Literary reference works

Young people who feel marginalized due to physical differences or disabilities may benefit from discovering fictional characters who face similar difficulties.

Compared to the early decades of the 20th century, when scholarly writing on African Americans was limited to a few titles on slavery, Reconstruction, and African American migration, the last thirty years have witnessed an explosion of works on the African American experience.

There is growing popular and scholarly interest in autobiography, along with increasing regard for the achievements of African American writers.

The final decades of the 20th century have seen an explosion of interest in multiculturalism.

Winner, 2024 RUSA Outstanding Reference AwardOffers a comprehensive overview of the most important authors, movements, genres, and historical turning points in Latino literature.

An accessible and wide-ranging introduction to one of the most important aspects of the cultural history of the Romantic period.

This encyclopedic guide to the American dime novel contains over 1,200 entries on serial publications, major writers and editors, publishers, and major characters, fiction genres, themes, and locales.

An indispensable guide for anyone who runs or participates in a book group, this title provides the structure and fun facts needed to examine the genre of women's fiction.

An accessible and wide-ranging introduction to one of the most important aspects of the cultural history of the Romantic period.

This book provides an indispensable map to explore the pivotal contexts, shaping events, and enduring concerns of Roberto Bolaño.

This collection of essays examines the representationof subject cultures in the English novel from the 18thto the 21st century.

Was haben wir heute noch von den antiken Mythen und Epen, deren Geschichten über viele Jahrhunderte hinweg mündlich weitererzählt wurden?

This volume, in honor of Allan James, collects a range of articles from different domains of English studies as a token of Allan James's academic interests and his integrative approach to the field.

No puedo dejar de mencionar que yo crecí oyéndole contar historias sobre este lugar a mi padre quien hoy tiene ochenta y un años y ha ido a la Feria de Ganados sin descanso desde que compró su primer camión a los veinticuatro.

"Wie man ein Buch liest" gilt noch immer als die beste und erfolgreichste Anleitung zur Verbesserung und Vertiefung des Lesens.

This is the first volume to provide a systematic overview of the core concepts in contemporary scholarship of war literature.

Analyzes Black expressive culture in the 1980s as authors grappled with the contradictory legacies of the civil rights era.

This volume explores how technology has influenced both the form and content of Irish writing.

Through classical, Scriptural, and global notions of virtue, this handbook illuminates the shared worlds of Shakespeare''s plays.

During even a cursory reading of the 'literature about books,' students of bibliography frequently have initial difficulties in understanding some of the terms they encounter.

This book offers authoritative critical and historical study of the Australian novel from the colonial past to the present day.

This book offers authoritative critical and historical study of the Australian novel from the colonial past to the present day.

You know how, very occasionally in your life, theres a before and after reading experience?

Once upon a time all literature was fantasy, set in a mythical past when magic existed, animals talked, and the gods took an active hand in earthly affairs.

This provocative and unique work reveals the remarkably influential role of futuristic literature on contemporary political power in America.

This volume examines the treatment and expression of love in medieval literature and art.

This book will be the field-defining statement on American puritan literature, presenting a clear and accessible introduction to puritan studies in the twenty-first century.

Provides comprehensive contexts for Defoe''s voluminous fiction, non-fiction, and poetry in short, readable essays by leading scholars.

Provides comprehensive contexts for Defoe''s voluminous fiction, non-fiction, and poetry in short, readable essays by leading scholars.

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For thousands of years, The Odyssey has resonated throughout the Western world.

The first comprehensive and authoritative critical edition of Conrad''s Nostromo, featuring an introduction and informative textual essay.