- Paperback - Number of Pages: 832 pages
- Dimensions: 129.54 x 195.58 x 50.8mm - 598.74g
- Publication date: 26 Jul 2012
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication City/Country: Oxford, United Kingdom
- Language: English
Review from previous edition This is a scrupulously produced, smartly laid-out, academically serious and at the same time relishably browsable book. Henry Hitchings, The Times Literary Supplement a work of extraordinary value ... No library, no matter how small, can claim not to be able to afford at least one copy of this invaluable and almost incomparable, reference book. Another authoritative reference work of remarkable value will be welcome news to those libraries which found themselves unable to purchase the full edition. Library Review No guide could come more classic than The Oxford Companion to English Literature ... the literary reference source of first resort ... indispensable ... . Contemporary international writing is excellently covered ... excellent chronology Malcolm Bradbury, The Times Always good company Ian Sansom, Guardian Everybody with an interest in English literature will want to own it David Sexton, Evening Standard Remains irresistible Sue Gaisford, Harpers & Queen Conti...