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Webster's New World Companion to English and American Literaure
Published by Popular Library, New York, 1976
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. For teachers, students and readers alike, this is the indispensable guide to all important English language writers and their works from earliest times to the present. Thorough biographical data on over 1000 novelists, poets, dramatists and essayists; descriptions of their major works; bibliography of books about them; alphabetical organization. 850 pages. Some chipping, creasing and discolouration of the cover. The text is clean and it is in very good condition.
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Webster's New World Companion to English and American Literature
Published by World Publishing, New York United States of America, 1973
ISBN 10: 0529050803ISBN 13: 9780529050809
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Harback First Edition Webster's New World Companion to English and American Literature.850 pp. From the blurb: "An indispensable reference work for every reader, student, or teacher, this totally new Companion concisely records the facts concerning over 1,100 authors and literary genres, and some 6,000 individual works. All the important English and American literary figures - poets, novelists, dramatists, and essayists from the earliest days to the present - are described in articles ranging up to 4,000 words in length. In addition, their significant works are identified and, in many cases, summarized, and a succinct assessment of their literary achievement is provided. The alphabetical organization of the book makes it possible for the reader or researcher to find quickly and accurately the answers to a wide variety of questions involving literary history, criticism, forms, and styles as well as the facts of biography and bibliography. The book also has a 92-page appendix citing full bibliographical data of relevant critical works. In addition to the articles on the authors, there is a whole range of entries dealing with such general topics as literary movements, genres, and schools of poetry. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).
