This database is a classified listing and subject index of scholarly books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore and linguistics which has been compiled by the Modern Language Association of America since 1921. The electronic version includes the Bibliography's entire print run and currently contains more than 2 million records.
Substantially enlarged and updated, this new edition of The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English confirms its status as the most authoritative survey of its subject now available in a single volume. Its coverage of novelists, poets, playwrights, and their works embraces both the established classics of English literature and a wealth of contemporary figures from all over the English-speaking world, such as Saul Bellow, Les Murray, R.K. Narayan, Mordecai Richler and Ben Okri.
Includes authoritative and state-of-the-art surveys of current thinking and research, from leading international figures in the discipline, including literature, film, philosophy, and more. Oxford Handbooks are a great resource for quickly surveying the scholarly landscape in a specific discipline.