Overview of The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (Oxford Quick Reference) Book

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.

• Book Type :

Humanities

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

• ISBN - 10 :

0199608210

• The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (Oxford Quick Reference) Published On :

14 Nov 2012

• Resource:

Students and Professionals:Textbooks, Humanities

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