Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia
Fourth Edition (Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia)
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Word Count
292,000 words, Guess
Page Count
1,168 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7290933M
- ISBN-139780062701107
- ISBN-10006270110X
- OCLC Control Number35572906
- OCLC Control Numberbentsreadersency0004unse
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- Goodreads638597
- LibraryThing37587
Classifications
- LCCPN41.B4
Description
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 of literature from around the world: biographies of poets and playwrights, novelists and belletrists; plot synopses and character sketches from important works; historical data on literary schools, movements, terms, and awards; myths and legends; and more. Completely revised and updated, this fourth edition captures the diversity of today's canon, with greater attention to African-American, Eastern, Middle Eastern, African, South American, Eastern European, and women's literature. For nearly fifty years, William Rose Benet and the editors who succeeded him have upheld the level of quality that distinguished the original Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia. Like its predecessors, this new edition will teach and delight, illuminate and expound, and enrich the pleasure of reading in countless ways.
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Other Editions
- Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia: Fourth Edition (Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia)
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