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A Guide to 500 Literary Movements, Groups, Schools, Tendencies, and Trends of the Twentieth Century, Covering More Than 3,000 Novelists, Poets, Dramatists, Essayists, Artists, and Other Seminal Thinkers from 80 Countries as Found in Standard Literary Reference Works
Students launching into literary projects will want to start their research here. Representing 80 nations, 500 literary movements, and more than 3,000 writers associated with them, the Twentieth-Century Literary Movements Index directs users to entries in 28 standard literary dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks.
Arrangement
Part I is a catalog of literary movements, groups, trends, schools, and tendencies. Each entry identifies the authors, artists, philosophers, and critics associated with the movement, then cites the reference sources that cover the subject.
Part II lists authors, artists, philosophers, critics, and other literary figures and mentions the reference guides that cover each individual.
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Edited by Laurie Lanzen Harris.
420 Pages. 1-55888-306-1. 1991. $35.00.
What reviewers are saying . . . "An excellent compendium that presents world writers according to numerous major, minor, and sometimes even obscure schools, groups, tendencies, etc. that have proliferated since 1900 . . . Easy to use, this volume will be a valuable addition in reference and is highly recommended for all types of libraries." - RQ: Reference Quarterly, American Library Association
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