The Penguin Companion to Literature is a reference work published in four volumes by Penguin Books.
Volume 1 was edited by David Daiches and deals with British and Commonwealth literature. It has been called the most useful recent work of its kind.Basil Cottle, The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol 23, No 91 (August 1972), p 321 JSTOR Volume 2, published in 1969, was edited by Anthony Thorlby and deals with the literature of Continental Europe since the fifth century AD. Volume 3 deals with the literature of the United States and Latin America. Volume 4, edited by D R Dudley and D M Lang deals with Classical, Byzantine, Oriental and African literature.
The Penguin Companion to World Literature was published by McGraw-Hill. The volumes were titled The Penguin Companion to English Literature,Google Books The Penguin Companion to European Literature,Google Books The Penguin Companion to American Literature,Google Books and The Penguin Companion to Classical, Oriental and African Literature.Google Books
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External links The Penguin Companion to Literature, in snippet view, from Google Books: vol 2, vol 3.