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Title: The Bloomsbury Guide to English Literature by Marion Wynne-Davies ISBN: 0136896626 Publisher: Hungry Minds, Inc Pub. Date: August, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5

Rating: 5
Summary: Great reference and introductory text
Comment: The first 300 pages of the guide includes essays that chart the history of literature in Great Britain. These essays cover a fairly wide range of topics, and give some general insight into the Britain's various movements and figures. Some essay titles include:

1. Political history and sociel context (1066-present day)
2. Contemporary approaches to literature
F.R. Leavis and evaluation
Saussure and Structuralism... etc.
3. Medieval English literature
A context for medeval english literature
Medieval english lyrics
Narrative poetry... etc
11. Enlightenment, Sensibility and Romanticism: poetry 1660-1830

The last 700 pages include individual entries for titles, writers, characters and events. Example of entries:
Aaron Abbey Theatre, Dublin Abel
Abigail Abse, Dannie Absurd, Theatre of the
Acrostic Achebe, Chinua Act

An example of an entry:
Clerihew
A lightweight epigram, usually in four lines of varying length, so called afterits inventor E. Clerihew Bentley. For example:
Alfred de Musset
called his cat 'pusset'
His accent was affected --
That was to be expected.

This reference book is great if you, like me, often forget what a particular character or concept is about. The entries include references to other related entries, so all those related ideas are at your fingertips. Presumes sufficient knowledge of English Literature, and is probably only useful to a certain kind of interest in.