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The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Dinah (Ed) Birch
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Description for The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Paperback. A new edition of the bestselling Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature, this wide-ranging, compact guide has been fully revised and updated. In over 5,500 A-Z entries, it covers all aspects of English literature and constitutes an indispensable reference for English students, teachers, and anyone else who loves literature. Editor(s): Birch, Dinah; Hooper, Katy. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSR; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 146 x 49. Weight in Grams: 600.
Based on the bestselling Oxford Companion to English Literature, this is an indispensable, compact guide to all aspects of English literature. Over 5,500 new and revised A to Z entries give unrivalled coverage of writers, works, historical context, literary theory, allusions, characters, and plot summaries. Discursive feature entries supply a wealth of information about important genres in literature. For this fourth edition, the dictionary has been fully revised and updated to include expanded coverage of postcolonial, African, black British, and children's literature, as well as improved representation in the areas of science fiction, biography, travel literature, women's writing, gay and lesbian writing, and American literature. The appendices listing literary prize winners, including the Nobel, Man Booker, and Pulitzer prizes, have all been updated and there is also a timeline, chronicling the development of English literature from c. 1000 to the present day. Many entries feature recommended web links, which are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website. Written originally by a team of more than 140 distinguished authors and extensively updated for this new edition, this book provides an essential point of reference for English students, teachers, and all other readers of literature in English.
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
832
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Oxford Quick Reference
Condition
New
Number of Pages
832
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199608218
SKU
V9780199608218
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About Dinah (Ed) Birch
Dinah Birch is Professor of English Literature, University of Liverpool. She has published widely on nineteenth-century literature, and has edited novels by Anthony Trollope, George Eliot, and Elizabeth Gaskell. Her books include Ruskin's Myths (1988), Ruskin on Turner (1990), and Our Victorian Education (2007). Katy Hooper is Special Collections Librarian at the University of Liverpool Library and Assistant Editor for The Oxford Companion to English Literature 7/e. Previous editions of the Concise Oxford Companion to Literature were edited by Margaret Drabble and Jenny Stringer.
Reviews for The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
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 authoritative reference work of remarkable value will be welcome news to those libraries which found themselves unable to purchase the full edition.
Library Review
No 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
Malcolm Bradbury, The Times
Always good company
Ian Sansom, Guardian
Everybody with an interest in English literature will want to own it
David Sexton, Evening Standard
Remains irresistible
Sue Gaisford, Harpers & Queen
Continues to stand out as distinctive, authoritative, and a work of excellence
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
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 authoritative reference work of remarkable value will be welcome news to those libraries which found themselves unable to purchase the full edition.
Library Review
No 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
Malcolm Bradbury, The Times
Always good company
Ian Sansom, Guardian
Everybody with an interest in English literature will want to own it
David Sexton, Evening Standard
Remains irresistible
Sue Gaisford, Harpers & Queen
Continues to stand out as distinctive, authoritative, and a work of excellence
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