| Contemporary Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Today's Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers, Scriptwriters, and Other Creati Contributor(s): Hunter, Jeffrey W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1414418949 ISBN-13: 9781414418940 Publisher: Gale Cengage OUR PRICE: $522.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 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 - Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes |
| Dewey: 809.04 |
| LCCN: 76038938 |
| Series: Contemporary Literary Criticism |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 8.5" W x 10.8" (3.20 lbs) 512 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 |