基本信息出版社：Oxford University Press, USA
页码：2656 页
出版日期：2006年03月
ISBN：0195169212
International Standard Book Number：0195169212
条形码：9780195169218
EAN：9780195169218
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语
套装数量：5

内容简介 From folk ballads to film scripts, this new five-volume encyclopedia, which is now also available as an e-reference text from Oxford's Digital Reference Shelf, covers the entire history of British literature from the seventh century to the present, focusing on the writers and the major texts of what are now the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. In five hundred substantial essays written by major scholars, the Encyclopedia of British Literature includes biographies of nearly four hundred individual authors and a hundred topical essays with detailed analyses of particular themes, movements, genres, and institutions whose impact upon the writing or the reading of literature was significant. The Encyclopedia of British Literature is now available in print and as an e-reference text from Oxford's Digital Reference Shelf. An ideal companion to The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature, this set will prove invaluable for students, scholars, and general readers.
作者简介
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor in Chief
David Scott Kastan, Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities and Chair of the Department of English and Comparative Literature,Columbia University
Senior Editors
Nancy Armstrong, Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of English and Comparative Literature,Brown University
Kevin J. H. Dettmar, Department of English,Southern Illinois University
Andrew D. Hadfield, Department of English,University of Sussex
Gail McMurray Gibson, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Humanities,Davidson College
Jennifer Wicke, Department of English,University of Virginia

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"Entries are written by recognized experts and are authoritative accounts that reflect current scholarship....This comprehensive encyclopedia is an outstanding resource for scholarly information about British writers, works, and literary movements. Highly recommended.."-Philip Charles Crawford, March 2007 Library Media Connection, starred review
"The editor's decisions regarding writers and works for inclusion reflect an academic focus and a penchant for the esoteric.... The most valuable aspect of thenew Oxford offering may well be its substantive coverage of topics and themes related to British literature.... Highly recommended."--Booklist, Starred Review
"This massive work contains more than 500 alphabetically arranged, signed articles covering 1400 years of British literature.... A vast and valuable resource."--School Library Journal
"Occupies its own niche.... A worthy choice."--Against the Grain
"The editors of this five-volume encyclopedia chose a lofty aim: to provide readers with a history of British literature in English. They have surpassed that goal with this fine work.... This well-written encyclopedia, though scholarly, is readable enough for the general-interest researcher.... Recommended for public and academic libraries."--Library Journal