Reference Guide to American Literature

Reference Guide to American Literature
Author: Jim Kamp
Publisher: Saint James Press
Total Pages: 1264
Release: 1994
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of American writers, thinkers, and cultural figures, written by subject experts.

The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature

The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature
Author: John Sturrock
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 516
Release: 1997
Genre: Literature, Modern
ISBN: 9780192833181

opinion, the Guide offers a discriminating - and sometimes controversial - view of a broad range of contemporary literatures.

Writing about World Literature

Writing about World Literature
Author: Karen M. Gocsik
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780393918809

Writing about World Literature, a new guide created to accompany the Norton Anthology, covers the processes and particulars of writing in the world literature survey course. Starting with the essential question, "What is Academic Writing," the guide takes students step-by-step through the writing process - from generating ideas to researching to revising. It includes an entire chapter on the different types of writing about world literature - including textual and contextual analyses.

A Little History of Literature

A Little History of Literature
Author: John Sutherland
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0300188366

From The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter, this rollicking romp through the world of literature reveals how writings from all over the world can transport us and help us to make sense of what it means to be human.

The World Book Encyclopedia

The World Book Encyclopedia
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2002
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN:

An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Philosophy

Philosophy
Author: Hans Edward Bynagle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781563083761

Thoroughly revised and expanded, this guide to the reference literature is the only up-to-date guide in the field and is by far the most extensively annotated. It covers all areas of Western and Eastern philosophy, emphasizing recent English-language publications but including some older and foreign-language sources. More than 450 reference works, about a third of them new to this edition, are listed, described, and often evaluated. Special chapters cover core periodicals and major organizations and research centers. Designed as an aid in reference work and collection development for librarians, this book will also be of interest to theologians, professional philosophers, philosophy instructors, and philosophy students.

The Britannica Guide to World Literature

The Britannica Guide to World Literature
Author: Sean Michael Wilson
Publisher: Rosen Education Service
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-07-30
Genre: Authors
ISBN: 9781615301591

Details the evolution of literature and explores the writers, works, and events that have shaped literature.