and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. It also treats related persons and fields that have been shaped by or have themselves shaped literary theory and criticism. Each entry includes a selective primary and secondary bibliography
Literary Reference Center Plus features all of the content in Literary Reference Center with additional full text resources.
This comprehensive database provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Content includes literary study guides, plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, articles of literary criticism, author biographies, book reviews, author interviews, and images of key literary figures. Topics covered include plays/drama, poetry, religious literature, children's literature, and Hispanic literature, multi-cultural studies, folklore, Latin America literature, and historical literature. The database contains full text reference works and literary journals as well as Salem Press Contemporary Literature Titles relating to Fantasy/Science Fiction, Contemporary Literature, World Philosophy, Quotations In Context, Religious Literature, and Biographies of Nobel Literature Prize Winners
Index to journals, books, dictionaries, dissertations, and conference papers on literature, languages, folklore and linguistics.
Includes critical writings on literature and human languages, including both naturallanguages and invented languages, e.g., Esperanto. Citations in a non-Roman alphabet are translated into the Roman alphabet.
This electronic text contains definitions for most English words, information on their origins, and quotations exemplifying their use over time.
It provides access to the 2nd Edition (1989), its supplements, and draft entries from the New (Third) Edition currently in progress. Every entry is labeled according to the edition from which it has come.
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OSU Databases
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