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245 00 $aBenét's reader's encyclopedia /$cedited by Bruce Murphy.
250 $a4th ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarperCollins,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $aviii, 1144 pages ;$c25 cm
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520 $aLong recognized as the outstanding reference on world literature, Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia is the one against which all others are measured, and is the single most complete one-volume encyclopedia available for those with a serious interest in the subject.
520 8 $aThe entries explore all aspects of literature from around the world: biographies of poets and playwrights, novelists and belletrists; plot synopses and character sketches from important works; historical data on literary schools, movements, terms, and awards; myths and legends; and more.
520 8 $aCompletely revised and updated, this fourth edition captures the diversity of today's canon, with greater attention to African-American, Eastern, Middle Eastern, African, South American, Eastern European, and women's literature.
520 8 $aFor nearly fifty years, William Rose Benet and the editors who succeeded him have upheld the level of quality that distinguished the original Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia. Like its predecessors, this new edition will teach and delight, illuminate and expound, and enrich the pleasure of reading in countless ways.
650 0 $aLiterature$vDictionaries.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009129976
650 0 $aArt$vDictionaries.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101414
650 0 $aMusic$vDictionaries.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85088784
700 1 $aMurphy, Bruce,$d1962-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90686188
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