The Oxford Companion to English Literature
After working as an English teacher in Colombia, he published three novels set in an imaginary South American country—The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (1990), Sen ̃or Vivo and the Coca Lord (1991), and The Troublesome Offspring of ...
This reference work contains articles, in alphabetical arrangement, on authors, literary works and literary societies and provides explanations of commonly met alusions.
When the fifth edition of The Oxford Companion to English Literature appeared, The New York Times Book Review, in a front-page review, hailed it as "a wonderful, infuriating, amusing, and...
Written by a team of more than 150 contributors working under the direction of Dinah Birch, and ranging in influence from Homer to the Mahabharata, this guide provides the reader with a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of English ...
本书是《牛津英国文学指南》的最新版本。引进后作为“英美文学文库”的一册。对具有历史的及现代的重要意义的作家、作品、组织等均有简明介绍外,还收入了二十世纪新派文人.