The earliest Native American writers wrote tribal histories or autobiographical accounts. Today, Native American writing is steeped in the oral traditions of many peoples and reflects a facility with language that is equally at home in prose or poetry. Native American Literatures is a sourcebook that can enhance any reader's appreciation of both the writers and their works. Cross referencing allows readers to move easily among the listings, guiding them to other examples of an author's works and from character to character within a given novel.

Covers major regions, authors, themes, and genres of literatures in English outside Great Britain and the United States.

Collection of literature reviews on @70 literary genres (e.g. chick lit, coming of age, zines, etc.) with a focus on literature from 1980-present. Each review essay has a list of representative titles in that genre, along with a list of suggested readings.

Includes entries for authors, works, characters, literary prizes, movements, critical theories, periods, groups, historical figures and foreign writers important to American literature, critics, theaters, periodicals, terminology, places, prosody, and allusions. Entries emphasize information rather than critical evaluation.

Includes entries for authors, works, characters, literary prizes, movements, critical theories, periods, groups, historical figures and foreign writers important to English literature, critics, theaters, periodicals, terminology, places, prosody, and allusions. Entries emphasize information rather than critical evaluation.

Classic source to find the meaning and origin of words and phrases in literature, folklore, mythology.

Covers world literature through brief entries about writers, plots, characters, literary schools, myths and legends, music, and film. Not as comprehensive as Oxford companions, but broader in its coverage of ancillary fields such as history, mythology, and art.

This work describes the lives and work of female literary figures.