Literary reference works books

Women should be seen and not heard.” That was a well-known maxim in nineteenth century America. In her new book,...  Read More >>

Drawn from his letters, notebooks, memoirs, and his fiction, this account of Chester Hime's varied, episodic life...  Read More >>

Applying aspects of psychoanalytic theory that pertain to identity formation, specifically René Girard's theory...  Read More >>

The Correspondence of Flannery O'Connor and the Brainard Cheneys Edited by C. Ralph Stephens In 1953 Flannery O'Connor...  Read More >>

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American literary nationalism is traditionally understood as a cohesive literary tradition developed in the newly...  Read More >>

From Oscar Wilde to Rudyard Kipling, from Jonathan Swift to WB Yeats and Samuel Beckett: the city of Dublin has...  Read More >>

All roads lead to Rome, the eternal city, the centre of Christendom, the lodestone of the pilgrim and the artist,...  Read More >>

Contemporary Literary Criticism covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. Each...  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 in this series presents biographical and critical information on four to eight short story writers and...  Read More >>

Over 360 essays and analyses of the important works of African American writers of all genres, including long fiction,...  Read More >>

Over 360 essays and analyses of the important works of African American writers of all genres, including long fiction,...  Read More >>

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

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This first full-length study of the works of best-selling Victorian novelist Ouida (Marie Louise Ramé) examines...  Read More >>

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

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

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As of 2006, Dick Francis has written one volume of collected short stories and 38 novels, most of which contain...  Read More >>

An introduction to Cervantes's complex masterpiece.  Read More >>

A Companion to Ancient Epic presents for the first time a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ancient Near Eastern,...  Read More >>