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Literature Resource Center
Literature resource center
 
The most comprehensive and up-to-date interdisciplinary online reference solution for research on literary figures, genres of writing and literary criticism. 

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Literature

Our literature portolio includes key online research databases such as Literature Resource Center and The Shakespeare Collection as well as key print and reference titles on both broad and specialist subjects

 

Coming in 2008

Literary Manuscripts Online: British Series 1

Feminism in Literature: A Gale Critical Companion

Also available as an ebook This six-volume set explores the history of women and feminism throughout literature, from classical antiquity to modern times. Topics covered include misogyny and women's social roles in ancient civilizations,  the women's suffrage movement in 19th-century America, women writers of the "Lost Generation" and modern feminist theory.
 
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ISBN-13: 9780787675738
ISBN: 0787675733
Price: $895.00

Gothic Literature: A Gale Critical Companion

Also available as an ebook This exciting three-volume set spans all facets of the gothic, including visual and performing arts, society and culture, themes and settings. The volumes also include 37 entries on literary figures associated with Gothic literature including Angela Carter, Edgar Allen Poe, Bram Stoker and Edith Wharton  Gothic literature takes an interdisciplinary approach with the set covering broad areas of literature and humanities.
 
"...an invaluable resource for any university library.  The three volumes provide comprehensive coverage of the area in an accessible and visually attractive format..." Avril Horner, Professor of English, Kingston University
 
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ISBN-13: 9780787694708
ISBN: 0787694703
Price: $385.00

Concise Major 21st Century Writers

Today's most outstanding and widely known writers are profiled in this handy five volume set. Clearly written in an easy to use format, it collects detailed biographical and bibliographical information on approximately 700 authors who are most often studied in college and school.
 
To form this concise collection, editors honed the Major 21st Century Writers, originally drawn from the award winning Contemporary Authors series, selectively omitting some entries while adding some entirely new entries and revising others.
 
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Also available as an ebook Available as an eBook - Major 21st Century Writers
 
ISBN-13: 9780787675394
ISBN: 0787675393
Price: $469.00
The Shakespeare Collection
          Shakespeare
 
The Shakespeare Collection is the most comprehensive and authoritative online resource for scholarly research on Shakespeare. This unique, cross-searchable collection provides coverage of Shakespeare’s work, critical reception, textual history, as well as providing cultural and historical context.  The Collection includes the complete Arden Shakespeare as well as historical editions such as the First Folio and quartos. 
 
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