James L. Harner

Name: Literary Research Guide — Literary Handbooks, Dictionaries, and Encyclopedias
Author: James L. Harner

Literary Research Guide — Literary Handbooks… (2017)

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“Literary Research Guide — Literary Handbooks, Dictionaries, and Encyclopedias”, published in 2017, is a work by James L. Harner. It explores elements such as dictionary, entries and literatures.

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James L. Harner, Literary Research Guide — Literary Handbooks… (2017)

“ The third edition emphasizes contemporary writers. Although the entries are not signed, the list of contributors includes a number of established scholars. The remarkable breadth of coverage makes Cambridge Guide a valuable complement to those literary dictionaries confined to a single national literature.
Readers should avoid Michael Stapleton, The Cambridge Guide to English Literature (Cambridge: Cambridge UP; Feltham, Middlesex: Newnes, 1983; 992 pp.) , an unbalanced, untrustworthy attempt to cover works, characters, and authors of literature of the English-speaking world. ”

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James L. Harner, Literary Research Guide — Literary Handbooks… (2017)

“ A dictionary of classical civilization through the early Christian era (c. 337) , with entries for authors and other important persons, places, peoples, mythological figures, themes, deities, languages, forms, genres, historical events, and literary terms; literary works of known authorship are discussed in author entries. Beginning with the third edition, OCD emphasizes interdisciplinary studies over literature, increases its attention to women, and embraces a wider, more international vision of classical studies. ”

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James L. Harner, Literary Research Guide — Literary Handbooks… (2017)

“ A dictionary of the literatures, classical to modern, of the world (but with special focus on French and European literatures) , with signed articles on writers (the majority from the twentieth century) ; movements; national, ethnic, or regional literatures; scholarly organizations; periods, genres and forms, places, anonymous works, and literary topics. Each entry concludes with a selective list of editions or studies. Users should be certain to consult the “Présentation des secteurs” for discussion of the scope of the treatment of individual literatures ”

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James L. Harner, Literary Research Guide — Literary Handbooks… (2017)

“ A dictionary of technical terminology, forms, genres, kinds, groups, schools, movements, phrases, isms, motifs, themes, character types, modes, styles, objects, and concepts associated with classical and modern literatures and currently in regular use. Along with a brief definition or description, many entries provide an etymology, examples, or an illustrative passage; some cite major studies. The fifth edition shortens lengthy entries to no more than three pages, drops “a number of very obscure terms,” adds several new entries, and expands or updates many existing entries. ”

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James L. Harner, Literary Research Guide — Literary Handbooks… (2017)

“ A general dictionary of authors, works, terms, groups and organizations, movements, concepts, literary characters, and historical and mythological figures from all periods and a variety of literatures. The third and fourth editions are indexed in Biography and Genealogy Master Index (J565) . Earlier editions remain useful for entries omitted in the fifth edition. For a history of the work, see Gary L. Ferguson, “The Domain of Learning and Imagination: William Rose Benét and The Reader’s Encyclopedia,” Reference Services Review 18.1 (1990) : 31–37. ”

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James L. Harner, Literary Research Guide — Literary Handbooks… (2017)

“ An encyclopedic catalog of treatments of themes and figures from classical Greek and Roman mythology in more than 30,000 works from the fine arts, music, dance, and literature of the Western world. In addition to mythological figures and themes “that have inspired an appreciable number of artistic treatments,” the Guide includes some subjects that derive from classical myths and some stories based on classical literature ”

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James L. Harner, Literary Research Guide — Literary Handbooks… (2017)

“ A dictionary of American, British, Canadian, Irish, Australian, New Zealand, Indian, African, and Caribbean literatures in English. The approximately 4,500 entries treat writers (living and dead) , major works, literary journals, genres, movements, groups, critical and rhetorical terms, theaters and theater companies, and literary concepts. ”

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