Product Description

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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #517976 in Books
• Published on: 1993-10-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1067 pages

Review
‘... immense browsability.’ Anthony Burgess, The Observer

‘... an indispensable and indeed path-breaking guide’. The L. A. Times

‘... conceptually generous ... on overall points Cambridge wins. Its breadth of vision is the chief reason’. The Guardian

Customer Reviews

Great if you are interested in literature & it's history.
This guide to literature is the most comprehensive that I have yet found, it covers a variety of subjects and it is really good if you are an English student like me who has to write an essay and do research on various authors and the history behind English literature. It offers a wide range of information on many popular authors so even if you are not a student you will still find it interesting. The down point that I found was that with it being such a large book it took a while to find the exact information but it was eaier than having to search the local library!!