The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature

Even given a field that already included the Oxford Companion to English Literature (Drabble, 2000) and its Cambridge counterpart, the Guide to Literature in English (Head, 2006) (RR 2006/149), this five volume work running to some 2,620 pages would stand apart by virtue of its sheer size. The ambition is commensurate. Assisted by a board of five senior editors, Columbia University's David Scott Kastan seeks nothing less than to cover the entire history of British literature, from the origins of the English language to the present day. In doing so, the Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature...