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Oxford Companion to American Literature
ISBN/ISSN: 0195065484
More than 2,000 biographical profiles and more than 1,100 full summaries of important American literary works. All online, or in the Main Library Reference area at: Ref PS21 .H3 1995
Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
ISBN/ISSN: 0195156536
Includes essays on poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists, as well as major works and essays on literary movements, periods, and themes.
Oxford Companion to English Literature
ISBN/ISSN: 0198614535
Contains extensive coverage of writers, works, literary theory, allusions, and characters, there are sixteen featured essay-style entries on key topics including black British literature, fantasy fiction, and modernism. Also in the Main Library at: Ref PR19 .O94 2000
Oxford Concise Companion to African-American Literature
ISBN/ISSN: 1402892969
More than 400 biographies of authors, critics, literary characters, and historical figures, and 150 plot summaries of major works. The expanded Oxford Companion to African-American Literature is available in print in the Main Library at: Ref PS153.N5 O96 1997
Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs
Call Number: Ref PS261 .C55 2002
ISBN/ISSN: 0807126926
Available in the Main Library