The Oxford Companion To Australian Literature

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publisher Place: Melbourne
Publisher Year: 2000
Edition: Reprint

Description: 833 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. This Is A Reference Work Which We Hope Will Be Of Interest To The General Reader As Well As Of Use Of Students Of Australian Literature And Related Fields.

Publishers Description: Unique in its field, exhaustive in scope, the Oxford Companion to Australian Literature offers a comprehensive account of Australian writing from European settlement in 1788 to the 1990s. It presents the most important achievements in the fields of fiction, poetry, and drama, and also covers non-fictional prose in journals, diaries, biographies, and autobiographies, and the impact of key historical events on Australian literature. Fully revised and updated, the second edition contains 500 new entries, bringing the total to 3050, reflects the greater influence and volume of women's and multicultural writing, and includes major new articles on crime fiction and the immigrant experience. Written in clear and accessible language, this major reference belongs on the shelf of every library and every lover of world literature.

ISBN: 019553381x