Literary reference works books

Broad-ranging and pluralistically investigative, the essays in this collection document Rachel Blau DuPlessis's...  Read More >>

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This is a collection of selected and translated Chinese legends and tales arranged under specific topics important...  Read More >>

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Arguing that the well-known cowboy ballad “The Streets of Laredo” is an early expression of “discontent with an...  Read More >>

Broad-ranging and pluralistically investigative, the essays in this collection document Rachel Blau DuPlessis's...  Read More >>

Focusing on Black and Latinx youth authorship within New York City, Amy Fish examines child-authored texts of the...  Read More >>

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Russian-Jewish writer Leonid Tsypkin (1926–82), a doctor by trade, wrote primarily “for the drawer,” fearing professional...  Read More >>

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

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

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

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

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

"""First published as an Oxford World's Classics paperback 2004; Reissued 2008.""--Title page verso."  Read More >>

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In this book, Dr Ivano Sassanelli brings together international scholarship on Gollum, as well as the interpretations...  Read More >>

Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its...  Read More >>

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

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Hebrew novels that deal with the experience of contemporary conflict are surprisingly rare. Through close readings...  Read More >>