Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto

Written by Geoffrey Sutton. Preface by Humphrey Tonkin.
A comprehensive and well documented overview of 120 years of Esperanto literature, its history, evolution and modern development, and with over 300 individual articles on the most important writers and their work. In English.
Contents:
preface by Dr. Humphrey Tonkin, Professor of the Humanities and President Emeritus at the University of Hartford, Connecticut general introduction to Esperanto literature, its history, evolution and modern development individual introductions to the five periods of the literature over 300 individual articles on the most important writers and their work in chronological order, with biographies and critique sample literary texts from some of the best original authors an introduction to the language itself, its linguistic structure and creative capabilities, including Esperanto from the Viewpoint of a Writer by Claude Piron extensive bibliographies and index Within each literary period, there are articles on each author. Each article has a biographical sketch, mentions the original works (or the most important ones for particularly prolific authors), major translations done by that author and of that author’s works into other languages from Esperanto. Details are often given about the works. Major authors are given several pages, while rudimentary information is provided about merely notable ones. The main article texts are quite lively and readable; they often have translated excerpts of reviews, and mention major influences on and controversies surrounding various pieces.
Publisher: Mondial, New York. Year: 2008. 740 pages. ISBN: 9781595690906.
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