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Dictionary of Shakespeare, Peter Collin Publishing
A comprehensive dictionary that covers the plays, poems, characters and
background to Shakespeare's works. The dictionary also includes terms
used in the theatre and stagecraft, as well as historical references and
details on the Elizabethan historical and social period.
• Clear synopses
of plays and their characters
• Includes entries for theatrical, historical and social terms from
the Elizabethan age
• Covers literary terms and expressions used about Shakespeare's
work
• Details of individual theatres, their construction and production
techniques
The Bloomsbury
Dictionary of English Literature
The Bloomsbury Dictionary of English Literature presents a multiplicity
of authors, texts and themes gathered together into one authoritative
source. From Treasure Island to The Tempest, all aspects of English literature
are covered in admirable detail.
The key attractions of this invaluable reference source are:
• Over 800 entries on writers from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Martin
Amis and Caryl Churchill
• Over 1000 entries on individual works
• Over 300 Biblical and mythological characters and events
• Over 600 literary and critical terms and movements
• Over 1000 entries describing historical, cultural and social events
The Cambridge
Guide to Literature in English
Substantially enlarged and updated, this new edition of The Cambridge
Guide to Literature in English confirms its status as the most authoritative
survey of its subject now available in a single volume. Its coverage of
novelists, poets, playwrights, and their works embraces both the established
classics of English literature and a wealth of contemporary figures from
all over the English-speaking world, such as Saul Bellow, Les Murray,
R. K. Narayan, Mordecai Richler and Ben Okri.
Under Ian Ousby's editorship over a hundred contributors provide detailed
biographical and critical articles, not only about writers and works of
literature, but also about the critics, philosophers, historians, and
biographers who have influenced or reacted to literature. Substantial
coverage is given to popular genres such as science fiction, detective
novels and children's literature, with entries on, for example, Dr Seuss,
Roald Dahl, Isaac Asimov and P. D. James.
Other entries range widely over literary groups and movements, critical
schools, genres, poetic forms, critical concepts, rhetorical terms, literary
terms, theatres and theatre companies. There are also substantive articles
on subjects such as copyright, libraries and the English Language.
With a comprehensive cross-referencing system, The Cambridge Guide to
Literature in English is both an outstanding reference book, and a delightful
companion for anyone who enjoys reading.
The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short
Story
The American short story has never been more popular - or more important
- than it is today. With more than 125 lucid essays on major writers and
themes by some of the best literary scholars in the United States, The
Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story offers
readers a wealth of information and insight into the work of many of the
finest short story writers in literary history.
Part one of the book is comprised of articles on stories that share a
particular theme, such as "The American Working-Class Short Story"
or "Lesbian and Gay Short Stories". Part two contains pieces
on individual writers and their work, including Ernest Hemingway, Raymond
Carver and J.D. Salinger
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