Literary reference works books

Explores seven startling paradoxes behind the bestselling novelist’s lasting popularity and takes a fresh look at...  Read More >>

Through close readings of diverse genres (travel writing, essay, novel, short story, and film) Samurai in the Land...  Read More >>

This book is for both specialist and non-specialist readers with an interest in Australian literature, above all...  Read More >>

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

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

A scrupulously prepared teaching edition of Dickinson’s work, illustrated with numerous facsimile illustrations...  Read More >>

An accessible, wide-ranging introduction to one of the most important aspects of Romantic cultural history, aimed...  Read More >>

An accessible, wide-ranging introduction to one of the most important aspects of Romantic cultural history, aimed...  Read More >>

Covering key forms, media, locations, individuals, and communities, this book addresses both familiar topics and...  Read More >>

This volume presents a selection from the American and British fiction of the nineteenth century which was evolving...  Read More >>

This volume presents a selection from the American and British fiction of the nineteenth century which was evolving...  Read More >>

Contends that there is a need for reading Caribbean women’s texts relationally. This comprehensive study argues...  Read More >>

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

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

"""Turn to this authoritative international resource for complete critical coverage of the careers and works of...  Read More >>

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

After World War II, the Western frontier of self-reinvention and spatial expansion opened up through the explosion...  Read More >>

Each volume of this resource covers four to eight significant dramatists or plays. For each play or playwright featured,...  Read More >>

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

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