Reader's Guide to Literature in English - Tapa dura

"Each contributor has supplied a list of recommended reading on his or her topic, each item of which is then discussed in an essay. The reader will, in theory, emerge with a clear grasp of how critical thinking on the author or topic in question has evolved in recent times ... At every random sampling the essays are taut, lucid and balanced. They [libraries] should buy it." - The Times Literary Supplement ". . . a considerable work of reference. . . . It should find its way into every reference library of any substance." - The Library Association Record "The quality of the scholarship is high, and the sampling of critical opinion in most entries represents a diversity of approaches and major texts on each topic. This guide is recommended for its high quality and because no comparable one-volume guide to criticism of all literatures in English currently exists." - Choice "An excellent guide for serious researchers." - Reference Books Bulletin "This is a most useful guide to bibliography in literature." - The School Librarian "An authoritative guide to critical work written on specific writers, and in broader literary categories as well." - Reference & Research Book News ". . . those who use it will appreciate its guidance through the welter of secondary works available to them." - Rettig on Reference "A crucial guide." - American Reference Books Annual

Reader's Guide Literature in English provides expert guidance to, and critical analysis of, the vast number of books available within the subject of English literature, from Anglo-Saxon times to the current American, British and Commonwealth scene. It is designed to help students, teachers and librarians choose the most appropriate books for research and study.