British writers. Supplement / edited under the auspices of the British Council, Ian Scott-Kilvert, general editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scott-Kilvert, Ian.

British Council.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--20th century--Bio-bibliography.

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

Authors, English.

Genre:

Bio-bibliography.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

volumes ; 219 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Scribner, 1987-

Summary:

The "Scribner Writers Series has set the standard for literary reference for more than 25 years. In addition to addressing the lives and careers of important writers, the articles discuss the themes and a styles of major works and place them in pertinent historical, social and political concerns for today's readers. Novelists, playwrights, essayists, poets, short story writers, and more recently, genre writers in science fiction and mystery, are all expertly discussed in the more than 17 sets comprising this series. To see listings of writers for any volume in this section, go to the "Scribner Writers Series section online at www.gale.com/scribners. Continues the "British Writers Series with new biocritical essays on 20 acclaimed writers. This supplement includes Simon Armitage, Alan Bennett, Wendy Cope, T. E Powys and others.

Contents:

1. Graham Greene to Tom Stoppard

2. Kingsley Amis to J.R.R. Tolkien.

3. James M. Barrie to Mary Wollstonecraft

4. [No special title]

5. Alan Ayckbourn to Graham Swift

6. Index

7. Index for v.1-7 & Suppl.1-7

8. [No special title] [Includes cumulative index for volumes I-VII, supplements I-VIII and retrospective supplements I-II]

Retrospective supplement I [Includes cumulative index for the entire British Writers series thru this vol.]

Retrospective supplement II

16. [No special title] [Includes cumulative index for volumes I-VII, supplements I-XVI and retrospective supplements I-II]

Retrospective supplement III [Includes cumulative index for volumes I-VII, supplements I-XV and retrospective supplements I-III]

17. [No special title] [Includes cumulative index for volumes I-VII, supplements I-XVII and retrospective supplements I-III].

Notes:

Includes bibliographics and indexes.

ISBN:

0684186128

0684806568

9781414439037

9780684315973

OCLC:

187415930