Encyclopedias: Literature Encyclopedias

This reference work on African literature covers all the key historical and cultural issues in the field. The encyclopedia contains over 600 entries covering criticism and theory and African literature's development as a field of scholarship.

A comprehensive, encyclopedic guide to the authors, works, and topics crucial to the literature of Central and South America and the Caribbean, the Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature includes over 400 entries written by experts in the field of Latin American studies.

This major reference work is a guide to the study of English literature and critical assessment.

This text examines the genre of the essay. It looks at over 400 writers worldwide, with geographical surveys providing historical frameworks, entries on types of essays and on important single essays.

Offers comprehensive coverage of this subject across the world, with substantial, accessible articles by specialists and world-ranking experts.