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New for December 2011: The Oxford Reader's Companion to Trollope and The Oxford Reader's Companion to Conrad complete the set of Oxford Reader's Companions in Oxford Reference Online, adding more scholarly literature content to the site!
This update also includes updated astronomy and place name content, with new editions of A Dictionary of Astronomy and A Dictionary of British Place-Names, plus updates to the extensive World Encyclopedia.
New for December 2011: The Oxford Reader's Companion to Trollope and The Oxford Reader's Companion to Conrad complete the set of Oxford Reader's Companions in Oxford Reference Online, adding more scholarly literature content to the site!
This update also includes updated astronomy and place name content, with new editions of A Dictionary of Astronomy and A Dictionary of British Place-Names, plus updates to the extensive World Encyclopedia.
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The Oxford Reader's Companion to Conrad, first edition, edited by Owen Knowles and Gene M. MooreOver 400 entries
Owen Knowles and Gene M. Moore, together with their team of distinguished Advisers and Contributors, have created a unique and authoritative reference work on all things Conradian. Over 400 entries cover Conrad's Conrad's life (health, Polish inheritance, the sea, ships and voyages), people (Borys Conrad, Apollo and Ewa Korzeniowski, J. M. Barrie, Stephen Crane, Stefan Zeromski), places (America, Bangkok, Berdyczow, Congo, Cracow, Marseilles), novels (Almayer's Folly, Lord Jim, Nostromo), stories, essays, and reviews ('An Anarchist', 'Typhoon', 'Autocracy and War', 'Legends', 'Tales of the Sea'), influences and sources (James Brooke, Alighieri Dante, Charles Dickens, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emile Zola), characters (Almayer family, Mr Jones, Jim, Captain Mitchell, Nostromo, the Professor, Edith Travers), reputation (biographies, films, influences on other writers, portraits and other images, translations), and historical context (First World War, Polish question, women's suffrage movement).
The Oxford Reader's Companion to Trollope, first edition, edited by R. C. Terry
Over 500 entries
The Oxford Reader's Companion to Trollope encompasses all the latest scholarship on this fascinating writer in one single volume. Thirty-six contributors have come together to bring a wealth of biographical, bibliographical, and historical information to illuminate the wider literary and cultural context of Trollope's life and work. Over 500 A-Z entries cover Trollope's literature; his work as biographer, journalist and travel writer; subsequent criticism and praise of his work; his family members, friends, and acquaintances; the social context of his life; his influences and the things he influenced; his interests and ideas.
Professor R. C. Terry is one of the world's leading Trollope scholars. He is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.
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A Dictionary of Astronomy, second edition revised, edited by Ian RidpathOver 4,300 entries
The revised second edition of this established dictionary contains over 4,300 up-to-date entries covering all aspects of astronomy. Compiled with the help of over 20 expert contributors under the editorship of renowned author and broadcaster Ian Ridpath, A Dictionary of Astronomy covers everything from space exploration and the equipment involved, to astrophysics, cosmology, and the concept of time. The dictionary also includes biographical entries on eminent astronomers, as well as worldwide coverage of observatories and telescopes. Supplementary material is included in the appendices, such as tables of Apollo lunar landing missions and the constellations, a table of planetary data, and numerous other tables and diagrams complement the entries.
The entries have been fully revised and updated for this edition, and new entries have been added to reflect the recent developments within the field of astronomy, including magnetic reconnection, Fornax cluster, luminosity density, and Akatsuki. The content is enhanced by entry-level web links.
Ian Ridpath is an author and broadcaster on stars and planets for a general audience. He is the editor of, among other titles, Norton's Star Atlas and The Monthly Sky Guide.
A Dictionary of British Place-Names, first edition revised, edited by A. D. Mills
Over 17,000 entries
This revised edition of the Dictionary of British Place-Names includes over 17,000 engaging and informative entries, tracing the development of the featured place-names from earliest times to the present day. Included place-names range from the familiar to the obscure, among them 'Beer', 'Findlater', 'Broadbottom', and 'Great Snoring'. The A to Z entries are complemented by a detailed introductory essay discussing the chronology and development of English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish place-names, as well as an extensive bibliography, maps of Britain showing old and new boundaries, and a glossary of common elements in place-names.
Both accessible and up to date, this dictionary is an ideal companion for anybody travelling around the British Isles, as well as for researchers and students with an interest in toponomy, local history, cartography, and lexicography.
David Mills is Emeritus Reader in English, University of London and member of the Council of the English Place Name Society and of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland.
