Presents an overview of ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman epic. This work offers a ... more
multi-disciplinary discussion of both longstanding ideas and newer perspectives. It covers topics, such as the role of women, the history of reception, and comparison with living analogues from oral tradition.
Presents an overview of ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman epic. This book considers ... more
the interrelation between these different traditions. It covers such topics as the role of women, the history of reception, and comparison with living analogues from oral tradition.
The Oxford Companionto English Literature is a weighty tome. But there's no fat! No, sir! Every ounce of the weight of this book is pure literary muscle!
The book was first published in 1932, edited by Sir Paul Harvey, and the current edition is edited by the author Margaret Drabble.
The book is an invaluable companionto anyone who has an interest in English, be it professional or amateur. The design of the book is simple to follow, with each entry in alphabetical order.
The book is an eclectic collection of thousands of literary references. It covers fictional characters, authors, locations that are of significance to English literature, fictional locations, literary patrons, music, history, poetry, religion as it relates to literature, drama, theoretical concepts of literary criticism, etc., etc.
As well as the main body ...
Advantages: Comprehensive, good reference material Disadvantages: Expensive
The first 'Oxford Companionto English Literature' was published in 1932 under the editorial direction of Sir Paul Harvey (no relation the American radio commentator). Half a century and five editions later, this is still a standard, authoritative reference work necessary for scholars and interested non-experts alike.
Under the editorship of Margaret Drabble, author and biographer (known for 'The Witch of Exmoor' and the more recently published 'The Peppered Moth'), this volume remains faithful to Harvey's intention of placing English literature in its widest possible context while exploring the deep classical and continental connections that underpin much of the history.
How can literature be divorced from cultural context? Surely it cannot be -- hence the newest entries into the edition include topics that read as if they were ...
Advantages: A fantastic treasuretrove of information Disadvantages: None
The Oxford Companionto The Brontes is an extremely useful sourcebook of all things related to the Bronte family.
It is, in effect, an encyclopaedia on the Bronte family, and is clearly very well researched and very well written. It is also illustrated with copies of drawings by Bramwell Bronte.
It gives details of the family not found in other books on the family that I have seen. It reveals exactly how it was that Patrick Bronte came to take holy orders in the Church of England, where he trained and it even touches on Patrick Bronte's time at Christ Church, Wellington, Shropshire. A curious omission in many books on the Bronte family, as it was in Wellington that Patrick Bronte had a volume of poems published, Cottage Poems.
It also carries great detail about the plays that the Bronte children would stage, known as the Glass ...
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