Reference Guide to World Literature Edition 3. (Reference Guide to World Literature (2 Vol.))
Reference Guide to World Literature Edition 3. (Reference Guide to World Literature (2 Vol.))
Publisher: St. James Press | ISBN: 1558624902 | edition 2002 | PDF | 1700 pages | 10,6 mb
Publisher: St. James Press | ISBN: 1558624902 | edition 2002 | PDF | 1700 pages | 10,6 mb
Featuring entries on nearly 500 writers and approximately 550 works, this new edition "represents a comprehensive and authoritative survey of literatures written in languages other than English." The chronological range is vast, beginning with the Vedas and the Epic of Gilgamesh and ending with contemporary works such as Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera.
In the author entries, brief biographical data are given when known: birth date and place, education, family, career summary, awards given, and death date. This is followed by a selected list of publications, references to bibliographies on the author, and references to full-length critical studies for further research. Finally, signed essays provide a critical evaluation of the author and his or her work. A list of contributors is available, as are a chronological list of writers and an alphabetical list of writers and works.