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GUIDES TO REFERENCE SOURCES
Balay, Robert, ed. Guide to Reference Books.
11th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996. A guide to reference
books in all fields, systematically arranged, and well indexed. A first
step for any information search. For sources on literature in general,
see esp. pp. 475-515; for the literature of Spain, see: 630-635; Latin,
Central, and South America: 573-583; Portugal: 624-625. Lists guides,
bibliographies for various periods, literary and biographical dictionaries,
literary histories, and reference tools for specific genres and authors.
The index includes authors, subjects, and titles. Hensley, C. Woodbridge. Guide to Reference Works
for the Study of the Spanish Language and Literature and Spanish American
Literature. 2nd edition. New York: Modern Language Association
of America, 1997. A standard resource to Spanish language and literature
studies. Describes 1,230 reference works published since 1950, including
bibliographies, dictionaries, glossaries, concordances, catalogs, manuals,
research guides and dissertations. Inludes author, title, and subject
indexes. Magill Index to Literature: Cumulative Indexes 1984-2001.
Pasadena CA: Salem Press, 2001. Combines and collates the indexes from
thirty-two multivolume reference sets on English and foreign language
writers and their works; inludes most recent editions of: the Masterplots
series (17 sets; 83 v.), the Critical survey of literature series (12
sets; 57 v.), Identities and issues in literature (3 v.), Magill's Guide
to science fiction and fantasy literature (4 v.) and World philosophers
and their works (3 v.). British Museum. Department of Printed Books. General
Catalog of Printed Books. 263 vols. London, 1959-1966; plus various
supplements. Because of the richness of the collections, this is an important
source of information on all subjects and all languages except oriental.
Basically an author catalog, with a limited number of subject entries
for countries, persons, etc. Center
for Research Libraries (CRL): The Center for Reseach Libraries
is located at 6050 S. Kenwood Avenue. It holds large stocks of specialized
research materials, including backfiles of foreign and domestic newspapers;
foreign and US state government documents; scholarly journals; foreign
dissertations; archival materials in microform; and other specialized
collections. Hand Press Book: Includes more than 870,000 records for European printing of the hand-press period (c.1455-1830). Records are from the Consortium of European Research Libraries, whose 48 members represent national and university libraries in 25 countries. Illustrated ISTC (Incunabula Short-Title Catalogue): The Illustrated
ISTC is a fully searchable database of bibliographic records, with library
locations, for 28,000 books printed before 1500. It also includes 20,000
images of illustrations from over 4000 titles. (Available on CD-ROM
in Special Collections) Library of Congress:.
Main Catalog of the Library of Congress: Titles Cataloged Through
December, 1980. A truly fundamental reference source. In microfiche.
Provides information on the unparalleled collections of the Library
of Congress by authors, subjects, titles, series, and other added entries.
National Union Catalog; pre-1956 Imprints. Washington,
1968-1981. 754 vv. Set describes 10,000,000 works, and indicates locations
in more than 700 libraries. Arrangement by main-entry (author), with
cross-references often provided. A fundamental bibliographical tool.
Continued by NUC, 1953 to date, and other related catalogs. Since 1983
in microfiche, with entries for names, titles, subjects, and series.
Biblioteca Nacional:
ARIADNA is the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) of the Biblioteca Nacional.
It contains the bibliographic descriptions for modern books published
after 1831; old books, leaflets and pages printed up until 1830; manuscript
books and documents; magazines and newspapers; Bibliotecas Universitarias y Científica: catálogos colectivos. Online catalogs of Spanish Universities; includes links to online bibliographies and other helpful resources. Latin America
Latin American
Microform Project (LAMP): The purpose of the Latin American
Microform Project (LAMP) is to acquire, preserve and maintain microform
collections of unique, scarce, rare and/or bulky and voluminous research
materials pertaining to Latin America. The materials collected by LAMP
are available at the Center
for Research Libraries on 6050 South Kenwood Avenue. See also the Central American Union Catalogue: Metabase GUIDES TO ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Contact Special Collections for questions relating to our manuscript collections and for help with locating manuscripts internationally (2-8705; JRL 130). Archival Resources: The collection record file contains appproximately 500,000 bibliographic records for archival collections, and the collection guide file contains a growing number of searchable finding aids that provide a detailed inventory of the collection including the source, arrangement, and contents. Laurenti, Joseph L. Estudios bibliográficos sobre la Edad de
Oro y el Siglo de las Luces (1472-1799): Fondos Raros Españoles
en la Universidad de Illinois y en otras Bibliotecas Norteamericanas.
Guadalajara: AACHE ediciones, 2000. An important catalog of over 200 bibliographic
entries of Spanish works from the Edad Media and the Siglo de Oro held
in in the collections at the University of Illinois, the Newberry, and
Boston Public Library. Although this guide focuses on the holdings within
Illinois, the Regenstein, surprisingly, is not listed. Includes a helpful
list of works cited. The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections.
