Literary reference works books

The Chicago Renaissance began in the early 1900s and lasted until approximately 1930. The leading writers of the...  Read More >>

For decades scholarship on Federico Fellini has focused on the figure of the director himself, while formal analysis...  Read More >>

Cy-Borges—this compound word seems almost destined. It allows the associations of cyber—and cyborg to converge around...  Read More >>

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This book builds upon critical reevaluations of modernism and British literature of the 1930s with a simultaneous...  Read More >>

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Captures all of the flavour and richness of Louisiana's heritage, illuminating how the state, despite its differences...  Read More >>

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

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

< P>Your students and users will find biographical information on approximately 300 modern writers in this volume...  Read More >>

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

John Fowles gained international recognition in 1963 with his first published novel, The Collector, but his labor...  Read More >>

Harry Potter and the names of fictitious people and places in the Harry Potter novels are trademarks of Warner...  Read More >>

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Inspired by the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo's work for memory and justice, Cry for Me, Argentina is an interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

The principal argument suggests that the discourse on jazz was informed largely by a broad range of anxieties endemic...  Read More >>

A critical look at younger poets and a revisit of the major poets, Luis de Camoes and Fernado Pessoa, through articles...  Read More >>

Explores William Shakespeare's depictions of middle age by examining the relationships between middle-aged parents...  Read More >>

Traces a line of southern writers from the early nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth, finding that an obsessive...  Read More >>

Revives and critiques four African American and Francophone Caribbean women writers sometimes overlooked in discussions...  Read More >>

Ann Petry (1908-1997) was a prominent writer during a period in which few black writers were published with regularity...  Read More >>

Hispanic-American literature has a venerable history and has dramatically increased in importance and popularity...  Read More >>

An invaluable collection of encyclopedias analyzing individual literary genres, the Companion to Literature series...  Read More >>

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

Post-Closet Masculinities in Early Modern England argues for a theory of male subjectivity that subordinates questions...  Read More >>