World writers in English / Jay Parini, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parini, Jay.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Scribner writers series

The Scribner writers series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.

Commonwealth literature (English).

Commonwealth literature (English)--Bio-bibliography.

Authors, English--20th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Authors, Commonwealth.

Authors, Commonwealth--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Bio-bibliography.

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xx, 782 pages) ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, [2004]

Summary:

This title in the" Scribner Writers Series" includes biographical/critical essays on English-language writers from English-speaking countries outside the United States and British Isles, including those from Canada, the Caribbean, India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Authors covered range from major figures, such as Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood, to significant but lesser-known authors, such as Caryl Phillips and Amitav Ghosh.

Contents:

v. 1. Chinua Achebe to V.S. Naipaul

v. 2. R.K. Narayan to Patrick White.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0684312891

0684312905

0684312913

OCLC:

52601547