The literary 100

Description

Here is the revised and expanded edition of Daniel S. Burt's assessment of the 100 most influential novelists, playwrights, and poets of all times and cultures--now with 25 additional entries and some reassessments as well as 25 new black-and-white photographs and illustrations. All of the writers selected have helped to redefine literature, establishing a standard with which succeeding generations of writers and readers have had to contend. The ranking attempts to discern, from the broadest possible perspective, what makes a literary artist great and how that greatness can be measured and compared. Each profile distills the essence of the writer's career and character to help prompt consideration of literary merit and relationships by the reader.

Subjects

Genres

• Biography

Other Editions

• The literary 100: a ranking of the most influential novelists, playwrights, and poets of all timeInfobase Holdings, Inc.2001-01-01
• The literary 100Carol Pub. Group1998-01-01
• Literary 100HardcoverCitadel Press1999-07-01
• The Literary 100HardcoverFacts on File2000-12-01
• The literary 100Facts on File2008-01-01
• Literary 100PaperbackFacts on File (J)2008-06-30