- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 v.) : ill., maps.
- Summary
- Provides the historical background of the most-studied novels, plays, poems, speeches and short stories. Entries examine both the historical setting of the literary work and the historical events taking place at the time the work was written.
- Series Statement
- Gale virtual reference library
- Uniform Title
- Literature and its times (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record.
- Contents
- v. 1. Ancient times to the American and French Revolutions, (pre-history-1790s) -- v. 2. Civil wars to frontier societies (1800-1880s) -- v. 3. Growth of empires to the Great Depression (1890-1930s) -- v. 4. World War II to the affluent fifties (1940-1950s) -- v. 5. Civil rights movements to future times (1960-2000).
- OCLC
- ssj0000670716
- Title
Literature and its times [electronic resource] : profiles of 300 notable literary works and the historical events that influenced them / Joyce Moss and George Wilson, [editors].
- Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c1997.
- Series
Gale virtual reference library
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Note
Description based on print version record.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Moss, Joyce, 1951-
Wilson, George, 1920-
Gale Group.
- Other Form:
Print version: Literature and its times. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c1997 9780787606077