Hamden: 1959/61 - . Each volume contains reproductions of catalog cards
for collections reported by repositories throughout the U.S. during
the period covered. Indexes list names, places, subjects, and historical
periods. The indexes are published in separate volumes for 1963-66,
1967-69, and 1970-74. Beginning in 1975 indexes are published annually,
then quinquennially. For Spanish and Portuguese materials, search the
indexes by subject or particular authors. It is recommended that you
use the online version listed below. PhiloBiblon: A project to construct an online bio-bibliographical database of early texts produced in the Iberian Peninsula. Provides access to Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish manuscripts. Repositories of Primary Sources (http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html): A listing of over 3400 web sites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources. The site includes links for Europe and a useful "Additional Links" page at: http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/other.html. Rodríguez Alvarez, Ramón and Moisés Llordén
Miñambres. El libro antiguo en las bibliotecas españoles.
[Oviedo]: Universidad de Oviedo, Vice-Rectorado de Extensión
Universitaria, Servicio de Publicaciones, [1998]. Guide to the major
collections of manuscripts, incunabula, and rare materials at main libraries
in Spain. For a complete list of indexes in English/Modern literatures go to: Indexes and Abstracting Services. For indexes in other areas, chose from the Library's Subject Web Pages or the library's alphabetical list of electronic resources. Arts and Humanities Citation
Index. Philadelphia, 1976 to date. 3/yr. with annual
cumulation. In 3 parts: I, an author list of recent articles and book
reviews; II, Permuterm Index to names and other words appearing in the
titles of the articles cited in Part I; III, a Citation Index listing
of all works cited in the footnotes and bibliographies of the articles
and reviews in Part I (the "Source Index"). The Citation Index notes references
to novels, poems, plays, paintings, films, operas, musical compositions,
etc., as well as to scholarly books and articles. This very useful index
will give access to many studies not to be found in the MLA. CINDOC (Centro de Información y Documentación Científica): This database, provided by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, indexes articles and contributions appearing in journals and proceedings published in Spain, many of them highly specialized and not indexed elsewhere. Search the Humanities and Social Sciences database for all subject covered in the database. Most entries are recent, but coverage goes back to the 1960s for select titles. ClasePeriodica: Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. Produced by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities (1975 to present). PERIODICA covers journals specializing in science and technology (1978 to present). This database combining CLASE and PERIODICA indexes over 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages. Contains information from articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, interviews and brief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues. FRANCIS:
Covers a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in
the humanities, social sciences, and economics. FRANCIS is strong
in religion, the history of art, and literature, with particular emphasis
on current trends in European and world literature. Updated monthly, FRANCIS
covers 1984 to the present. (Access is restricted to UofC users.)
Humanities
Index. New York: vol. 1 (1974 - ). (Supersedes in part Social
Sciences and Humanities Index (1965-74), formerly International
Index (1907-64)). An author and subject index to cover over 250 English
language journals devoted to literature and other humanities. Includes
headings for Spanish literature in general and for its various periods,
schools, movements, genres, and authors. Each issue ends with a separate
listing of book reviews appearing in the journals indexed. Published quarterly,
with annual cumulations. Handbook of Latin American Studies: The Handbook is a selective annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America. Include books, journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers in the disciplines of anthropology(including archaeology, ethnohistory and ethnology), art, economics, geography, government and politics, history, international relations, literature, music, philosophy, and sociology. (not UofC restricted) Hispanic American Periodicals Index: Includes articles published in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish from more than 400 scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. Updated annually, it covers 1970 to the present and includes more than 210,000 records. Index Islamicus: Indexes over 2,000 journals on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Mostly relevant for History and the Social Sciences, the index nevertheless indexed articles relating to Islam and it's influence on Spanish literature. Records go back to 1906. Material cited includes work written about the Middle East and other main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, and Muslim minorities elsewhere. Includes conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. International Medieval Bibliography, 1967-: Covers the whole range of medieval studies and includes articles from journals and festschriften. Select "Enter Databases" and click on "Go" to start your search. In Print: Z6203.I6 RR3 Internationale
Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur aus allen Gebieten Des Wissens
(IBZ). Osnabrück: Jahrg. 1 (1965-). An invaluable index
of great breadth, depth, and bulk, covering European and American periodical
literature in many languages and disciplines. Published in two multi-volume
semiannual installments, each of which includes a numbered list of journals
indexed, a keyword subject index, and an author index. Subject indexing
terms are in German with cross references from their foreign language
equivalents. Entries include the author's name, title of article, the
issuing journal (cited by number) and the volume and page numbers. Formed
by the merger of the Bibliographie der Fremdsprachigen Zeitschriftenliteratur
(1911-1964) and the Bibliographie der Deutschen Zeitschriftenliteratur
mit Einschluss von Sammelwerken (1896-1964), which provided similar
coverage for their respective domains. Iter, The Bibliography of Medieval and Renaissance Europe from 400-1700: A bibliography of approximately 225,000 records from the complete runs of more than 300 scholarly journal titles pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC): LAPTOC is a searchable Web database that provides access to the tables of contents of more than 700 journals published in Latin America. While this is not an index as such, it does provide tables of contents. Articles in journals not subscribed to by the library can be requested via Interlibrary Loan. PCI Full Text. Indexes the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences from 1770 to 1995, including numerous Spanish and other European titles, as well as selected full-text titles. Dates of full-text coverage vary by title. Browse the database to view titles by subject or language. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. v. 1-
1900/04- New York [etc.] Annual cumulation. Indexes contents of periodicals
of wide general circulation, by authors, titles, and subjects. Subject Index to Periodicals. 1915-1961. London,
1919-62. An English index prepared by the (British) Library Association.
