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African American Authors, 1745-1945: A Bio-Bibliographic Critical Sourcebook. Ed. by Emmanuel S. Nelson. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2000.525p. acid free $99.50 (ISBN-0-313-30910-8). www.greenwood.com. Editor Emmanuel Nelson's goal, as stated in his [...]

Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature. Ed. by Anne Marie Hacht and Dwayne D. Hayes. Detroit: Gale, 2009. 4 vols. $495 (ISBN 978-1-414-43130-7). This four-volume set is an ultracontemporary resource [...]

Women, Science, and Myth: Gender Beliefs from Antiquity to the Present. Ed. by Sue V Rosser. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2008. 335p. alkaline $85 (ISBN 978-1-59884-095-7). Editor Sue Rosser states [...]

Sex from Plato to Paglia: A Philosophical Encyclopedia. Ed. By Alan Soble. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2006. 2 vols. acid free $299.95 (ISBN 0-313-32686-X). This resource is remarkable in that it [...]

Encyclopedia of American Folk Art. Ed. by Gerard C. Wertkin. New York: Routledge, 2004. 611p. alkaline $125 (ISBN 0-415-92986-5). American folk art often brings to mind images of quilts, basketry, [...]

Ed. by Antonio S. Cua. New York: Routledge, 2003. 1,020p. alkaline $150 (ISBN 0-415-93913-5). This authoritative work, a labor of love ten years in the making under the editorial direction [...]

Ed. by Laura Cooner Lambdin and Robert Thomas Lambdin. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2002. 448p. alkaline $74.95 (ISBN 0-313-31054-8). This work fills a gap in existing literature by providing a resource [...]

Ed. by Hugh Brigstocke. New York: Oxford Univ. Pr., 2001. 768p. acid free $75 (ISBN 0-19-866203-3). www.oup.com. Editor Hugh Brigstocke brings his experience as former curator at the National Gallery [...]

Shakespeare's World and Work: An Encyclopedia for Students. Ed. by John F. Andrews. New York: Scribner, 2001. 3 vols. $295 (ISBN 0-684-80629-0). www.galegroup.com, www.mlr.com This vibrant and lucid reference set [...]

Encyclopedia of Women's Autobiography. Ed. by Victoria Boynton and Jo Malin. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2005. 2 vols. acid free $249.95 (ISBN 0313-32737-8). Although primarily filling a gap in reference works [...]

Atlas of World Art. Ed. by John Onians. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Pr., 2004. 352p. acid free $150 (ISBN 0-19521583-4) This unique resource covers forty thousand years of art, which is [...]

Ed. by R. Kent Rasmussen. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem, 2003. 3 vols. alkaline $290 (ISBN 1-58765-094-0). The study of literature often begins with the elements plot, character, and place (or setting). [...]