Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center provides users with information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
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Designed specially for public libraries, secondary schools and undergraduates, this database contains full text for plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; articles/essays of literary criticism; author biographies; book reviews; classic and contemporary poems; classic and contemporary short stories; author interviews and more.
In addition, Literary Reference Center includes Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, Beacham's Research Guide to Biography and Criticism, The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature, The Columbia Companion to the 20th Century American Short Story and MagillOnLiterature Plus.
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