The Oxford companion to English literature / edited by Margaret Drabble. - 6th ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. - viii, 1172 p. ; 24 cm.

Preface; Advisers and Contributors; Note to the Reader; THE OXFORD COMPANION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE; Appendix 1: Chronology; Appendix 2: Poets Laureate; Appendix 3: Literary Awards

Features entries on key topics including black British literature, fantasy fiction, and modernism. This work places English literature in a wide context and offers an extensive exploration of the classical roots of English literature, and the European and non-European works and writers that have influenced its development.



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English literature--Encyclopedias.
Literatura inglesa --Diccionarios
English literature--Bio-bibliography--Encyclopedias.
Literatura inglesa --Biobibliografía --Enciclopedias, diccionarios


English-speaking countries--Intellectual life--Encyclopedias.
English-speaking countries--In literature--Encyclopedias.

R PR 19 / O98 2000

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