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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.
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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.ISBN - 9780199608218
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Pages : 832
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