Fully revised sixth edition with 50 new authors and books.
Features more than 350 major authors both time-honoured and contemporary, from Margaret Atwood to Emile Zola, through Bruce Chatwin, Aldous Huxley and Graham Swift, arranged in alphabetical order, each with a short article on style, influences, settings and theme, along with a list of their salient works.
At the end of each entry, a 'Read On' section directs the readers to similar works by other authors. For the most influential works of literature, 'Pathways' lead readers to books with similar themes. For those new to English literature, there are 'Starpoints' for reading around the main genres.
