Literature Newsletter
July, 2006
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New and Noteworthy
The
Oxford Companion to English Literature
Revised, Second Edition
Edited by Margaret Drabble
"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
Informed by the latest scholarly thinking, and comprehensively cross referenced to guide the reader to topics of related interest, the Companion retains its position as the best guide to English literature available.
The
Nature of Narrative
Fortieth Anniversary Edition,
Second Edition
Robert Scholes, James Phelan and Robert Kellogg
The fortieth anniversary edition of this groundbreaking work has been revised and expanded to include a new preface and a lengthy chapter on developments in narrative theory since 1966 by James Phelan. A continued leader in the field of narrative studies, The Nature of Narrative offers unique and invaluable histories of both narrative and narrative theory.
Encyclopedia of American Literature
Edited by Jay Parini
"This encyclopedia brings together 350 signed, alphabetically arranged essays on American literature from the colonial period to the present. The majority of well known American authors in the canon are surveyed here, including favorites such as Faulkner, Frost, Hawthorne, Melville, Salinger, and Whitman....does a wonderful job of covering American literature's core in depth."
—Booklist
American
Working Class Literature
An Anthology
Edited by Nicholas Coles and Janet Zandy
"This is a long-overdue textbook. Attention to matters of class and labor, to working class studies, has been a subject of serious interest in American literature for the last three decades, but it remains an underrepresented field at the level of scholarship and teaching apparatuses. This volume is an important step toward addressing that lack."
—Michael Elliott, Emory University
Good Fiction Guide Edited by Jane Rogers
Packed with accessible introductions to over a thousand must-read authors and over four thousand superb titles, the Good Fiction Guide is a book you'll go back to again and again.
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Oxford
Anthology of the Brazilian Short Story Edited by K. David Jackson
"A marvelous collection of wonderful short stories, some already well known and some which will become well known as the result of this anthology. Particularly laudable is the resurrection of scattered and forgotten translations. Jackson's multiple introductions are thorough, sensitive, and highly readable. The book is a tremendous new resource."
—David T. Haberly,
University of Virginia
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Studying
Literature The Essential Companion
Paul Goring, Jeremy Hawthorn and Domhnall Mitchell
Combining a concise glossary of critical terms and theories, a guide to literary theorists, and a study skills guide in one, Studying Literature is designed to accompany students of literature--whether on English, comparative literature or foreign language degrees--throughout the whole of their studies.
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