Bloomsbury good reading guide
By: this edition edited by Nick Rennison ; original author, Kenneth McLeish.
Contributors: Rennison, Nick, 1955-; McLeish, Kenneth, 1940-
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Fiction -- Stories, plots, etc; Fiction -- Reviews; Fiction -- History and criticism -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Stories, plots, etc.; Reviews.; Encyclopedias.
Description: "The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide opens up the full spectrum of books, time-honoured and contemporary. More than 350 major authors, from Margaret Atwood to Emile Zola, through Bruce Chatwin, Aldous Huxley, and Neville Shute, are arranged in alphabetical order, each with a short article on style, influences, settings, theme, along with a list of their salient works. At the end of each entry, a 'Read On' section directs readers to similar works by other authors. For the most influential works of literature, 'Pathways' lead readers to more books with similar themes; e.g. for War and Peace, eighteen suggested titles are grouped under the themes of Tsarist Russia, Napoleon and the Napoleonic Wars, All Human Life is Here, and War and its Aftermath. For those new to English literature, there are 'Startpoints' for reading around nine main genres, including Biography, Crime, Letters and Diaries, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and Travel."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Previous ed.: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.