Literature

Biographical

    * Contemporary Novelists *
    * Contemporary Poets *
    * Oxford Dictionary of National Biography *


Criticism

    * Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism *
    * Drama Criticism *
    * Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism *
    * Poetry Criticism *
    * Shakespearean Literature Criticism *
    * Short Story Criticism *

Companions to Literatures

    * Cambridge Companions to Literature (A-Z list) *
    * Cambridge Companion to Medieval French Literature *
    * Cambridge Companion to the French Novel *
    * Cambridge Companion to the Modern German Novel *
    * Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature*
    * Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature *
    * Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature *
    * Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature *
    * Oxford Companion to American Literature *
    * Oxford Companion to Australian Literature *
    * Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature *
    * Oxford Companion to Classical Literature*
    * Oxford Companion to English Literature *
    * Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature *
    * Oxford Companion to Shakespeare*
    * Oxford Companion to the Brontes*
    * Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English*
    * Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens *   

Dictionaries

    * Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language *
    * Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms *
    * Dictionary of Shakespeare *
    * Dictionary of Writers and their Works *
    * Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater *
    * Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms*
    * Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable *
    * Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction *
    * Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World *
    * Oxford English Dictionary *

Encyclopedias

    * Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora *
    * Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature *
    * Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature *

Guides

    * Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies *
    * Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland *
    * Reference Guide to World Literature *

History & Criticism

    * Cambridge Histories:  Literary Studies *
    * Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature *
    * Cambridge History of American Literature *
    * Cambridge History of American Women's Literature *
    * Cambridge History of Arabic Literature:  Post-Classical Period *
    * Cambridge History of Canadian Literature *  
    * Cambridge History of Classical Literature *

    * Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature *
    * Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century English Literature *
    * Cambridge History of English Literature, 1660-1780 *
    * Cambridge History of English Romantic Literature *
    * Cambridge History of the English Novel *
    * Cambridge History of Victorian Literature *
    * Cambridge History of Irish Literature *

    * Cambridge History of Latin American Literature *
    * Cambridge History of Literary Criticism *
    * Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature *
    * Cambridge History of Postcolonial Literature *
    * Cambridge History of Russian Literature *
    * Cambridge History of Spanish Literature *

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