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Title: Cambridge Guide to Literature in English
Author: Ian Ousby
ISBN: 9780521440868
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 2
Number of Pages: 1067
Condition Note: Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Substantially enlarged and updated for this new edition, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English is the definitive guide to the vast and extraordinarily rich heritage of literature written in English. It covers all the major novelists, poets and dramatists - from Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Austen, Dickens to Conrad and to contemporary writers from all over the English-speaking world - Saul Bellow, Adrienne Rich, Les Murray, Wole Soyinka, and Janet Frame. More than 100 specialist contributors provide detailed biographical and critical articles not only on writers and their works. Substantial coverage is also given to such literary genres as popular fiction, science fiction, detective novels, and children's classics. All literary concepts and movements are described in detail. - Over 4,500 alphabetical entries, cross-referenced throughout - Includes all literature in English - British, Irish, American, Australian, African, Canadian, New Zealand, Indian and Caribbean - Illustrated throughout with over 115 photographs and line drawings
Author: Ian Ousby
ISBN: 9780521440868
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 2
Number of Pages: 1067
Condition Note: Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Substantially enlarged and updated for this new edition, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English is the definitive guide to the vast and extraordinarily rich heritage of literature written in English. It covers all the major novelists, poets and dramatists - from Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Austen, Dickens to Conrad and to contemporary writers from all over the English-speaking world - Saul Bellow, Adrienne Rich, Les Murray, Wole Soyinka, and Janet Frame. More than 100 specialist contributors provide detailed biographical and critical articles not only on writers and their works. Substantial coverage is also given to such literary genres as popular fiction, science fiction, detective novels, and children's classics. All literary concepts and movements are described in detail. - Over 4,500 alphabetical entries, cross-referenced throughout - Includes all literature in English - British, Irish, American, Australian, African, Canadian, New Zealand, Indian and Caribbean - Illustrated throughout with over 115 photographs and line drawings
