The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English

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The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English provides a new, comprehensive and authoritative survey, ranging from the earliest times to the present day, of the literature of Britain and Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Caribbean, India and Africa - in fact of every part of the English-speaking world which has contributed to a literary tradition unrivalled in its richness and diversity. It includes: detailed biographies of poets, playwrights, novelisLs, critics, journalists and essayists ¦ entries ranging from literary giants such as Shakespeare, Dickens and Henry James to significant contemporaries such as Sam Shepard, Wole Soyinka, and Iris Murdoch separate entries for major works and literary journals from The Canterbury Tales to The New Yorker in-depth essays on topics such as science fiction, Romanticism, libraries and the Bible in English concise explanations of genres, cntical terms and figures of speech _ more than 300... Tovább

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The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English provides a new, comprehensive and authoritative survey, ranging from the earliest times to the present day, of the literature of Britain and Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Caribbean, India and Africa - in fact of every part of the English-speaking world which has contributed to a literary tradition unrivalled in its richness and diversity. It includes: detailed biographies of poets, playwrights, novelisLs, critics, journalists and essayists ¦ entries ranging from literary giants such as Shakespeare, Dickens and Henry James to significant contemporaries such as Sam Shepard, Wole Soyinka, and Iris Murdoch separate entries for major works and literary journals from The Canterbury Tales to The New Yorker in-depth essays on topics such as science fiction, Romanticism, libraries and the Bible in English concise explanations of genres, cntical terms and figures of speech _ more than 300 illustrations _ " a veryhandy work of reference.., no mean achievement " Róbert Nye, TheScotsman "Ian Ousby...and his contributors have done an excellent job" John Bayley, TheSunday Telegruph "an indispensable and indeed a path-breaking guide" JackMiles, LA Times "immense browsability" Anthony Burgess, The Observer "clearand reliable plot summaries... 1 have had a very enjoyable couple of weeks playing with this book. It would make an excellent present for anyone studying literature, oranyone simply interested in it...excellent value... As a reference book it's solid and user-friendly... good for free-range browsing..." Andrew Davies, The Listener Vissza