encyclopedias

Contains over 3,800 entries on mass media and popular culture works related to the writings of William Shakespeare, organized chronologically within play and media categories; media include cartoons and comic books, film adaptations, film spin-offs and citations, pop music, literature and genre fiction, radio, U.S. and U.K. television, and theater.

Contains over seven hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on the life and work of nineteenth-century English novelist Thomas Hardy, covering his family and friends, fictional characters, significant places, and other topics. Includes chronologies and illustrations.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on various aspects of the life and work of British novelist Virginia Woolf, including synopses of her works, character descriptions, explanations of literary terms, and place names in her life and fiction.

Provides reference information on the life and work of Jonathan Swift, featuring a concise biography of the author, followed by alphabetical listings that include commentaries on his poems and prose writings, profiles of his characters, family members, and people in his social circle, and discussion of related topics and themes.

Presents information on American writer Edgar Allan Poe, featuring alphabetically arranged lists that provide a synopsis, publication history, character profiles, and commentary on each of his published poems and works of fiction, synopses of his essays and reviews, and profiles of important people in his life.

Presents a biography of twentieth-century American writer Ernest Hemingway, contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide synopses and critical assessments of his novels, stories, poems, journalism, and nonfiction works, and discusses related people, places, and topics.

Offers a comprehensive overview of the life and works of Geoffrey Chaucer, with critical commentary on all of his writings, an overview of his personal life, details on Middle English, and information on historical figures of the time.

Presents approximately one hundred alphabetized entries describing items and customs in Shakespeare's England, and includes period illustrations and related charts and tables.

Contains over three thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide information and commentary on William Shakespeare's life, times, plays, and poems, covering actors, characters, figures of speech, censorship, film adaptations, and many other topics.

A complete guide to the life and times of the famous sleuth and all the stories, films, characters, and clues in the Canon. Includes a profile of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.