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10 best books like Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature (Kathleen Kuiper): The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, The Friendly Shakespeare: A Thoroughly Painless Guide to the Best of the Bard, A Handbook to Literature, Marcel Proust: A Life, The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction, Grammars of Creation, The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory, The Oxford Companion to English Literature, The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
AuthorJohn Clute
ISBN0312198698
This huge volume is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of the fantasy field. Not only does it describe the genre authoritatively, but it redefines it, offering an exciting new analysis of this highly diverse and hugely popular sphere of art. With more than 4,000 entries and over one million words,...
The Friendly Shakespeare: A Thoroughly Painless Guide to the Best of the Bard
AuthorNorrie Epstein
ISBN0140138862
I had just finished Epstein’s The Friendly Dickens and enjoyed it very much. After reading that book I thought ‘Shakespeare too, well, why not?’ I’m glad I did.

In this book Epstein takes a look at the person, plays and history of Shakespeare. She then stirs in wonderful interviews,...
A Handbook to Literature
AuthorWilliam Harmon
ISBN0130127310
It is a handy book that can be read for pleasure. However, the publisher really doesn't need to update it every 3 years to force poor students to buy the new editions. In this 10th edition the editor admitted there was little substantial he could add. In fact, he mentioned his children suggested three new...
Marcel Proust: A Life
AuthorJean-Yves Tadié
ISBN0141002034
Marcel Proust was arguably the greatest writer of the twentieth century. This fascinating, definitive biography by the premier world authority on Proust redefines the way we look at both the artist and the man. A bestseller in France, where it was originally published to great critical acclaim, Jean-Yves...
The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
AuthorAlex Preminger
ISBN0691021236
The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics is a comprehensive reference work dealing with all aspects of its subject: history, types, movements, prosody, and critical terminology. Prepared by recognized authorities, its articles treat their topics in sufficient depth and with enough...
The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction
AuthorPaul Simpson
ISBN1843533871
This new Rough Guide will make you a literary buff in the time it takes to say Jack Kerouac. Even if you already know your Hunter S Thompson from your Jim Thompson, you''ll still find it hard to resist a book which tells you which cult novel has been implicated in assassinations, which world famous novelist...
Grammars of Creation
AuthorGeorge Steiner
ISBN0300088639
"We have no more beginnings", George Steiner begins in this, his most radical book to date. A far-reaching exploration of the idea of creation in Western thought, literature, religion, and history, this volume can fairly be called a magnum opus. He reflects on the different ways we have of talking about...
The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
AuthorJ.A. Cuddon
ISBN0140513639
The latest installment of this trusted literary companion covers all aspects of literary theory, from definitions of technical terms to characterizations of literary movements. Geared toward students, teachers, readers, and writers alike, The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary...
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
AuthorMargaret Drabble
ISBN0198614535
The first edition of The Oxford Companion to English Literature, edited by Sir Paul Harvey, was published in 1932, and quickly established itself as the standard source of reference for scholars, students, and general readers alike. In 1985, under the editorship of Margaret Drabble, the text was...
The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events
AuthorBernard Grun
This book is basically an English translation, with additions, of the 1946 Kulturfahrplan (Culture timetables) produced by the German scholar Werner Stein. It became very popular in Europe immediately, but for various reasons resisted translation into English.

Finally, over twenty...
Jean-Paul Sartre: A Life
AuthorAnnie Cohen-Solal
ISBN1565849744
One of the major accomplishments of Cohen-Solal's book is not only to place Sartre in the context of history, but to reopen the question of his role and to reassess the full import of his literary and political accomplishments. Discovering untold aspects of Sartre's private and political life, Cohen-Solal...
Walt Whitman: A Life
AuthorJustin Kaplan
ISBN0060535113
“Whitman emerges from this biography alive and kicking—hugely human, enormously attractive.”  —Newsweek

