The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature
By: Steven R. Serafin and Valerie Grosvenor Myer, editors.
Contributors: Serafin, Steven.; Myer, Valerie Grosvenor.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1184
Subjects: English literature -- Encyclopedias.; English literature -- Irish authors -- Encyclopedias.; British literature -- Encyclopedias.
Genres: Encyclopedias.
First sentence: The earliest forms of literature in Britain are lost; we can only speculate as to their origin and content.
Description: An unusually substantial encyclopedia, containing not only biographical articles but also many topical ones, on The Bloomsbury Group, The Gothic Novel, Philosophy and Literature, and much else. There are more than 200 contributors, all experts in their fields. These writers include Elaine Aston, Clive Barker, Peter Barnes, Jacques Berthoud, Nora Crook, Peter Finch, Norman Kelvin, C.W.R.D. Moseley, Ian Ousby, Susanna Roxman, John Sutherland, Claire Tomalin, Simon Trussler, Clive Wilmer, and Justin Wintle.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.