The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English
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The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English by Dominic Head
This illustrated and fully updated Third Edition of The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English is the most authoritative and international survey of world literature in English available. The Guide covers everything from Old English to contemporary writing from all over the English-speaking world. There are entries on writers from Britain and Ireland, the USA, Canada, India, Africa, South Africa, New Zealand, the South Pacific and Australia, as well as on many important poems, novels, literary journals and plays. This new edition has been brought completely up to date with more than 280 new author entries, most of them for living authors. The general reader will find it fascinating to browse and to discover many new writers and works, while students will find it an invaluable resource for daily use. This is a unique work of reference for the twenty-first century that no reader or library should be without.
'In its own terms this is an outstanding piece of work, one that surpasses the competition in the single volume market …' Reference Reviews
'The scope is impressive and notably so in its coverage of new literatures in English' Richard Jacobs, University of Brighton
'The scope is impressive and notably so in its coverage of new literatures in English' Richard Jacobs, University of Brighton
Dominic Head is Professor of Modern English Literature at the University of Nottingham.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521831796 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521831792 |
| Title | The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English |
| Author | Dominic Head |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2006-01-26 |
| Number of pages | 1275 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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