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* Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of World Authors from Classical Antiquity through the Fourteenth Century

(REF 809.09 CLA)

* Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of World Authors from Classical Antiquity through the Fourteenth Century

(REF 809.09 CLA)

Concordance to Shakespeare

(REF 822 B)

The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare

(REF 822.33 OXF)

* Shakespeare Criticism

(REF 822.33 SHA)

* Shakespeare for Students

(REF 822.33 SHA)

* Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism

(REF 809 NIN)

* Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism

(REF 809.04 TWE)

* Contemporary Authors

(REF 928 CON)

* Critical Survey of Drama

(REF 809.2 CRI)

* Drama Criticism

(REF 809.2 DRA)

The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry

(REF 808.81 COL)

* Critical Survey of Poetry

(REF 809.1 CRI)

* Poetry Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of the Most Significant and Widely Studied Poets of World Literature

(REF 809.1 POE)

* Poetry for Students

(REF 809.1 POE)

* Novels for Students

(REF 809.3 NOV)

Encyclopedia of the Novel (Vols. 1 & 2)

(REF 809.3 ENC)

* Short Story Criticism

(REF 809.3 SHO)

* Short Stories for Students

(REF 809.3 SHO)

A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms by Edward Quinn

(REF YA803 QUI)

* Epics for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Epics

(REF 809.132 EPI)

Literary Terms: A Dictionary

(REF 803 BEC)

The Oxford Companion to English Literature

(REF 820.3 HAR)

Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia

(REF 803 BEN)

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

(REF 803 BRE)

Cassell's Encyclopedia of World Literature (Vols. 1 & 2)

(REF 803 C)

The New York Public Library Literature Companion

(REF 803 NEW)

The Facts on File Dictionary of Classical, Biblical, & Literary Allusions

(REF 803 LAS)

Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

(REF 803 MER)

The Longman Dictionary of Literary Terms

(REF 803 KEN)

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

(REF 808.882 BAR)

* Literature and Its Times

(REF YA809.9 LIT)

* Something about the Author

(REF 028.52 SOM)

* Nonfiction Classics for Students

(REF YA809.93 Non)