Literary reference works books

Analyses J.R.R. Tolkien's narrative form and its relation to social contexts, while also exploring his broader philosophical...  Read More >>

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An estimated seven hundred American citizens, sailors, and naval officers were taken captive over the course of...  Read More >>

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Traces productions of Shakespeare’s Othello from seventeenth-century London to the Metropolitan Opera in twenty-first-century...  Read More >>

Presents literary criticism on the works of twentieth-century writers of all genres, nations, and cultures. Critical...  Read More >>

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

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

Disciplines from literary studies to environmentalism have recently undergone a spectacular reorientation that has...  Read More >>

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

"""This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare....  Read More >>

Presents literary criticism on the works of twentieth-century writers of all genres, nations, and cultures. Critical...  Read More >>

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

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

Each volume of this reference provides substantial critical essays and biographical information on four to eight...  Read More >>

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

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A guide to over 10,000 fiction and non-fiction books recommended for children and young adolescents, grades five...  Read More >>

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

"""Ich und meine Schwester Klara"" ist eine herzerwärmende Geschichte über die einzigartige und lebenslange Bindung...  Read More >>

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Presents a collection of twenty-two interviews, each conducted during the ten-year span in which Karl Ove Knausgaard’s...  Read More >>