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New York Public Library.

The New York Public Library literature companion / [by the staff of the New York Public Library] ; edited by Anne Skillion.

New York : Free Press, 2001.

xii, 772 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

This one volume companion to literature is organized both for ease of use and to enhance the reader's opportunities for browsing, discovery, and pleasure. This book is divided into three major parts --Creators, Works of Literature, and Literary Facts and Resources -- each with a number of section and special features.

Literature -- Dictionaries.

Literature -- Bio-bibliography.

Characters and characteristics in literature -- Dictionaries.

Dictionaries.

Skillion, Anne.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Creators. 1. Authors. 2. Other Influential Figures: Biographers, Critics, Editors, Publishers, Thinkers, Translators. 3. Authors' Awards. 4. Sources in Literary Biography -- II. Works of Literature. 1. Works of Literature: Novels, Plays, Poems, Stories, Essays. 2. Book Awards. 3. Influential Literary Periodicals. 4. Variations: Adaptations Into Other Media. 5. Recommended Reading: Great Books Lists. 6. Landmarks in Literary Censorship. 7. General Literary Sources -- III. Literary Facts and Resources. 1. Characters. 2. Dictionary of Literature: Terms, Styles, Movements, Genres. 3. Chronology of World Literature: From the Invention of Writing to the Year 2000. 4. Websites for Literature. 5. Libraries with Significant Literary Holdings. 6. Literary Factbooks and Handbooks.

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