Underwent various title changes and scope changes, but valuable because
it indexes many British specialized titles and local history periodicals
not included in American based indexes. Balay Robert. Early Periodical Indexes: Bibliographies
and Indexes of Literature Published in Periodicals Before 1900.
Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2000. Lists close to 400 of the indexes,
organized under broad subjects, with access by authors, titles, specific
subjects, and dates. Annotations briefly describe the scope of each
index and, when pertinent, the history. For general indexes, especially
the ones whose scope seems too broad to be true (as with several online
sources), Balay's discussions are lengthy and evaluative--a critical
perspective that should make this book particularly useful on the reference
shelf. Much of this literature is not accessible through any other indexes.
(Choice, July 2001) CINDOC (Centro de Información y Documentación Científica): This database, provided by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, indexes articles and contributions appearing in journals and proceedings published in Spain, many of them highly specialized and not indexed elsewhere. To limit your search to Spanish language and literature, go to: ISOC - Lengua y Literatura. Most entries are recent, but coverage goes back to the 1960s for select titles. MLA
International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages
and Literatures. 1921 to date. (Annual) This is the
most thorough single listing of research on literature, languages, linguistics
and folklore, covering articles in some 4,000 journals and in certain
books. It does not list book reviews, or chapters in books. It is available
in paper from 1921- 93 at: GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES Bach, Kathryn F. and Price, Glanville. Romance Linguistics and the
Romance Languages: A Bibliography of Bibliographies. London: Grant
& Cutler, 1977. Besterman, Theodore. A World Bibliography of Bibliographies...
4th ed. 5 vols. Lausanne: Societas Bibliographica, 1965-66. A comprehensive,
international catalog of separately published bibliographies on a vast
array of topics, arranged alphabetically by subject. Bibliografía española. Biblioteca
Nacional, Instituto Bibliográfico Hispánico. Madrid: Ministerio
de Cultura, 1959-. Catalog of the Biblioteca Nacional of Madrid. It was
published in 1959, in 1969 started being published monthly and in 1971
was computerized. The bibliography is now part of the ARIADNA
system, available through the Biblioteca
Nacional. Bibliographic Index: A Cumulative Bibliography of
Bibliographies. New York: Vol. 1 - (1937/42 - ). Quarterly subject
index to bibliographies published separately or appended to books and
journal articles. Includes entries for Spanish literature in general,
genres, literary movements, and individual authors. BiblioNoticias: BiblioNoticias is an ongoing subject-oriented bibliography. The series is compiled by staff members at the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin. Individual issues in the series address specific subject areas which are considered likely to be of interest to researchers within the field of Latin American Studies. Although the BiblioNoticias series refers only to materials available at the Benson Latin American Collection, it provides for a useful start to bibliographic research. Catálogo general de la Librería española e
hispanoamericana. 5 volumes. Madrid: Cámaras Oficiales
del Libro de Madrid y Barcelona, 1932-. This set of 5 volumes constitutes
a collective reference work of publications in Spain and Spanish America
from 1901 to 1930. Covers all subjects and monographic works, doctoral
theses, articles and authors that are indexed in the catalog of the Biblioteca
Nacional. Contains author and subject indexes. Foster, David W. and Virginia Ramos Foster. Manual of Hispanic
Bibliography. Seattle & London: University of Washington Press,
1970. Extremely helpful guide with annotated entries for general Romance
bibliographies; bibliographies of Spanish literature; bibliographies of
Spanish-American literature; and Spanish-American national bibliographies.
Each section provides information on general bibliographies, period bibliographies,
a guide to libraries and collections, a guide to periodicals and periodical
literature, and a guide to theses and dissertations. Gray, Richard A. and Villmow, Dorothy. Serial Bibliographies
in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Ann Arbor: Pierian Press,
1969. Libros españoles en venta. Madrid: Ministerio
de Cultura Centro del Libro y la Lectura, 1988-2000. Excellent guide to
find bibliographic information on items of recent publication from Spain
and some Latin American countries. Updated yearly. Search by title, subject
or author. Provides complete information on publishers' addresses and
prices. Malclès, Louise Noelle. Les Sources du Travail Bibliographique.
