The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English

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The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English provides a new, comprehensive and authoritative survey, ranging from the earliest times to the present day, of the literature of Britain and Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Caribbean, India and Africa -in fact of every part of the English-speaking world which has contributed to a literary tradition unrivalled in its richness and diversity. It includes:
detailed biographies of poets, playwrights, novelists, critics, journalists and essayists
entries ranging from literary giants such as Shakespeare, Dickens and Henry James to significant contemporaries such as Sam Shepard, Wole Soyinka, and Iris Murdoch
substantial coverage of children's literature
¦ separate entries for major works and literary journals from The Canterbury Tales to The New Yorker
in-depth essays on topics such as science fiction, Romanticism, libraries and the Bible in English
concise explanations of genres, criücal... Tovább

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The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English provides a new, comprehensive and authoritative survey, ranging from the earliest times to the present day, of the literature of Britain and Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Caribbean, India and Africa -in fact of every part of the English-speaking world which has contributed to a literary tradition unrivalled in its richness and diversity. It includes:
detailed biographies of poets, playwrights, novelists, critics, journalists and essayists
entries ranging from literary giants such as Shakespeare, Dickens and Henry James to significant contemporaries such as Sam Shepard, Wole Soyinka, and Iris Murdoch
substantial coverage of children's literature
¦ separate entries for major works and literary journals from The Canterbury Tales to The New Yorker
in-depth essays on topics such as science fiction, Romanticism, libraries and the Bible in English
concise explanations of genres, criücal terms and figures of speech
¦ entries that elucidate concepts such as modernism, structuralism, serriiotics, irony and tragedy
¦ more than 300 illustrations
The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English provides a new illustrated reference to world literature in English. In a single volume, it gives up-to-date, authoritative entries on British, Irish, African, American, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Indián and Caribbean literatures in English.
Under the editorship of Ian Ousby and with contributions from over a hundred specialists, the Guide contains detailed, reliable biographical and critical articles on major poets, playwrights, novelists, critics, journalists and essayists first published in English — from the established literary giants such as Shakespeare, Dickens, Whitman and Henry James to significant contemporaries such as Seamus Heaney, Sam Shepard, Patrick White, Wole Soyinka and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. There is alsó substantial coverage of authors who have written primarily for children, such as Eleanor Farjeon and Roald Dahl.
Major works and literary journals receive separate treatment in entries from Middlemarch to Moby-Dick, Blackwood's Magaziné to The New Yorker, Sidney's Apology for Poetry toThoreau's Walden.
Longer essays give broader coverage of topics like science fiction, Romanticism, children's literature, detective fiction, libraries, the Bible in English and the rise of the English newspaper. There are useful explanations of genres, literary movements, critical terms and figures of speech. Entries on modernism, structuralism, irony, tragedy etc. elucidate difficult concepts.
The volume is organized alphabetically, with cross-references inviting the reader to pursue an author or topic from one entry to another. The entries are illustrated with over 300 drawings and photographs.
Of all languages, English has produced the richest written culture. The Guide is a definitive and up-to-date reference to the vast heritage of world literature in English.
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Ian Ousby, a Cambridge graduate, was formerly Professor of English at the University of Maryland. Since 1983 he has been a freelance writer and is editor of The Blue Guide to Literary Britain and Ireland (1985), The Blue Guide to England (1989), and co-editor of The Correspondence ofRuskin and Norton (1987).
Margaret Atwood is Canada's foremost novelist and poet and enjoys an international reputation. In addition to her fictional writing, which includes The Handmaid's Tale (1985), she has edited The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse in English (1982) and is co-editor of The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English (1987).
The jacket illustration is 'The New Növel' a watcrcolour by Winslow Homer in the Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, the Horace H Wright Collection. Vissza