The Oxford companion to twentieth-century literature in English
By: edited by Jenny Stringer ; with an introduction by John Sutherland.
Contributors: Stringer, Jenny.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 751
Subjects: English literature -- 20th century -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries; American literature -- 20th century -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries; Commonwealth literature (English) -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Dictionaries; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography -- Dictionaries; Authors, Commonwealth -- Biography -- Dictionaries
Other titles: Twentieth-century literature in English
Description: This is a unique new reference book on English-language writers and writing throughout the present century, in all major genres and from all around the world - from Joseph Conrad to Will Self, Virginia Woolf to David Mamet, Ezra Pound to Peter Carey, James Joyce to Amy Tan.

Fiction, plays, poetry, and a whole range of non-fictional writing are celebrated in this informative, readable, and catholic reference book, which includes entries on literary movements, periodicals, and over 400 individual works, as well as articles on some 2,400 authors.

A lively introduction by John Sutherland highlights the various and sometimes contradictory canons that have emerged over the century, and the increasingly international sources of writing in English which the Companion records. Catering for all literary tastes, this is the most comprehensive single-volume guide to modern (and postmodern) literature.