3 vols. in 4. Geneva: E. Droz, 1950-58. Although now considerably out
of date, the guide is listed here because it remains a notable contribution
to bibliographical manuals. Designed to serve as a textbook and guide,
it is not limited to bibliographies but also includes information on
dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, important texts and periodicals,
collections and other types of reference materials. Volume 1 contains
references to bibliographies of bibliographies, the book of the 15th
and 16th centuries, printed catalogs of libraries, union catalogs, national
bibliographies, encyclopedias, biography, periodicals, society publications,
periodical indexes, and more. Volume 2 contains bibliographic information
on the languages and literatures (and other subjects). Volume 3 contains
more specialized bibliographies. Author, subject, and title indexes
are included in vol. 1, vol. 2 part 2, and in vol. 3. (Balay) González Ollé, Fernando. Manual bibliográfico
de estudios españoles. Pamplona: Ediciones Universidad de
Navarra, 1976. Unfortunately a bit out of date, but a broad bibliography,
providing information on all aspects of Spanish Studies. Chapter 17
is on literature (pages 759-873) and provides considerable detail as
well as a wealth of resources. Palau y Dulcet, Antonio. Manual del librero hispano-americano:
bibliografia general española e hispano-americana. 2nd
edition. 28 vols. Barcelona: Palau, 1948-1977. Contains names of authors,
pseudonyms and unknown authors of books that have been published in Spain
and Latin America. Ruiz Castañeda, María del Carmen. La Prensa pasado
y presente de México: catálogo selectivo de publicaciones
periódicas. Coordinadora, María del Carmen Ruiz Castañeda;
investigadoras, Irma Lombardo García y María Teresa Camarillo
C. México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Biblioteca Nacional, Hemeroteca Nacional, 1987. Romanische Bibliographie. Tübingen: 1961/62
- . (continues Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie. Bibliographie).
A major international serial bibliogaphy for Romance philology. Now issued
in three parts: (1) indexes (authors, reviewers, persons, subjects) and
other general reference materials; (2) bibliography of language and linguistics
studies; (3) bibliography of literature (editions, history, criticism)
and intellectual/cultural history. Each volume includes a general table
of contents. Listings are numbered, unannotated, and in classed arrangements.
The volume for languages and linguistics has a general section divided
by subject, followed by sections for the various languages also divided
by subject. The literature volume begins with theoretical and comparative
sections, followed by sections for the various literatures with topical
subdivisions. (Balay) Contains selective citations to reviews. Wortman, William A. A guide to serial bibliographies for modern
literatures. 2nd Edition. New York, N.Y.: Modern Language Association
of America, 1995. PhiloBiblon: A project to construct an online bio-bibliographical database of early texts produced in the Iberian Peninsula. Provides access to Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish manuscripts. 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries Bibliographie Internationale de l'Humanisme et de
la Renaissance. Geneva: vol 1. (1965- ). Lists books and articles
in all areas -- literature, philosophy, history, religion, the arts,
economics, political science, law, science -- of study on the 15th and
16th centuries in Europe. Part 1 covers "personnages" and
lists works on and about Renaissance figures. Part 2 covers subject
areas, divided geographically. Contains an authors index. (Balay) PhiloBiblon:
A project to construct an online bio-bibliographical database of early
texts produced in the Iberian Peninsula. Provides access to Catalan, Galician,
Portuguese, and Spanish manuscripts. "The Eighteenth Century: A Current Bibliography" in Philological
Quarterly. Iowa City: vol. 1 (1922 - ). From 1971 through 1975 each
annual volume of Philological Quarterly included a selective, annotated
catalog of books, articles, and reviews on eighteenth-century topics
published during the preceding year. The bibliographies are international
in coverage and comprehensive in scope, including printing and bibliographical
studies; historical, social and economic studies; philosophy, science
and religion; the fine arts; literary studies; and individual authors.
Carmona González, Angeles. Escritoras andaluzas en la prensa
de Andalucía del siglo XIX. Cádiz: Universidad de
Cádiz, 1999. Focuses on 19th century women authors from Andalucía.
Provides information on over 300 women writers/journalists. Includes
bibliographical references. Bleznick, Donald W. A Sourcebook for Hispanic Literature and Language:
A Selected, Annotated Guide to Spanish, Spanish-American, and Chicano
Bibliography, Literature, Linguistics, Journals and Other Source Materials.
3rd edition. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1995. Excellent guide for literature
and linguistics studies. Covers works on methods of reseach, bibliographies
of Spanish, Spanish American literature and guides to libraries and
dissertations. Particulary important is the inclusion of works on Chicanos
from the South West of the United States. Palfrey, Thomas R.; Fucilla, Joseph; and Holbrook, William C. A
Bibliographical Guide to the Romance Languages and Literatures.
Seventh Edition. Evanston: 1969. Simón Díaz, José. Bibliografía de la
literatura hispánica. 3a ed. corr. y actualizada. Madrid:
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1983-. 16 vols.
One of the most complete guides to Spanish and Spanish American literatures.
