Handbook is just another name for guide. Each of these handbooks serves as a brief and easy-to-use guide to literature, containing entries on writers, literary theories, literary movements and more.
Reference Guide to World Literature
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
A History of Japanese Literature
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Vol. 3; Includes bibliographies and indexes.
The literature of China in the twentieth century
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature
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Includes index.
The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature
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Dictionary of Italian Literature
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[601]-604) and index.
Oxford Companion to French Literature
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The Routledge history of literature in English: Britain and Ireland
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The Penguin Companion to American Literature
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Includes bibliographical references.
Literary theory can be challenging to grasp, but there are many guides to theory available in the Library. The books listed below are a selection of works that can give you a general overview of literary theory; for more theory guides, and for in-depth works on specific literary theory areas (Feminist theory, Marxist theory, Postmodernism, etc.), please visit the Library catalog.