The Oxford Companion To Australian Literature

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publisher Place: Melbourne
Publisher Year: 1994
Edition: Second Edition

Description: 833 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

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 coversnon-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 womens andmulticultural 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: 9780195533811