A moving, penetrating, sharply focused portrait of America’s greatest poet—his genius, his passions, his androgynous sensibility—an exuberant life entwined...
The Oxford Companion to the English Language
AuthorTom McArthur
Language is the life blood of a culture, and to be interested in culture is in some sense to be interested in language, in the shapes and sounds of words, in the history of reading, writing, and speech, in the endless variety of dialects and slangs, in the incessant creativity of the human mind as it reaches...
The Oxford Companion to the Bible
AuthorBruce M. Metzger
ISBN0195046455
The Bible has had an immeasurable influence on Western culture, touching on virtually every aspect of our lives. It is one of the great wellsprings of Western religious, ethical, and philosophical traditions. It has been an endless source of inspiration to artists, from classic works such as Michaelangelo's...
Workbook for Wheelock's Latin
AuthorPaul T. Comeau
ISBN0060956429
WHEELOCK'S LATIN: AUDIO FILES When Professor Frederic M. Wheelock's Latin first appeared in 1956, the reviews extolled its thoroughness, organization, and conciseness; at least one reviewer predicted that the book "might well become the standard text" for introducing students to elementary...
Random House Word Menu: New and Essential Companion to the Dictionary
AuthorStephen Glazier
ISBN0679400303
This was by the most helpful book I’ve used, much better than a regular thesaurus, for finding the right word when writing, when it’s important to use the word I really want to use. It’s not comprehensive although I was always able to find a word I wanted to use.

(I do have to say thank goodness...
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
AuthorJohn Bartlett
ISBN0316082775
This 16th edition of the book, first published in 1855, has been expanded to include more than 20,000 quotations and more than 340 new authors both historical and contemporary - from Russell Baker, The Doors, Elvis, Nadine Gordimer, Stephen Hawking, Primo Levi, Norman Mailer, Salman Rushdie, the...
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
AuthorChristine A. Lindberg
ISBN0195170768
This brand new thesaurus from Oxford, the most trusted name in reference, is the first to be developed by writers, for writers.
In addition to the more than 300,000 synonyms and 10,000 antonyms found in the thesaurus, each of our distinguished editorial board members (including David Auburn,...
The New York Public Library Desk Reference
AuthorNew York Public Library
ISBN0671850148
Cleaning my bookshelves is always dangerous because I end up wanting to sit down with every other book and get lost in it. The NYPL Desk Reference is particularly tempting. Google be damned, this book - full of all sorts of helpful &/or fascinating charts, lists, graphs, signs, symbols, useful addresses!...
Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia
AuthorWilliam Rose Benét
Long recognized as the outstanding reference on world literature, Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia is the one against which all others are measured, and is the single-most complete one-volume encyclopedia available for those with a serious interest in the subject. The entries explore all aspects...
Another Life: A Memoir of Other People
AuthorMichael Korda
ISBN0385335075
From world leaders to Mafia dons, from Hollywood stars to the literary world's most eccentric writers, the notable and notorious alike have entrusted their life's work to Simon & Schuster's preeminent editor, Michael Korda. In this masterful memoir, Korda reveals the unforgettable cast of...
The Dictionary of Cliches
AuthorJames T. Rogers
ISBN0345338146
This is an entertaining sort of book for pulling out at odd moments or when you need a topic to talk about, or for me when I need reminding about lurrrve, when I kidnapped a guy, and handsome men who forge Chippendale chairs and that I once had a life.

I was sitting around the swimming pool in a marina,...
A Dictionary of Superstitions
AuthorIona Opie
ISBN0192829165
Is it good or bad luck to mention a pig to a fisherman? What does it portend when you break a double-yolked egg? Or when you witness a headless shadow? How many frogs do you need to cure whooping cough? And what's all this about black cats?
Ranging from the familiar to the bizarre, and including everything...
The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection: The 350 Essential Works
AuthorTed Libbey
ISBN0761104879
Berlioz. Vaughan Williams. Schubert and Schumann. Mozart after the Jupiter Symphony, Bach beyond the Brandenburg Concertos, opera after The Magic Flute. In his informed and indispensible guide with over 157,000 copies in print, National Public Radio's Ted Libbey takes listeners by the hand through...
A Writer's Reference: With 2003 MLA Update
AuthorDiana Hacker
ISBN0312412622
I initially bought this back in 2011 thinking I was going to need it for some college courses. Turns out I didn't.

But, as a "writer", I found it to be quite the indispensable tool and still use it as of today. I keep it on my bookshelf right by me. It's great for bloggers, writers, and students.

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