Literary reference works books

While focusing on her mystery fiction, this companion offers a full view of all aspects of Dorothy L. Sayers’ career....  Read More >>

Focuses on Indigenous CHamoru (Chamorro) poetry from the Pacific Island of Guåhan (Guam). Poet and scholar Craig...  Read More >>

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"The Early Modern Period in Germany 1620-1720 extends the ""dictionary of authors"" tradition into the 18th century....  Read More >>

Why do lovers of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy return to it again and again through their lives? Why...  Read More >>

The figures of Michael Robartes and Owen Aherne appear throughout the writing of the great Irish poet W.B. Yeats,...  Read More >>

Includes a biographical appendix of correspondents.  Read More >>

Colonial immigrants and their French offspring have been a significant presence in the Parisian landscape since...  Read More >>

Demonstrating how Indigenous science fiction expands the boundaries of the genre while reinforcing the relevance...  Read More >>

No Arab historical figure is more demonized than the Egyptian literati-turned-Islamist Sayyid Qutb. A poet and literary...  Read More >>

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How writers respond to a cosmology in evolution in the sixteenth century and how literature and space implicate...  Read More >>

One of the first ecocritical explorations of both Irish literature and modernism, this book defies the popular view...  Read More >>

Presents the remarkable autobiography of a Black woman evangelist - Zilpha Elaw (c. 1793-1873). Blockett's introduction...  Read More >>

"The book """" Appreciations, with an Essay on Style """", has been considered important throughout the human history,...  Read More >>

"The book """" The Coming Wave; Or The Hidden Treasure of High Rock """", has been considered important throughout...  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

"The book """" Farewell Love! A Novel """", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that...  Read More >>

Determined to stay together Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny sneak off in the middle of the night. Their father has...  Read More >>

A Tale of Two Cities has long been valued as one of Charles Dickens's most important and fascinating novels. This...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

A groundbreaking collection of thirty-eight biographical and autobiographical texts that chronicle the lives of...  Read More >>

Since the eighteenth century, landscape has played complex psychological and political roles in the narrative of...  Read More >>