Oxford Paperbacks: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature - New Edition

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This indispensable volume, based on the popular Fifth Edition of The Oxford Companion to English Literature, features over five thousand alphabetically arranged entries covering novels, plays, songs, poems, authors, and literary movements. It includes useful plot summaries, entries on significant fictional characters, and biographical articles on influential figures in literature, all presented with a light touch that enhances readability. Fully revised and updated, it introduces sixty new entries on contemporary writers such as Peter Ackroyd, Martin Amis, P.D. James, and Toni Morrison, along with new appendices listing Nobel, Booker, and Pulitzer prize winners. The content spans topics once considered non-literary, including detective stories, science fiction, children's literature, and comic strips, and addresses important movements and critical theories, including recent developments in Freudian and Marxist criticism. With extensive coverage of global literature, entries on literary movements and critics, updated information on modern authors, and new essays on topics like parody, anachronism, and autobiography, this volume is an essential resource for readers and literature enthusiasts alike.