ISBN10: 1563085186, ISBN13: 9781563085185, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Englewood] Hardcover Hardcover. Designed to serve the basic needs of literary researchers, this book updates and expands on the author's previous work by the same title. Focusing on important and useful resources for modern researchers and students of English literature, Bracken identifies and describes a substantial portion of the available reference sources in British and American literature - dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks and periodicals - with over 1500 resources on individual writers. Descriptive annotations offer detailed assessments of the works, noting specific features and often comparing them to similar titles. The book also provides cross-references. It should be useful to bibliographic instructors and collection development specialists. Focusing on the most important and useful resources for modern researchers and students of English literature, Bracken identifies and describes a substantial portion of the currently available reference sources in British and American literature - dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, periodicals, and so forth. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
[Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]