An extensive work with additions and amendments. All volumes provide indexes
of authors and locations of libraries. Fisher, John H. The Medieval Literature of Western
Europe: A Review of Research, Mainly 1930-1960. [New York] Published
for the Modern Language Association of America by the New York University
Press, c1966. An MLA sponsored survey of literary
scholarship. Chapters are written by subject specialists on: Latin,
Old English, Middle English, French, German, Old Norse, Italian, Spanish,
Catalan, Portuguese, and Celtic medieval literatures. Chapters are confined
to the tools for research and the most important research produced between
about 1930 and 1960, with evaluative comments. Includes index. (Balay)
Very useful to identify and review what was considered the main scholarship
at the time of the survey and to identify trends. 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries Aguilar Piñal, Francisco. Bibliografía de autores
españoles del siglo XVIII. 10 volumes. Madrid: Consejo
Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Inst. Miguel de Cervantes,
1981. This bibliography covers a wide range of subjects and provides information
on works written in Spain from 1700 to 1808. Entries are organized under
headings by authors. Subheadings group sections on correspondence, manuscripts,
books, pamphlets, translations and studies. Cervantes International Bibliography Online (1994-1998). Edited by Prof. Eduardo Urbina at Texas A&M University. Provides information on significant books, articles, dissertations, reviews, and other scholarly materials related to Cervantes' works and life. Also contains links to relevant resources, such as the Don Quixote Bibliography, also from Texas A&M University. Escoffier, Maurice. Le Mouvement Romantique 1788-1850:
Essai de Bibliographie Synchronique et Méthodique. Paris:
Maison du Bibliophile, 1934. A catalog of a select number of texts associated
with the Romantic movement. Provides a synoptic organization by listing
works in a year-by-year chronological arrangement, subdivided by genre.
Includes brief bibliographic annotations, as well as indexes of authors,
anonymous titles, collections and keepsakes, periodical titles, and
binders. Jacobson, Margaret D. The Origins of Spanish Romanticism: A Selective
Annotated Bibliography. Lincoln: Society of Spanish and Spanish
American Studies, 1985. Provides annotated descriptions useful for critical
analysis. Links Romanticism to its social context. Divided in two parts.
Part I is on theoretical foundations including influences from France,
Germany and England. Part II focuses on Spain. Lists primary and secondary
sources from books, periodicals, dissertations and theses. Entries are
alphabetically arranged and numbered in consecutive order. Author and
subject index. Losada-Goya, José-Manuel. Bibliographie critique de la littérature
espagnole en France au XVIIe siècle: présence et influence.
Genève: Droz, 1999. Indispensable tool for the study of the reception
of Spanish literature in 17th Century France. Entries contain full bibliographic
information and helpful critical commentaries that vary in length. Author
and title index. Moseley, William W., Glenroy Emmons, and Marilyn C. Emmons. Spanish
literature, 1500-1700: a bibliography of Golden Age studies in Spanish
and English, 1925-1980. Westport: Greenwood, 1984. For the advanced
student of Spanish Golden Age literature. Covers genres and individual
authors, including anonymous works. Author and subject index. "The Romantic Movement: A Selective and Critical Bibliography"
in English Language Notes. Boulder: vol. 1 (1963- ). Focuses
on the Romantic movement in Great Britain and Western Europe with information
on research produced in the previous year. Initially designed as a check-list,
it is now a selective and critical bibliography. The
bibliography was previously published in English Literary History
(1936-1948) and Philological Quarterly (1949-1965; PB1.P53 RR3).
ELN published a cumulative bibliography covering the years 1936-1970:
The Romantic Movement Bibliography, 1936-1970. 7 vols. Ann Arbor:
Pierian Press, 1973. (PN56.R7401
RR3). Anderson, David L. Symbolism: A Bibliography of Symbolism
as an International and Multi-Disciplinary Movement.
New York: New York University Press, 1975. Interdisciplinary
bibliography of monographs and articles written on Symbolism in European
languages from 1880 to 1973. Covers all aspects of Symbolism ( in literature,
art, music, etc.) as well as individual figures. Indexed by author.
Catalan Literature and Bibliography: The "Bibliografia de Literatura Catalana"/"Catalan Literature Bibliography" [BUCLIB] is a fully searchable on-line database of books by major Catalan writers from the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries, and scholarly literature written about them. "Current Bibliography" in Twentieth
Century Literature. Denver: v. 1 (1955 - ). A quarterly journal
containing annotated subject bibliographies of publications on twentieth
century writers. Contains citations to many major Spanish, Portuguese,
and Latin American authors and subjects. Escoffier, Maurice. Le Mouvement Romantique 1788-1850:
Essai de Bibliographie Synchronique et Méthodique. Paris:
Maison du Bibliophile, 1934. A catalog of a select number of texts associated
with the Romantic movement. Provides a synoptic organization by listing
works in a year-by-year chronological arrangement, subdivided by genre.
Includes brief bibliographic annotations, as well as indexes of authors,
anonymous titles, collections and keepsakes, periodical titles, and
binders. Falcón, Lidia. Catálogo de escritoras feministas actuales
en lengua castellana. [Madrid] : Comunidad de Madrid, Dirección
General de la Mujer, [1992]. Bio-Bibliographical sourcebook of contemporary
women authors. Krawitz, Henry. A Post-Symbolist
Bibliography. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1973. Bibliography of books
and articles on the post-Symbolist movement in Western Europe. Contains
general studies of the Post-Symbolist movement, national and comparative
studies, as well as more specific studies of 19 prominent post-Symbolists.
