Titre : |
The Cambridge guide to Literature in English. |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Ousby. Ian., Auteur |
Editeur : |
new yourk : Cambridge |
Année de publication : |
1993 |
Importance : |
1056 |
Format : |
26.5x18 |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-521-44086-8 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) |
Index. décimale : |
820 Littérature de langue anglaise |
Résumé : |
Substantially enlarged and updated for this new edition, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English is the definitive guide to the vast and extraordinarily rich heritage of literature written in English. It covers all the major novelists, poets and dramatists - from Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Austen, Dickens to Conrad and to contemporary writers from all over the English-speaking world - Saul Bellow, Adrienne Rich, Les Murray, Wole Soyinka, and Janet Frame. More than 100 specialist contributors provide detailed biographical and critical articles not only on writers and their works. Substantial coverage is also given to such literary genres as popular fiction, science fiction, detective novels, and children's classics. All literary concepts and movements are described in detail. · Over 4,500 alphabetical entries, cross-referenced throughout · Includes all literature in English - British, Irish, American, Australian, African, Canadian, New Zealand, Indian and Caribbean · Illustrated throughout with over 115 photographs and line drawings, Substantially enlarged and updated, this new edition of The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English confirms its status as the most authoritative survey of its subject now available in a single volume. Its coverage of novelists, poets, playwrights and their works embraces both the established classics of English literature and a wealth of contemporary figures from all over the English-speaking world, such as Saul Bellow, Adrienne Rich, Les Murray, Wole Soyinka, R. K. Narayan, Janet Frame, Mordecai Richler, Joseph Brodsky, J. M. Coetzee and Ben Okri. Under Ian Ousby's editorship over a hundred contributors provide detailed biographical and critical articles, not only about writers and works of literature, but also about the critics, philosophers, historians and biographers who have influenced or reacted to literature. Substantial coverage is given to popular genres such as science fiction, detective novels and children's literature, with entries on, for example, Dr. Seuss, Margaret Mahy, Roald Dahl, Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, P. D. James and Nicolas Freeling. Other entries range widely over literary groups and movements, critical schools, genres, poetic forms, critical concepts, rhetorical terms, literary terms, theatres and theatre companies. There are also substantive articles on subjects such as copyright, libraries and the English language. With a superb range of illustrations and a comprehensive cross-referencing system, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English is both an outstanding reference book, and a delightful companion for anyone who enjoys reading. |
The Cambridge guide to Literature in English. [texte imprimé] / Ousby. Ian., Auteur . - new yourk : Cambridge, 1993 . - 1056 ; 26.5x18. ISBN : 978-0-521-44086-8 Langues : Anglais ( eng) Langues originales : Anglais ( eng)
Index. décimale : |
820 Littérature de langue anglaise |
Résumé : |
Substantially enlarged and updated for this new edition, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English is the definitive guide to the vast and extraordinarily rich heritage of literature written in English. It covers all the major novelists, poets and dramatists - from Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Austen, Dickens to Conrad and to contemporary writers from all over the English-speaking world - Saul Bellow, Adrienne Rich, Les Murray, Wole Soyinka, and Janet Frame. More than 100 specialist contributors provide detailed biographical and critical articles not only on writers and their works. Substantial coverage is also given to such literary genres as popular fiction, science fiction, detective novels, and children's classics. All literary concepts and movements are described in detail. · Over 4,500 alphabetical entries, cross-referenced throughout · Includes all literature in English - British, Irish, American, Australian, African, Canadian, New Zealand, Indian and Caribbean · Illustrated throughout with over 115 photographs and line drawings, Substantially enlarged and updated, this new edition of The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English confirms its status as the most authoritative survey of its subject now available in a single volume. Its coverage of novelists, poets, playwrights and their works embraces both the established classics of English literature and a wealth of contemporary figures from all over the English-speaking world, such as Saul Bellow, Adrienne Rich, Les Murray, Wole Soyinka, R. K. Narayan, Janet Frame, Mordecai Richler, Joseph Brodsky, J. M. Coetzee and Ben Okri. Under Ian Ousby's editorship over a hundred contributors provide detailed biographical and critical articles, not only about writers and works of literature, but also about the critics, philosophers, historians and biographers who have influenced or reacted to literature. Substantial coverage is given to popular genres such as science fiction, detective novels and children's literature, with entries on, for example, Dr. Seuss, Margaret Mahy, Roald Dahl, Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, P. D. James and Nicolas Freeling. Other entries range widely over literary groups and movements, critical schools, genres, poetic forms, critical concepts, rhetorical terms, literary terms, theatres and theatre companies. There are also substantive articles on subjects such as copyright, libraries and the English language. With a superb range of illustrations and a comprehensive cross-referencing system, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English is both an outstanding reference book, and a delightful companion for anyone who enjoys reading. |
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