Notable British Novelists (3 Volumes) (Magill's Choice) - Hardcover

9780893562045: Notable British Novelists (3 Volumes) (Magill's Choice)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0893562041 ISBN 13: 9780893562045

Publisher: Salem Press, Inc., 2001

Provides biographical information and literary analysis for the best-known English, Scottish, and Irish authors from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries.

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About the Author:

Carl Rollyson, Cape May County, New Jersey, is the advisory editor of the Hollywood Legends Series from University Press of Mississippi and the author of several biographies, including "Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress" and "Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews" (both published by University Press of Mississippi); "American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath"; and "Amy Lowell Anew: A Biography". He is also a professor of journalism at Baruch College, the City University of New York.

From Library Journal:

This three-volume work is a clever and serviceable repackaging of the eight-volume Critical Survey of Long Fiction, second revised edition (LJ 10/1/00). Rollyson, who also supervised the Critical Survey, offers 104 up-to-date essays, primarily by U.S. scholars, maintaining the same thorough analysis and consistent tone as the original. Each essay lists the principal works by the author and describes his or her achievements and biography, analyzing the overall body of work and each novel individually. The updated annotated bibliography at the end of each essay provides excellent sources for further research, and over half the essays include a photo or drawing of the author. The writers, a few of whom were born in Ireland but have close associations to Great Britain, were chosen because their works are often studied in high school and college. A wide range of styles and genres, notably gothic, mystery, and sf, are represented. A nine-page glossary of terms and techniques and a time line, which begins in the early 15th century, ends in 1950, and notes each author's date and place of birth, precedes an index consisting mainly of author and title references. The volumes seem well bound, but the type is smaller and the paper thinner than in the original series. A complete list of contents appears at the beginning of each volume, making the set easy to browse. The compact size and focus on one country of origin will appeal to less sophisticated scholars. Highly recommended for small public and college libraries. Vivian Reed, California State Univ. Lib., Long Beach
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