The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature

1858 Pages·2012·14.49 MB·English

by  Dinah Birch

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U
Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Abbot, The
ABELARD, Peter
ABERCROMBIE, Lascelles
ABISH, Walter
ABOULELA, Leila
Absalom and Achitophel
ABSE, Dannie
Absentee, The
Absurd, Theatre of the
ACHEBE, Chinua
ACKER, Kathy
ACKERLEY, J. R.
ACKLAND, Rodney
ACKROYD, Peter
ACTON, Sir Harold Mario Mitchell
Acts and Monuments of these Latter and Perilous Days,
Touching Matters of the Church
Acts of the Apostles
Adam
Adam Bede
ADAMOV, Arthur
ADAMS, Douglas
ADAMS, Francis
ADAMS, Henry Brooks
ADAMS, Richard
ADAMS, Sarah Flower
adaptation
ADCOCK, Fleur
ADDISON, Joseph
ADEBAYO, Diran
Adeline Mowbray
ADICHIE, Chimamanda Ngozi
Adonais
Adonis
ADORNO, Theodor
Advancement of Learning, The
Adventures of Master F.J., The
Adventures of Philip
Æ
ÆLFRIC
Aeneid
AESCHYLUS
AESOP
Aesthetic movement
ÆTHELWOLD, St
Aethiopica
African American literature
Agamemnon of Aeschylus, The
AGARD, John
AGBABI, Patience
Age of Innocence, The
Age of Reason, The
Agnes Grey
Agrarians
Agravain, Sir
AGRIPPA, Henricus Cornelius
AHLBERG, Allan
Aickman, Robert
Aidoo, Ama Ata
Aids to Reflection
AIKEN, Conrad Potter
AIKEN, Joan
AIKIN, Anna Laetitia
AIKIN, John
AINSWORTH, William Harrison
aisling
AKENSIDE, Mark
AKHMATOVA, Anna
ALABASTER, William
Alastor
Albany
ALBEE, Edward Franklin
Albion
Albions England
alcaics
Alchemist, The
ALCOTT, Louisa May
ALCUIN
ALDINGTON, Richard
ALDISS, Brian W.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
ALEXANDER, C. F.
alexandrine
ALFRED
ALGER, Horatio, Jr
ALGREN, Nelson
ALI, Monica
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
alienation effect
allegory
ALLEN, Grant
ALLENDE, Isabel
ALLESTREE, Richard
ALLESTREE, Richard
All for Love
ALLINGHAM, Margery
ALLINGHAM, William
All is True
alliteration
alliterative prose
Alliterative Revival
alliterative verse
ALLNUTT, Gillian
All Quiet on the Western Front
All’s Lost by Lust
All’s Well That Ends Well
All the Year Round
almanacs
ALMOND, David
A.L.O.E.
alternate history
ALTHER, Lisa
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet
ALVAREZ, A.
Amadis of Gaul
Amazing Marriage, The
Ambassadors, The
AMBLER, Eric
Amelia
American dream
American Senator, The
Amis, Sir Kingsley
AMIS, Martin
Amis and Amiloun
Amoretti
AMORY, Thomas.
Amos Barton, The Sad Fortunes of the Rev
amphibrach
Amphitryon
anachrony
anacoluthon
ANACREON
Analytical Review
ANAND, Mulk Raj
anapaest
anaphora
Anarchy, The Mask of
Anatomy of Abuses, The
Anatomy of Melancholy
Anchises
Ancient Mariner, The Rime of the
Ancrene Wisse
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian
ANDERSON, Sherwood
Andreas
ANDREWES, Lancelot
Anelida and Arcite
Angel in the House, The
ANGELOU, Maya
Anglo-Indian literature
Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, The
Angria
Angry Young Men
Animal Farm
animal stories
animation
Annals of the Parish
Anne of Green Gables
Annual Register, The
Annus Mirabilis
ANSELM, St
ANSON, George
anthem
Anthology, The Greek
anti-hero
Anti-Jacobin, The
Antiquary, The
Antonio and Mellida
Antony and Cleopatra
aphorism
Apocalypse
Apocrypha
Apollo
Apology for Poetry, An
aporia
aposiopesis
apostles
Apostles
apostrophe
Appius and Virginia
APULEIUS
Arabia Deserta
Arabian Nights Entertainments
ARAGON, Louis
ARBUTHNOT, John
Arcadia
Arcadia
Arcadia
ARCHER, William
archetype
Arden
Arden, John
Arden of Faversham
Areopagitica
Arianism
Ariel
ARIOSTO, Ludovico
ARISTOPHANES
Aristophanes’ Apology
ARISTOTLE
ARLEN, Michael