Indexed by author. Pownall, David E. Articles on Twentieth Century Literature:
An Annotated Bibliography, 1954-1970. New York: Kraus-Thomson, 1973
-1980. 7 v. An expanded and reorganized compilation
of the "Current Bibliography" sections of Twentieth Century Literature,
vols. 1-16, 1955-1970. Arranged by name. "The Romantic Movement: A Selective and Critical Bibliography"
in English Language Notes. Boulder: vol. 1 (1963- ). Focuses
on the Romantic movement in Great Britain and Western Europe with information
on research produced in the previous year. Initially designed as a check-list,
it is now a selective and critical bibliography. The
bibliography was previously published in English Literary History
(1936-1948) and Philological Quarterly (1949-1965; PB1.P53 RR3).
ELN published a cumulative bibliography covering the years 1936-1970:
The Romantic Movement Bibliography, 1936-1970. 7 vols. Ann Arbor:
Pierian Press, 1973. (PN56.R7401
RR3). Simón Palmer, María del Carmen. Escritoras españolas
del siglo XIX. Manual bibliográfico. Madrid: Castalia, 1991.
Provides bio-bibliographic information on Spanish, Cuban and Puerto
Rican women writers between 1832-1900. Entries are arranged alphabetically
and provide biographical and bibliographical information on completed
works, anthologies, newspapers series, etc. Contains three indexes:
onomastic, publications, and collective works. Z2693.5.W6S550 1991 RR3
Aguirre, Reynaldo. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in the Library of
Congress. Washington: Library of Congress, 1994. Provides information
on about 974 items of Cervantes' works located at the Library of Congress.
Includes translation in Bulgarian, Chinese, Lithuanina, Marathi, Norwegian,
Oriya, Tajik, and Uzbek. Features: Collected Works; Comprehensive Collections;
Selected Works, Anthologies, Juvenile Works, Quotations and Selections;
and Translations arranged chronologically, by date of publication. Name
index and LC call number. Bautista de Avalle-Arce, Juan. Enciclopedia Cervantina. Madrid:
Centro de Estudios Cervantinos, 1997. A general reference to the works
of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Entries are listed alphabetically and
provide references to occurances of the terms in the original works.
Cervantes International Bibliography Online (1994-1998). Edited by Prof. Eduardo Urbina at Texas A&M University. Provides information on significant books, articles, dissertations, reviews, and other scholarly materials related to Cervantes' works and life. Also contains links to relevant resources, such as the Don Quixote Bibliography, also from Texas A&M University. Estado actual de los estudios sobre el Siglo de Oro: actas del II
Congreso Internacional de Hispanistas del Siglo de Oro. Editadas
por Manuel García Martín ... [et al.]. Salamanca: Ediciones
Universidad de Salamanca, 1993. Contains 108 essays from the II Congress
on the Golden Age celebrated in Salamanca and Valladolid in 1990. The
articles approach new methodologies and critical aspects of the Golden
Age literature seen by contemporary critics. Articles are varied and
range from poetry, drama, novels and other genres (sainetes, entremeses,
loas, jácaras, etc.). Goldsmith, Valentine Fernande. A Short Title Catalogue
of Spanish and Portuguese books, 1601-1700, in the Library of the British
Museum. Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1974. The purpose
of this catalog is to supply a list of Spanish or Portuguese authors and
titles written in Spanish and Portuguese between 1600-1700. Entries are
arranged by personal name. Pseudonyms are entered with cross references
to the authors. Contains indexes, which allow for the location of unusual
or obscure headings. Laurenti, Joseph. A Catalog of Spanish Rare Books (1701-1974) in
the Library of the University of Illinois and Selected North American
Libraries. New York: Lang, 1984. The continuation of a previous
catalog on Spanish Golden Age from 1472-1700, this new volume adds about
500 more titles of works published between 1701-1974. Arranged alphabetically
by author. __________. Hispanic rare books of
the Golden Age (1470-1699) in the Newberry Library of Chicago and in selected
North American libraries. New York: P. Lang, c1989. __________. and Alberto Porqueras-Mayo.
The Spanish Golden Age (1472-1700): A Catalog of Rare Books Held in
the Library of the Univesity of Illinois and in Selected North American
Libraries. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1979. Arranged by author. Includes
a variety of subjects besides literature. Useful for research on comparative
literatures of romance languages. __________. Estudios bibliográficos
sobre la Edad de Oro y el Siglo de las Luces (1472-1799): Fondos Raros
Españoles en la Universidad de Illinois y en otras Bibliotecas
Norteamericanas. Guadalajara: AACHE ediciones, 2000. An important
catalog of over 200 bibliographic entries of Spanish works from the
Edad Media and the Siglo de Oro held in in the collections of North
American libraries. The majority of the entries are for works held by
the University of Illinois, but other libraries listed are the Newberry
Library, and the Boston Public Library. Includes a list of works cited,
to aid in the study of each author, theme or edition. Moseley, William W., Glenroy Emmons, and Marilyn C. Emmons. Spanish
literature, 1500-1700: a bibliography of Golden Age studies in Spanish
and English, 1925-1980. Westport: Greenwood, 1984. For the advanced
student of Spanish Golden Age literature. Covers genres and individual
authors, including anonymous works. Author and subject index. Spanish drama of the Golden Age: a catalogue of the manuscript collection
at the Hispanic Society of America. Compiled by J.M. Regueiro, A.G.
