Contemporary Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Today's Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers, Scriptwriters, and Other Creati Contributor(s): Hunter, Jeffery (Editor) |
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ISBN: 078769570X ISBN-13: 9780787695705 Publisher: Gale Cengage OUR PRICE: $522.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: Each volume profiles about six to eight novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative and nonfiction writers who are currently active or who died after Dec. 31, 1999. A biographical and critical introduction to each author prefaces a collection of reprinted critical essays and reviews. A cumulative title index to the entire series is available separately (included in subscription). |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference |
Dewey: 809.04 |
LCCN: 76038938 |
Series: Contemporary Literary Criticism |
Physical Information: 1.39" H x 8.75" W x 11.15" (3.34 lbs) 540 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Contemporary Literary Criticism covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text. Each of the approximately 200 essays per volume is prefaced by a full citation and annotation and most entries in the print series include an author portrait. Other features of CLC in print include:
Each volume includes cumulative author name, topic, and nationality indexes, as well as a volume-specific title index. A cumulative title index to the entire series is available separately |