- Hardcover: 640 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1st ed 1st printg edition (Dec 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0198661401
- ISBN-13: 978-0198661405
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 16.5 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #73 in Books > Languages > By Language > Other European Languages > Celtic Languages > Welsh
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"Beautifully organized, replete with valuable information, and small enough to be easily handled, this inexpensive paperback volume is an ideal reference book."--Charlotte Lindgren, American Reference Books Annual
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Used this book alongside my degree in English Literature - probably the book I got the most use out of, really handy and quick to use, great for finding out more about an author. Descriptions were to the point and factual.
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A handy sized reference book which gives bibliophiles like myself untold hours of innocent fun... Every page offers a plethora of information on virtually every facet of 'Eng. Lit.' its history and its 'heroes'. It has appeared just in time: my 1996 edition was in need of an update.... The pair will snuggle happily together I'm sure...
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
The perfect pocket reference to literature
19 Mar 2000
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This book fills a niche, and does so perfectly. I wanted a reference work for literature, but I didn't want to pay $50 for one. This book gives short, concise blurbs, which is often all one needs. It is organized well and is inclusive enough for the average household. Not a book for specialists, but excellent for the layperson and student.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
handy English literature reference
21 May 2007
Format:Paperback
This is a compact version of the 6th edition of the Oxford Companion to English Literature. The emphasis is naturally on British literature (John Galt is not listed as a character in Atlas Shrugged, but as a Scottish novelist). There is coverage of writers from the United States, Canada, Africa, the Caribbean, and India.
Among the entries are:
- short biographies of novelists, dramatists and poets, and also a few philosophers (Swedenborg), historians, scholars, critics, biographers, travel writers, and journalists
- plot summaries and descriptions of poems
Other notable entries:
- literary and intellectual movements, genres, and critical theory
- figures in Irish mythology
- gay and lesbian literature
- literary societies, libraries, publishers, and even coffee houses
Certain topics get a two-page treatment. (Black British literature, science fiction, structuralism and post-structuralism, ghost stories, post-colonial literature, romantic fiction, spy fiction, etc.)
There's no editorializing. They "describe and characterize rather than judge."
Among the entries are:
- short biographies of novelists, dramatists and poets, and also a few philosophers (Swedenborg), historians, scholars, critics, biographers, travel writers, and journalists
- plot summaries and descriptions of poems
Other notable entries:
- literary and intellectual movements, genres, and critical theory
- figures in Irish mythology
- gay and lesbian literature
- literary societies, libraries, publishers, and even coffee houses
Certain topics get a two-page treatment. (Black British literature, science fiction, structuralism and post-structuralism, ghost stories, post-colonial literature, romantic fiction, spy fiction, etc.)
There's no editorializing. They "describe and characterize rather than judge."
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
English Major must have
12 Nov 2007
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I ordered the Oxford companion to help me study for my comprehensive exams. Even though I didn't use it much for that purpose, I think that it is a must have for anyone planning to major in English in college. The text is in dictionary format; many terms/concepts you find will come up in any college lit course. It is a great purchase and probably much cheaper than what you will find in a University bookstore.
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