The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
- ISBN-10
- 0195169212
- ISBN-13
- 9780195169218
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 2656
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- David Scott Kastan
Description
A comprehensive reference presents over five hundred full essays on authors and a variety of topics, including censorship, genre, patronage, and dictionaries.
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