Literary reference works books

Invites critical awareness of Flannery O’Connor’s resonance in the products of popular music culture - in folk,...  Read More >>

Fills a significant cultural gap in Gullah history. By giving voice to artists and culture makers on both sides...  Read More >>

This extensive new work joins the internationally acclaimed series of bibliographies of Charles Dickens's work edited...  Read More >>

The first major critical survey on Australian poetry, this volume investigates poetry's key role in debates around...  Read More >>

Explores the many ways literature depicts, engages with, and imagines videogames and gamers. The diverse group of...  Read More >>

Drawing on material ecocriticism, this book argues that Victorian Britons were keenly aware of aquatic agency, recognizing...  Read More >>

The first major critical survey on Australian poetry, this volume investigates poetry's key role in debates around...  Read More >>

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"""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 >>

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

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

Presents literary criticism on the works of short-story writers of all nations, cultures, and time periods. Critical...  Read More >>

Presents literary criticism on the works of short-story writers of all nations, cultures, and time periods. Critical...  Read More >>

A convenient source of critical commentary on the careers and works of acclaimed authors who died between 1800 and...  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 of this reference provides substantial critical essays and biographical information on four to eight...  Read More >>

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

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

What is a Poem? Where did the genre come from and where might it be going? This book examines the poem from three...  Read More >>

A detailed and engaging exploration of a crucial transitional period between the Romantic and Victorian ages, this...  Read More >>

What is a Poem? Where did the genre come from and where might it be going? This book examines the poem from three...  Read More >>

Offers an exploration on celebrity and the self, on home and what that means when you leave it, and why we love...  Read More >>

Mason & Dixon might be Thomas Pynchon’s most human book. Yet the novel is also packed with historical allusions...  Read More >>

In this book, E. Trey Clark expands our understanding of Black religiosity by drawing attention to the rich history...  Read More >>