Literary reference works books

A collection of essays that identifies and interprets children’s picture books that explicitly represent LGBTQ+...  Read More >>

These proceedings celebrate the breadth, knowledge, and passion...  Read More >>

A comprehensive philological study by modern Georgian literary critics, this book chronicles all significant stages...  Read More >>

Exposes a stylistic tradition of flamboyantly failed passing in queer literature and film. This book posits formal...  Read More >>

Drawing on literary, philosophical, theoretical, and theological texts in multiple languages and scripts as well...  Read More >>

A study of supine, prone, and recumbent figures in contemporary literature. This book works across an array of well-known...  Read More >>

Offering a new history of a formative cultural and political era through the cosmic phenomena that captured the...  Read More >>

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""This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare....  Read More >>

""This series presents critical views on the most widely studied writers of short fiction. Each volume includes...  Read More >>

""This highly useful series presents substantial excerpts from the best criticism on the major literary figures...  Read More >>

Presents literary criticism on the works of writers of the period 1400-1800. Critical essays are selected from leading...  Read More >>

""This highly useful series presents substantial excerpts from the best criticism on the major literary figures...  Read More >>

A convenient source of critical commentary on the careers and works of acclaimed authors who died between 1800 and...  Read More >>

Each volume of this reference provides substantial critical essays and biographical information on four to eight...  Read More >>

Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 4-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other...  Read More >>

A convenient source of critical commentary on the careers and works of acclaimed authors who died between 1800 and...  Read More >>

Love Never Dies: A Collection of Poems that Illuminate the Enduring Power of Love, is a heartfelt anthology that...  Read More >>

Examining the literature of a profoundly influential decade by some of the century's major writers, this volume...  Read More >>

In this valuable collection, librarians, educators, parents, counselors, and caregivers will find practical guidance...  Read More >>

A compact, eclectic, and teachable collection of poems based not on aesthetic, geographic, or historical parameters,...  Read More >>

A novel, creative way for romance readers to indulge in their favourite genre. For Spicy Booktok - fans of Bridgerton,...  Read More >>

Posits that network theory can effectively model the agency of actors and institutions in the literary field, making...  Read More >>

For centuries, critics, poets, and philosophers have either openly proclaimed or tacitly assumed the long poem as...  Read More >>

In this book, Joyce examines John Ashbery's poetry through the lens of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's conception of phenomenology....  Read More >>