Chambers dictionary of literary characters

• Dictionary of literary characters.

Also Titled

• Chambers dictionary of literary characters

Author

• McGovern, Una.

Published

• Edinburgh : Chambers, 2005.

Content Types

• text

Carrier Types

• volume

Physical Description

• xxix, 818 pages ; 22 cm.

Subjects

• Characters and characteristics.
• Literature.
• English literature -- Dictionaries.
• Characters and characteristics in literature -- Dictionaries.
• Commonwealth literature (English) -- Dictionaries.
• American literature -- Dictionaries.
• American literature.
• Characters and characteristics in literature.
• Commonwealth literature (English)
• English literature.
• Literature -- Dictionaries.

Target Audience

• Adult

Summary

• Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters provides an invaluable guide to the wealth of characters created by writers in English - from the Wife of Bath to Bertie Wooster, and Tom Sawyer to Harry Potter. Features include concise biographies of authors, panels covering such topics as 'The detective in fiction' and 'Dickens' characters', and an appendix of literary awards.

Credits

• Managing editor, Una McGovern.

Notes

• Includes index.
• "Hardback edition published 2004"--Title page verso.
• 其他题名:Dictionary of literary characters.

Language

• English