基本説明
各専門の著名研究者をそろえた新たなスタンダード・レファレンス。
The most complete and up-to-date reference work available on all of British literature, with 1,200 entries (70 topical entries) by more than 200 authorities, including Derek Brewer on Geoffrey Chaucer, R. S. White on William Blake, and Claire Tomalin on Samuel Pepys.
Full Description
This comprehensive guide to all British literature also includes literature in English from the colonial and post-colonial periods in Africa, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, India, and New Zealand. Important authors from these areas are covered in substantive topical articles on their respective literatures. The contributors, from the UK and US, are all experts in their fields, and include: R.S. White on William Blake; W.H. New on Canadian Literature in English; Derek Brewer on Geoffrey Chaucer; Ian Ousby on Detective Fiction before 1945; David Kirby on Expatriates; Merryn Williams on Thomas Hardy; Sandie Byrne on Tony Harrison; Fred Marchant on Ted Hughes; Peter Barnes on Ben Jonson; Ian MacKillop on F.R. Leavis; Norman Kelvin on William Morris; Claire Tomalin on Samuel Pepys; and Peter Finch on Poetry since 1945.
