Dictionary of First Names
- ISBN-10
- 1853263664
- ISBN-13
- 9781853263668
- Category
- Reference
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Authors
- Iseabail MacLeod, Terry Freedman
Description
This volume is a reference source to literature in the English language throughout the world. It provides a survey of the world-wide literary tradition of this area, and offers explanations of genres, movements, critical terms and literary concepts.
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