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The Wordsworth Companion to Literature in English is an essential reference source to the vast heritage of literature in the English language throughout the world. It provides an up-to-date, comprehensive and authoriative survey of a world-wide literary tradition unrivalled in its richness and diversity ranging from Britain and Irelandto the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, the Caribbean and India. It gives clear explanations of genres, movements, critical terms and literary concepts, from irony to structuralism, from Romanticism to science fiction. There are descriptive entries for maqjor works and literary journals, as well as detailed biographies of novelists, poets, playwrights, essayists, journalists, and critics, from the literary giants of the past to the writers of today.