Literary reference works books

This new volume addresses a number of important issues related to reading and writing we did not attend to in our...  Read More >>

Devotees of Cormac McCarthy’s novels are legion, and deservedly so. Embracing Vocation, which tells the tale of...  Read More >>

Emphasizes the astonishing innovations in diction and style, not to mention content, in Yosano Akiko’s work that...  Read More >>

Examines readers’ reactions to short texts during crucial moments of the reading experience. Far from reducing the...  Read More >>

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Devotees of Cormac McCarthy’s novels are legion, and deservedly so. Embracing Vocation, which tells the tale of...  Read More >>

Examines the British editions of American fiction, poetry, essays, and autobiographies from writers like Edgar Allan...  Read More >>

The present volume includes a foreword by prominent Dungan poet Iskhar Shisyr, an introductory chapter, footnotes,...  Read More >>

The poetry of Yosano Akiko covers all the many and varied aspects of the experience of love - from early romantic...  Read More >>

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The tension between populism and pluralism, between homogeneity and heterogeneity, has marked the United States...  Read More >>

E. M. Forster, one of England's most distinguished writers, shares what he believes are the seven important aspects...  Read More >>

Examines the British editions of American fiction, poetry, essays, and autobiographies from writers like Edgar Allan...  Read More >>

Photography at the turn of the twentieth century was not only a product of modernity but also a medium to chronicle...  Read More >>

A definitive account of newspaper and periodical press history across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales covering...  Read More >>

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Using accessible language and examples, this volume examines how certain technologies, selected for their social...  Read More >>

These thirty-eight short essays show how Shakespearean drama stages virtue as a capacity for connection within and...  Read More >>

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"""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 >>

""Biographical entries on Twenty-First-Century African American Poets""--  Read More >>

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

Behind-the-book stories and facts about authors, publishing, and everything..  Read More >>