British Writers, Supplement X: 10 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 068431312X ISBN 13: 9780684313122

Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

This continuation of critical essays covers 18 writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day. The contributors analyze many individual works and engage the reader with their distinctive themes and stylistic. Introductory essays and chronological tables open each volume and provide historical background. Included in the 18 essays are Norman Douglas, Robert Herrick, Alan Hollinghurst, Rohinton Mistry, Jan Morris, Robert Nye, Joe Orton, Dennis Potter, Vikram Seth and Jan Stallworthy.

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Reseña del editor

The "Scribner Writers Series has set the standard for literary reference for more than 25 years. In addition to addressing the lives and careers of important writers, the articles discuss the themes and a styles of major works and place them in pertinent historical, social and political concerns for today's readers. Novelists, playwrights, essayists, poets, short story writers, and more recently, genre writers in science fiction and mystery, are all expertly discussed in the more than 17 sets comprising this series. To see listings of writers for any volume in this section, go to the "Scribner Writers Series section online at www.gale.com/scribners. Among the authors covered in the "Supplement are Robert Herrick, Alan Hollinghurst, Jan Morris, Joe Orton, Dennis Potter, Vikram Seth and Jan Stall worthy.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 068431312X
• ISBN 13: 9780684313122
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 528
• Herausgeber: Freeze, Kilvert Ian Scott
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