The Oxford companion to English literature

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1983. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. In 1985, under the editorship of Margaret Drabble, with a team of distinguished contributors, the text was completely revised while retaining the essential characteristics of Sir Paul Harvey's much-loved volume. Since then, the Companion has continued to respond to the needs of contemporary readers, with a revision, published in 1995, containing sixty new entries on emerging contemporary voices. This new revision continues in this tradition, adding 16 survey articles on important literary concepts to reassert the position of the Companion as the most complete and readable reference guide to English literary culture currently available. No comparable volume offers such extensive coverage of the classical roots of English literature, and of European authors and works that have influenced the development of English literature. Its wide range of articles cover not only authors and their works, but also fictional characters, plot summaries, composers and artists, literary and artistic movements, historians, philosophers, scholars, as well as editors, publishing history, literary societies, newspapers and periodicals, critical terms and theory. There is a faint circular mark on the top edge of the text block probably from a spot of coffee which does not penetrate the pages to any depth. No other damage to describe apart from fading of the spine section Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 961 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Language; reference. ISBN: 0198661061. ISBN/EAN: 9780198661061. Inventory No: 0263082. . 9780198661061