Reichenberger. New York: Hispanic Society of America, 1984. provides
bibliographical information on the 17th century Comedias. It includes
other types of works for the stage such as "loas", and "entremeses".
Sánchez Escribano Federico y Alberto Porqueras Mayo. Preceptiva
dramática española: del Renacimiento y el Barroco.
Madrid: Gredos, 1972. Discusses the aesthetic principles that governed
theatrical representations during the Golden Age. Includes a selected
bibliography about the theory of drama. Société Rencesvals. Bulletin Bibliographique de la
Société Rencesvals. Paris: A. G. Nizet, 1958-. An
annotated, serially published bibliography of current scholarship on
early Romance epics. Covers new editions and translations, critical
books and articles, reviews, work in progress, and reports of meetings.
Appears irregularly. Laurenti, Joseph L. Catálogo bibliográfico de la literatura
picaresca : siglos XVI-XX. Kassel: Reichenberger, 1988. Bibliography
for the study of the Spanish picaresque and its wide-ranging influence.
Entries are divided into sections and presented in chronological order.
Includes author and subject indexes and lists of abbreviations and acronyms.
Ferreras, Juan Ignacio. Catálogo de novelas y novelistas
españoles del siglo XIX. Madrid: Cátedra, c1979. This
catalog gathers and offers descriptions of novels and novelists, anonymous
novels from the XIX century Spanish literary production. Contains over
2,100 alphabetically arranged citations. Lists publications found in
the national libraries of Madrid and Paris, as well as libraries in
England and the United States. Title and collection index. Laurenti, Joseph L. Catálogo bibliográfico de la literatura
picaresca : siglos XVI-XX. Kassel: Reichenberger, 1988. Bibliography
for the study of the Spanish picaresque and its wide-ranging influence.
Entries are divided into sections and presented in chronological order.
Includes author and subject indexes and lists of abbreviations and acronyms. Walker, Warren S. Twentieth Century Short Story Explication:
Interpretations, 1900-1975, of Short Fiction since 1800. 3rd ed.
Hamden, 1977. Lists criticism in English of 19th and 20th century short
stories in English and other languages. 6 Supplements, 1980-1993. Autoras en la historia del teatro español, 1500-1994.
Trabajo de investigación dirigido por Juan Antonio Hormigón;
equipo de investigación Immaculada Alvear.. [et al.] coordinación
documental, Carlos Rodríguez. Madrid: Publicaciones de la Asociación
de Directores de Escena de España, [1996-] vols. 1-2. Includes
bibliographical references v. 1 siglos XVII, XVIII, XIX. v. 2 siglo
XX (1900-1975). Catalogs alphabetically approximately 600 women dramatists
since 1500 to 1994. Presents biographical data, titles of works for
each author, and divides the first volume in two subject bibliographies,
one for the XVI-XVIII, and the second for XIX century. The second volume
is all devoted to women playwrights of the XX century. Stratman, Carl Joseph. Bibliography of Medieval Drama.
2nd ed. 2 vols. New York: Ungar, 1972. Although the bibliography is
designed primarily for students of English medieval literature, Volume
2 contains full and useful chapters of the dramas of various continental
countries. Editions and studies of particular importance are asterisked.
Autoras en la historia del teatro español, 1500-1994. Trabajo
de investigación dirigido por Juan Antonio Hormigón; equipo
de investigación Immaculada Alvear.. [et al.] coordinación
documental, Carlos Rodríguez. Madrid: Publicaciones de la Asociación
de Directores de Escena de España, [1996-] vols. 1-2. Includes
bibliographical references v. 1 siglos XVII, XVIII, XIX. v. 2 siglo XX
(1900-1975). Catalogs alphabetically approximately 600 women dramatists
since 1500 to 1994. Presents biographical data, titles of works for each
author, and divides the first volume in two subject bibliographies, one
for the XVI-XVIII, and the second for XIX century. The second volume is
all devoted to women playwrights of the XX century. Goldsmith, Valentine Fernande. A Short Title Catalogue
of Spanish and Portuguese books, 1601-1700, in the Library of the British
Museum. Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1974. The purpose
of this catalog is to supply a list of Spanish or Portuguese authors and
titles written in Spanish and Portuguese between 1600-1700. Entries are
arranged by personal name. Pseudonyms are entered with cross references
to the authors. Contains indexes, which allow for the location of unusual
or obscure headings. Moseley, William W., Glenroy Emmons, and Marilyn C. Emmons. Spanish
literature, 1500-1700: a bibliography of Golden Age studies in Spanish
and English, 1925-1980. Westport: Greenwood, 1984. For the advanced
student of Spanish Golden Age literature. Covers genres and individual
authors, including anonymous works. Author and subject index. Spanish drama of the Golden Age: a catalogue of the manuscript
collection at the Hispanic Society of America. Compiled by J.M. Regueiro,
A.G. Reichenberger. New York: Hispanic Society of America, 1984. provides
bibliographical information on the 17th century Comedias. It includes
other types of works for the stage such as "loas", and "entremeses".
