Literary Criticism

In-depth coverage of worldwide authors of novels, short stories, plays, poetry, essays, etc. from classic to contemporary. Their biographies, along with plot summaries, work overviews, book reviews. Full-text articles from over 300 literary journals and from reference books. Bibliographies, information on film adaptations, literary movements & timelines, author interviews. Also provides full-text of numerous poems, short stories, novels, and other works of literary merit. This source includes most Masterplots series (Salem Press).

Author biographies, critical essays on major works, literary characters.
Also covers literary groups and movements, historical events that shaped world literature, definitions of literary terms. Can also search by type of writing or time periods, from ancient to modern.

Contemporary Authors

American and international authors: includes biography, writings, criticism, bibliography of further readings. Covers current writers, as well as most studied literary figures of the early 20th century. Novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists, scriptwriters.

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