Profiles more than four hundred authors of short fiction from around the world, presenting biographical and bibliographic information and summaries of major works. Also includes a reference volume with a chronology; a bibliography; lists of major award winners; twenty-nine essays on short-fiction history, theory, and world cultures; and three indexes.
Provides brief biographical information on eleven Native American women writers and discusses their work through critical excerpts. Includes a bibliography of works written by each featured author.
Features more than eight thousand entries covering classical, jazz, dance, and popular music; composers and musicians; musical terms and concepts; and musical forms and styles.
Explains in non-technical terms musical phrases and genres, describes major musical instruments, and includes biographies on 2,000 musicians and composers.
Provides essays that examine prominent British, Irish and Commonwealth poets including : Margaret Atwood, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Chaucer, T.S. Eliot, D.H Lawrence, Christopher Marlowe, and Shakespeare.
excerpts from criticism of the works of the most significant and widely studied poets of world literature
Slovey, Christine
1997
Contains alphabetically arranged articles that provide critical excerpts and biographical information on eight of the world's most frequently discussed and studied poets.
