Alphabetically-arranged entries and almost one thousand illustrations provide information on all aspects of music, with a pronouncing glossary and tables of notation and nomenclature.

Covering fifteen nonfiction classics, this volume presents an overview of the work, author biography, summary, key figures, major themes, historical and cultural context, a critical essay, and more.

Covering fourteen nonfiction classics, this volume presents an overview of the work, author biography, summary, key figures, major themes, historical and cultural context, a critical essay, and more.

Contains entries that provide information about various aspects of the American novel, providing author biographies and bibliographies; novel synopses and analyses; discussion of historical events and emerging trends; and lists of award winners; arranged alphabetically from "Paco's Story" to "Zuckerman Unbound."

V. 1. Bildungsroman -- Classicism -- Colonialism -- Elizabethan drama -- Enlightenment -- Gothic literature -- Greek drama -- Humanism -- Medieval mystics -- Neoclassicism -- Realism -- Renaissance literature -- Romanticism -- Transcendentalism. v. 2. Absurdism -- Beat movement -- Existentialism -- Expressionism -- Harlem Renaissance -- Imagism -- Magic realism -- Modernism -- Naturalism -- Postcolonialism -- Postmodernism -- Science fiction and fantasy...

An A to Z presentation of English authors from the eighteenth century, providing information about major figures, key schools and genres, biographical information, author publications and some critical analyses.

An introduction to the lives of various British writers.