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The New York Public Library literature companion
- Title
- The New York Public Library literature companion / edited by Anne Skillion.
- Author
- New York Public Library.
- Publication
- New York : Free Press, [2001], ©2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PN41 .N49 2001 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Skillion, Anne.
- Description
- xii, 772 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Pick up The New York Public Library Literature Companion to check the dates of Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past or to find out how James Joyce's Ulysses changed U.S. obscenity laws, and you may find yourself hours later absorbed in the imaginary worlds of Camelot and The Matrix or sidetracked by the fascinating history of The New Yorker.
- Designed to satisfy the curious browser as well as the serious researcher, this new resource offers the most up-to-date information on literature available in English from around the world, from the invention of writing to the age of the computer."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Note
- "A Stonesong Press book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 739-743) and index.
- Contents
- I. Creators. 1. Authors. 2. Other Influential Figures: Biographers, Critics, Editors, Publishers, Thinkers, Translators. 3. Authors' Awards. 4. Sources in Literary Biography -- II. Works of Literature. 1. Works of Literature: Novels, Plays, Poems, Stories, Essays. 2. Book Awards. 3. Influential Literary Periodicals. 4. Variations: Adaptations Into Other Media. 5. Recommended Reading: Great Books Lists. 6. Landmarks in Literary Censorship. 7. General Literary Sources -- III. Literary Facts and Resources. 1. Characters. 2. Dictionary of Literature: Terms, Styles, Movements, Genres. 3. Chronology of World Literature: From the Invention of Writing to the Year 2000. 4. Websites for Literature. 5. Libraries with Significant Literary Holdings. 6. Literary Factbooks and Handbooks.
- ISBN
- 0684868903
- LCCN
- 2001034219
- OCLC
- ocm46937670
- SCSB-4211532
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries