Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia by Bruce Murphy

Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia by Bruce Murphy

For nearly fifty years, this unique single-volume encyclopedia of world literature has been hailed as the best available. Now updated, the book includes more African, African-American, Middle Eastern, South American, Eastern European, and women writers.aHere are over 10,000 informative entries, covering everything a reader could wish to know: - Biographies of poets, playwrights, novelists, essayists, and belletrists from around the world and through the ages, from Aristophanes to Toni Morrison, from Chuang Tzu to Juan Rulfo.-Plot summaries of important literary works, ranging from Beowolf to Wuthering Heights to Things Fall Apart.- Myth, legend, and folklore, covering everything from Isis to the Midgard Serpent to the paladins.- Biographies of artists, musicians, philosophers, and other historical personages-ranging from Roman emperors to U.S. presidents-who figure prominently in literature.- Accounts of significant schools and movements in literature, such as the Bloomsbury Group and the Beat writers.- Original titles, as well as the most familiar English titles, for works in languages other than English.- Recipients of major literary awards, including Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners.aAnd more.