Dictionary of Writers and Their Works

Cox, Michael - FIRST EDITION HARDBACK

ISBN 10: 0198662491 / ISBN 13: 9780198662495

Published by Oxford University Press, 2001

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It looks unread and new, and the jacket is protected. A superb reference work, compiled with great skill. Seller Inventory # ABE-1720435521069

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dictionary of Writers and Their Works

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

A quick-reference guide to authors and their works. The focus is on the general canon of British literature from the fifteenth century to the present. There is also some coverage of non-fiction such as biographies, memoirs, and science, as well as inclusion of major American, Commonwealth, and other foreign writers.

About the Author:

Michael Cox is Senior Commissioning Editor, Reference Books, at OUP and is currently compiling The Oxford Chronology of English Literature on a freelance basis. His previous books for the Press include The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories and The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (both with R. A. Gilbert); Victorian Detective Stories: An Oxford Anthology; and The Oxford Book of twentieth-Century Ghost Stories.