| Magill's Literary Annual 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Wilson, John (Editor), Kellman, Steven G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1587653729 ISBN-13: 9781587653728 Publisher: Salem Press OUR PRICE: $123.75 Product Type: Library Binding Published: June 2007 Annotation: Scope and Coverage Each year, Magill's Literary Annual evaluates critically 200 major examples of serious literature, both fiction and nonfiction, published during the previous calendar year. The philosophy behind our selection process is to cover works that are likely to be of interest to general readers, that reflect publishing trends, that add to the careers of authors being taught and researched in literature programs, and that will stand the test of time. By filtering the thousands of books published every year down to 200 notable tiles, the editors provide busy librarians with an excellent reader's advisory tool and patrons with fodder for book discussion groups and a guide for choosing worth while reading material. The essay-reviews in the Annual provide a more academic, "reference" review of a work than is typically found in newspapers and other periodical sources. Organization and Format The reviews in the two-volume Magill's Literary Annual, 2007, are arranged alphabetically by title. At the beginning of both volumes is a complete alphabetical list, by category, of all covered books that provides readers with the title, author, and a brief description of each work. Every essay is approximately four pages in length. The text of each essay-review presents the focus, intent, and relative success of the author, as well as the makeup and point of view of the work under discussion. To assist the reader further, essays are supplemented by a list of additional "Review Sources" for further study in a bibliographic format. Every essay includes a sidebar offering a brief biography of the author or authors. Thumbnail photographs of the book covers and the authors areincluded as available. Four indexes can be found at the end of volume 2. They are Biographical Works by Subject, Category Index, Title Index and Author Index. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading |
| Dewey: 028.1 |
| Series: Magill's Literary Annual |
| Physical Information: 3.94" H x 7.45" W x 10.01" (4.58 lbs) 900 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Magill's Literary Annual, 2007, is the fifty-third publication in a series that began in 1954. Critical essays for the first twenty-two years were collected and published in the twelve-volume Survey of Contemporary Literature in 1977; since then, yearly sets have been published. Each year, Magill's Literary Annual evaluates critically 200 major examples of serious literature, both fiction and nonfiction, published during the previous calendar year. The philosophy behind our selection process is to cover works that are likely to be of interest to general readers, that reflect publishing trends that add to the careers of authors being taught and researched in literature programs, and that will stand the test of time. By filtering the thousands of books published every year down to 200 notable titles, the editors provide busy librarians with an excellent reader's advisory tool and patrons with fodder for book discussion groups and a guide for choosing worthwhile reading material. The essay-reviews in the Annual provide a more academic, reference review of a work than is typically found in newspapers and other periodical sources. |