Reviews
'This is a guide of enormous scope, covering the contemporary writing of most of the globe since the 1960s ... sharply informative and crisply written. It is most stimulating and informative. Its greatest virtue is that it makes us lift our heads above our own parochialism.'Joan Bridgman, Contemporary Review, 'A mammoth-seeming task but ... well done ... the project has a general air of thoughtfulness, and now and then permits small bursts of critical discrimination.'Ian Hamilton, The Sunday Telegraph, 'the clarity with which the national is distinguished from theinternational is one of the striking successes of the Guide'Times Literary Supplement, 'we ... have to be grateful to Oxford University Press and John Sturrockfor allowing us to evaluate Scottish writing in the context of world literaturein this indispensable guide'Lorn Macintyre, Glasgow Herald, 'a guide of enormous scope, covering the contemporary writing of most of the globe since the 1960s ... sharply informative and crisply written ... The discussions of national literatures are frequently penetrating and provocative. It is most stimulating and informative. Its greatest virtue isthat it makes us lift our heads above our own parochialism.'Joan Bridgman, Contemporary Review, Vol. 269, No. 1570, Nov '96, 'the clarity with which the national is distinguished from the international is one of the striking successes of the Guide'Times Literary Supplement'I hope that the delegates of OUP will encourage John Sturrock to keep his guide up to date, in several subsequent editions. There is nothing quite like it.'Robert McCrum, The Observer'we ... have to be grateful to Oxford University Press and John Sturrock for allowing us to evaluate Scottish writing in the context of world literature in this indispensable guide'Lorn Macintyre, Glasgow Herald'A mammoth-seeming task but ... well done ... the project has a general air of thoughtfulness, and now and then permits small bursts of critical discrimination.'Ian Hamilton, The Sunday Telegraph'This is a guide of enormous scope, covering the contemporary writing of most of the globe since the 1960s ... sharply informative and crisply written. It is most stimulating and informative. Its greatest virtue is that it makes us lift our heads above our own parochialism.'Joan Bridgman, Contemporary Review'performs a useful, difficult task with aplomb'John Rylke, The Guardian'a guide of enormous scope, covering the contemporary writing of most of the globe since the 1960s ... sharply informative and crisply written ... The discussions of national literatures are frequently penetrating and provocative. It is most stimulating and informative. Its greatest virtue is that it makes us lift our heads above our own parochialism.'Joan Bridgman, Contemporary Review, Vol. 269, No. 1570, Nov '96, 'we ... have to be grateful to Oxford University Press and John Sturrock for allowing us to evaluate Scottish writing in the context of world literature in this indispensable guide'Lorn Macintyre, Glasgow Herald, 'the clarity with which the national is distinguished from the international is one of the striking successes of the Guide'Times Literary Supplement, 'This is a guide of enormous scope, covering the contemporary writing ofmost of the globe since the 1960s ... sharply informative and crisply written.It is most stimulating and informative. Its greatest virtue is that it makes uslift our heads above our own parochialism.'Joan Bridgman, Contemporary Review, 'A mammoth-seeming task but ... well done ... the project has a generalair of thoughtfulness, and now and then permits small bursts of criticaldiscrimination.'Ian Hamilton, The Sunday Telegraph, 'a guide of enormous scope, covering the contemporary writing of most ofthe globe since the 1960s ... sharply informative and crisply written ... Thediscussions of national literatures are frequently penetrating and provocative.It is most stimulating and informative. Its greatest virtue is that it makes uslift our heads above our own parochialism.'Joan Bridgman, Contemporary Review, Vol. 269, No. 1570, Nov '96, 'I hope that the delegates of OUP will encourage John Sturrock to keep his guide up to date, in several subsequent editions. There is nothing quite like it.'Robert McCrum, The Observer, 'I hope that the delegates of OUP will encourage John Sturrock to keep hisguide up to date, in several subsequent editions. There is nothing quite likeit.'Robert McCrum, The Observer
