A Dictionary of British and Irish Authors

by Antony Kamm

Half-page to page-long articles summarize the lives and work of nearly 250 native, expatriot, and immigrant writers of the British Isles, from Chaucer to the present. A very handy brief reference for the price. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Antony Kamm read Classics and English at Oxford University. He was lecturer in publishing studies at the University of Stirling 1988-95. His publications include the Collins Biographical Dictionary of English Literature (1993), The Israelites: an introduction (Routledge,1999), The Last Frontier: the Roman invasions of Scotland (2004), and Julius Caesar: a life (Routledge, 2006).