 832\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 14-11-2012\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199608218\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \u003cbr\u003e\nThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nKey Features:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe book contains links of useful websites that can supplement the information given.\u003cbr\u003e\nIt includes modern developments in literature like manga and the growing popularity of vampires in books.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\nReview from previous edition This is a scrupulously produced, smartly laid-out, academically serious and at the same time relishably browsable book. ―\u003cbr\u003e\nHenry Hitchings, The Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\na 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 authoritative reference work of remarkable value will be welcome news to those libraries which found themselves unable to purchase the full edition. ―\u003cbr\u003e\nLibrary Review\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNo guide could come more classic than The Oxford Companion to English Literature ... the literary reference source of first resort ... indispensable ... . Contemporary international writing is excellently covered ... excellent chronology ―\u003cbr\u003e\nMalcolm Bradbury, The Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAlways good company ―\u003cbr\u003e\nIan Sansom, Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nEverybody with an interest in English literature will want to own it ―\u003cbr\u003e\nDavid Sexton, Evening Standard\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRemains irresistible ―\u003cbr\u003e\nSue Gaisford, Harpers \u0026amp; Queen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nContinues to stand out as distinctive, authoritative, and a work of excellence ―\u003cbr\u003e\nReference Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIncreasing user-friendliness and a nice \"up to date\" feel ―\u003cbr\u003e\nReference Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSumptuous volume. ―\u003cbr\u003e\nFerdinand Mount, Standpoint\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDetailed, clear and lively accounts. ―\u003cbr\u003e\nMichael Kerrigan, The Scotsman\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA classic now made contemporary, this really is a boon companion. ―\u003cbr\u003e\nMichael Kerrigan, The Scotsman\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBirch and the contributors have done an excellent job. ―\u003cbr\u003e\nSameer Rahim, Daily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nExcellence is in the details. ―\u003cbr\u003e\nTimes Literary Supplement, Henry Hitchings\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt offers companionable assistance; it's your pal in literary need. ―\u003cbr\u003e\nJohn Sutherland, Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is a fascinating, compact and readable reference work. ―\u003cbr\u003e\nDay by Day\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\naccessible, readable ―\u003cbr\u003e\nMail on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIf you are at all interested in literature, then this is your essential reference book ―\u003cbr\u003e\nWriters News\u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\nReview from previous edition This is a scrupulously produced, smartly laid-out, academically serious and at the same time relishably browsable book. ―\u003cbr\u003e\nHenry Hitchings, The Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\na work of extraordinary value ... 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