Cultural History of Reading
2-Volume Set

Volume 1 edited by Sara Quay
Volume 2 edited by Gabrielle Watling
ISBN: 9780313337444
$199.95 Hardcover
Greenwood Press
Pub Date: November

Cultural History of Reading looks at books from their earliest beginnings through the present day, in both the U.S. and regions all over the world. Volume 1 examines the history of books in regions throughout the world, identifying both literature and nonfiction that was influenced by cultural events of the period. Volume 2 focuses on American literature that has had a lasting impact from pre-colonial times to the present.


 

Books and Beyond
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of New American Reading
4-Volume Set

edited by Kenneth Womack
ISBN: 9780313337383
$359.95 Hardcover
Greenwood Press
Pub Date: October

More than 80 alphabetically arranged entries summarize the state of popular literature in America today. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides a definition of the genre, an overview of its history, a look at trends and themes, a discussion of how the literary form engages contemporary issues, a review of the genre's critical reception, a discussion of authors and works, and suggestions for further reading.





 

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature
3-Volume Set

edited by Nicolás Kanellos
ISBN: 9780313339707
$299.95 Hardcover
Greenwood Press

This encyclopedia surveys the vast landscape of Latino literature from the colonial era to the present. Aiming to be as broad and inclusive as possible, the text covers all of native North American Latino literature as well as that created by authors from Spanish America or Spain.




 

The Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers
2-Volume Set

edited by Yolanda Williams Page
ISBN: 9780313334290
$175.00 Hardcover
Greenwood Press

Named the Best Reference of 2007 by the New York Library Association, this resource covers more than 150 African-American women novelists, poets, essayists, dramatists, and literary critics. Each entry is individually penned and has a section on the life of the writer, her major works, critical responses to them, and a bibliography of both primary and secondary sources.



 

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales & Fairy Tales
3-Volume Set

edited by Donald Haase
ISBN: 9780313334412
$299.95 Hardcover
Greenwood Press

Selected by Library Journal as Best Reference of 2007, this unique three-volume set is an important addition to folklore and fairy-tale studies as it offers for the first time an encyclopedic introduction to the scholarship of this flourishing field.

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature
5-Volume Set

edited by Emmanuel S. Nelson
ISBN: 9780313330599
$525.00 Hardcover

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature
5-Volume Set

edited by Hans Ostrom & J. David Macey, Jr.
ISBN: 9780313329722
$525.00 Hardcover

Writing African American Women
An Encyclopedia of Literature by and about Women of Color
2-Volume Set

edited by Elizabeth Ann Beaulieu
ISBN: 9780313331961
$199.95 Hardcover

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry
5-Volume Set

by Kes Gray
edited by Jeffrey H. Gray et al.
ISBN: 9780313323812
$629.95 Hardcover

The Greenwood Companion to Shakespeare
A Comprehensive Guide for Students

4-Volume Set
edited by Joseph Rosenblum
ISBN: 9780313327797
$315.00 Hardcover