The Literary A to Z series provides the detail readers need to fully appreciate the lives and works of great writers. Coverage includes: -- Detailed synopses of all major and most minor works -- An overview of the critical reception to each work -- Descriptions of all characters, fictional and factual, and all settings -- Discussions of important people in the author's life. Accessible and Engaging Each volume draws upon an extensive range of critical and biographical material from hundreds of books, articles, and ...
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The Literary A to Z series provides the detail readers need to fully appreciate the lives and works of great writers. Coverage includes: -- Detailed synopses of all major and most minor works -- An overview of the critical reception to each work -- Descriptions of all characters, fictional and factual, and all settings -- Discussions of important people in the author's life. Accessible and Engaging Each volume draws upon an extensive range of critical and biographical material from hundreds of books, articles, and scholarly notes, synthesizing and presenting this material in an accessible and engaging way. An Excellent Reference Tool Each engaging entry contains cross references so that all related information can be easily accessed. Enhanced by photographs, illustrations, and extensive bibliographies, each volume in the Literary A to Z series is a valuable reference tool. An indispensable companion to one of the greatest modernist writers, James Joyce A to Z is an easy-to-use, encyclopedic reference to this author's work and life. More than 800 entries include: -- Biographical profiles of every significant member of Joyce's family and circle -- Discussions of intellectual and literary influences on Joyce -- All major characters in his fiction -- Accounts of censorship and legal battles. Additional material includes: -- A working outline of Finnegans Wake -- The Ulysses schema.
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Good in Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Jacket is in brodart, light wear. Boards have light wear. Set up for library use, but never circulated, else Very Good. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Facts on File, 1995, 304 pages, oversize hardcover in a bright jacket, no owner's mark or underlining, very light wear
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Burgundy cloth effect paper covered boards, lettered in white. As issued. Dust jacket as issued, now in mylar. xv, 304 pp., illus.
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