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The leading reference resource for students, teachers, scholars, and general readers of English literature. It provides unrivaled coverage of all aspects of English literature ― from writers, their works, and the historical and cultural context in which they wrote, to critics, literary theory, and allusions.
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An annotated guide to reference sources essential to the study of British literature, literatures of the United States, other literatures in English, and related topics.
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