These reference works provide scholarly background information about an author and/or lists of an author's primary works. Bibliographies also list secondary sources written by critics and scholars about authors and their primary works.
A Guide to Jewish Themes in American Fiction, 1940-1980
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Twentieth-Century American-Jewish Fiction Writers [Dictionary of Literary Biography]
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A companion is a "a handbook intended to be used in connection with the study of a particular subject or field" (ODLIS). Companions provide introductory essays and topic overviews.
An encyclopedia is "a book or numbered set of books containing authoritative summary information about a variety of topics in the form of short essays, usually arranged alphabetically by headword or classified in some manner. An entry may be signed or unsigned, with or without illustration or a list of references for further reading" (ODLIS).
Provides scholarly background information about an author and/or lists of an author's primary works. Bibliographies also list secondary sources written by critics and scholars.
A companion is a "a handbook intended to be used in connection with the study of a particular subject or field" (ODLIS). Companions provide introductory essays and topic overviews.
An encyclopedia is "a book or numbered set of books containing authoritative summary information about a variety of topics in the form of short essays, usually arranged alphabetically by headword or classified in some manner. An entry may be signed or unsigned, with or without illustration or a list of references for further reading" (ODLIS).
These reference works provide scholarly background information about an author and/or lists of an author's primary works. Bibliographies also list secondary sources written by critics and scholars about authors and their primary works.
Native American Writers of the United States [Dictionary of Literary Biography]
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A companion is a "a handbook intended to be used in connection with the study of a particular subject or field" (ODLIS). Companions provide introductory essays and topic overviews.
An encyclopedia is "a book or numbered set of books containing authoritative summary information about a variety of topics in the form of short essays, usually arranged alphabetically by headword or classified in some manner. An entry may be signed or unsigned, with or without illustration or a list of references for further reading" (ODLIS).
Native American Literatures: An Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors, and Themes
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These reference works provide scholarly background information about an author and/or lists of an author's primary works. Bibliographies also list secondary sources written by critics and scholars about authors and their primary works.
A companion is a "a handbook intended to be used in connection with the study of a particular subject or field" (ODLIS). Companions provide introductory essays and topic overviews.
An encyclopedia is "a book or numbered set of books containing authoritative summary information about a variety of topics in the form of short essays, usually arranged alphabetically by headword or classified in some manner. An entry may be signed or unsigned, with or without illustration or a list of references for further reading" (ODLIS).
American Literary Scholarship
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The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English
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The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature
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