The Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature [Hardcover]

Jean-Albert Bede (Author), William Edgerton (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0231037171 | ISBN-13: 978-0231037174 | Publication Date: October 15, 1980 | Edition: 2 Sub

With more than 1800 critical entries on the writers and literatures of 33 languages, this work presents the entire range of modern European writing -- from the symbolist and modernist works rooted in the last decades of the nineteenth century; through the avante-garde and existentialist movement to Barthes, Blanchot, Breton, and continental thought pertinent today.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 895 pages
• Publisher: Columbia University Press; 2 Sub edition (October 15, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0231037171
• ISBN-13: 978-0231037174
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.3 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,591,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Literary Reference Book of the First Order, July 29, 2007

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T. E. Leonard "A late baby bloomer" (Berea, Kentucky) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature (Hardcover)

If you are predisposed to reading European authors who graced the literary community between the 1880s-1970s, I am aware of no better single-volume reference book in English than the 'Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature.'

In addition to providing a scholarly synopsis of the history of all the major literary movements for many of the continental European countries (plus Turkey), it also has a rounded profile and bibliography for a daunting number of exceptional European authors of that period.

A vital addition to one's library!