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Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series reflects a growing awareness of a unique historical process: the development of English as an international language. The writers whose novels are discussed in these volumes represent an extraordinarily wide range of cultural experience - from Guyana to Nigeria, from Canada to Australia and from Ireland to India. They share a common historical experience - the mixed legacy of the British Empire - and even more important, a common language. Never before have so many speakers from so many different cultures shared a common tongue

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This latest addition to the growing Masterplots set provides, for 418 novels published between 1900 and 1986, ready reference data; plot summaries; brief analyses of major characters, themes, and critical contexts; and brief bibliographies. Some 80 percent are from Great Britain, Canada, and Australia; the remainder are from Commonwealth writers such as Thea Astley and Ayi Kwei Armah. About two-thirds of the novels were published after 1950, too late for inclusion in the original Masterplots. Some of the post-1950 titles were included in Magill's Literary Annual (another major component of this set), but all such entries this reviewer checked were new. This excellent set will be an invaluable addition to any collection concerned with 20th-century literature, though a single index for the various components of the Masterplots series would be welcome. Peter Dollard, Alma Coll. Lib., Mich. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.