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The Cambridge Guide to Fiction in English

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Editor: Ian Ousby

Ruth Brown (New Zealand), Ann Dry (South Africa), Alison Hennegan (contemporary UK), John Hoey (French Canada), Brian Kiernan (Australia), David W. Madden (contemporary USA), Patrick O'Donnell (contemporary USA), John Skinner (Africa, India and South Asia), Brian Stableford (science fiction), John Thieme (Canada and the Caribbean)

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Date Published: September 1998
availability: Unavailable - out of print April 2002
format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521576178

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The Cambridge Guide to Fiction in English, an alphabetized reference work with over 2,000 entries, will be an invaluable resource to anyone with an interest in the novel, whether studying, teaching or reading for pleasure. Writers and major works from the UK and USA are represented, as are those from the rest of the English-speaking world - Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, India, and the Caribbean. Particular types of novels (from the Gothic to the campus novel) receive detailed coverage as do trends in fiction (such as realism and naturalism) and popular genres (detective, spy and science fiction). Based on the Guide to Literature in English, this book has a substantial number of new entries and has been completely updated. An original and thought-provoking introduction analyses the historical development and current form of the novel; a selective bibliography indicates areas for further reading, and an appendix lists recipients of all the major literary prizes.
- Over 2000 entries on literary movements, tendencies, types, devices, authors and books from the Renaissance to the present day
- Informative and contextualising introduction
- The first general reference work on the novel to include Chicano and Quebecois literature
- Critical apparatus includes a select bibliography, and lists of selected literary prizes
- By the author of the Cambridge Guide to Literature in English and the Cambridge Paperback Guide to Literature in English
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Product details
- Date Published: September 1998
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521576178
- length: 331 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 156 x 27 mm
- weight: 0.53kg
- availability: Unavailable - out of print April 2002
Table of Contents
Lists of consultants and contributors
Acknowledgements
Note to the reader
Introduction
A-Z entries
Suggested reading
Selected list of literary prizes.
Editor
Ian Ousby
Contributors
Ruth Brown (New Zealand), Ann Dry (South Africa), Alison Hennegan (contemporary UK), John Hoey (French Canada), Brian Kiernan (Australia), David W. Madden (contemporary USA), Patrick O'Donnell (contemporary USA), John Skinner (Africa, India and South Asia), Brian Stableford (science fiction), John Thieme (Canada and the Caribbean)