Adelman, Irving and Dworkin, Rita, comps. Modern
Drama: A Checklist of Critical Literature on 20th-Century Plays.
Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1967. A selective bibliography of substantive
criticism on 20th-century dramtists, including periodical articles and
chapters in books. Covers important modern Spanish, Portuguese, and
Latin American authors. Autoras en la historia del teatro español,
1500-1994. Trabajo de investigación dirigido por Juan Antonio
Hormigón; equipo de investigación Immaculada Alvear..
[et al.] coordinación documental, Carlos Rodríguez. Madrid:
Publicaciones de la Asociación de Directores de Escena de España,
[1996-] vols. 1-2. Includes bibliographical references v. 1 siglos XVII,
XVIII, XIX. v. 2 siglo XX (1900-1975). Catalogs alphabetically approximately
600 women dramatists since 1500 to 1994. Presents biographical data,
titles of works for each author, and divides the first volume in two
subject bibliographies, one for the XVI-XVIII, and the second for XIX
century. The second volume is all devoted to women playwrights of the
XX century. Breed, Paul Francis and Sniderman, Florence M. Dramatic
Criticism Index: A Bibliography of Commentaries on Playwrights from
Ibsen to the Avant-Garde. Detroit: Gale Research, 1972. Lists English
language criticism on some 300 late 19th and 20th-century playwrights
from many centuries, Italy included. Arranged alphabetically by author
with subsections for general criticism and for studies of individual
plays. Indexed by title and by critics' names. Carpenter, Charles A. Modern Drama Scholarship and
Criticism, 1966-1980. An International Bibliography. Toronto, 1986.
"A classified, selective list of publications on world drama since Ibsen."
(Introduction) International in scope, but limited to publications in
Roman-alphabet languages. About 27,300 items in classed arrangement.
Contains table of contents, but no subject approach other than through
playwrights' names. (Balay)
Harvell, Tony A. Index to Twentieth-Century Spanish Plays in Collections,
Anthologies, and Periodicals. Lanham, Maryland; London: Scarecrow
Press, 2000. Authors whose writings are in Galician, Catalan and Basque
are included, in addition to those writing in Castilian Spanish. Translations
of plays into English have also been included in order to introduce
English-speaking readers to the richness of Spanish theatre of this
period. Parker, Mary, ed. Modern Spanish dramatists: a bio-bibliographical
sourcebook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2002. Includes 33 Spanish
dramatists from 1700-1999. Focuses on trends, movements, and historical
drama. The editor introduces the work and discusses the emergence of
women's playwrights and feminist criticism. Zayas de Lima, Perla. Diccionario de autores teatrales argentinos,
1950-1990. Buenos Aires : Editorial Galerna, c1991. Bio-Biblioraphical
sourcebook. ANNUAL REVIEWS OF RESEARCH
BIOGRAPHIES Biography
and Genealogy Master Index. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale Research Co.,
c1980-. A consolidated index to biographical sketches in current and
retrospective biographical dictionaries. Biography
Index. New York: 1947-. A cumulative and comprehensive index
to English language biographical material in books and magazines. Published
quarterly with annual and biannual cumulations. Includes index by profession.
Though the materials indexed are in English, the index contains countless
references to Spanish authors and Spanish studies in general. World
Biographical Index. München : K.G. Saur Verlag.
The World Biographical Index System (WBIS) contains over 3.6 million short
biographical entries for eminent individuals who lived in North and South
America, Western and Central Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania.
Microfiche for the biographical archives not yet digitized are available
in the Reference Department on the first floor of Regenstein Library (ask
at the Reference Desk). Contemporary
Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers. Detroit,
1962 to date. Covers writers of books only; focuses on English-language
authors, but contains a growing number of foreign authors as well. Not
limited to literary figures. Sketches give personal facts, career, work
in progress, bibliography of writings, and biographical sources. Related
titles include the First Revision, the New Revision, and the Permanent
Revision series which include revised and updated biographies. The Cumulative
Index covers all series. Diccionario de Autores: quién es quién en las letras
españolas. Fundación Germán Sánchez
Ruipérez. Madrid: Pirámide, 1988. Useful source that compiles
ready reference information of authors and works of four genres: narrative,
poetry, essay, and theater. The information included was provided by
the authors themselves (and thus to be taken with a grain of salt).
The work has been divided in four parts that correspond to the genres
above-mentioned. It has an appendix listing national literary awards
by year. Dictionary of Literary Biography.
Detroit, 1978- -- Lengthy illustrated biographical and critical articles,
with bibliographies. Each volume focuses on a specific time period and
country and includes a cumulative index. Several volumes on Spanish poets
and Chicano writers. Kunitz, Stanley Jasspon. European Authors 1000-1900:
A Biographical Dictionary of European Literature. New York: Wilson,
1967. Part of the Wilson Author Series; profiles 967 European writers
of 31 countries/literature, living between 1000 and 1900. Contains brief
bibliographies that list the author's works and translations into English
as well as articles about the author. (Balay) ENCYCLOPEDIAS, DICTIONARIES, AND HANDBOOKS Cassell's Encyclopedia of World Literature. Rev. ed. 3 vols.
London: Cassell, 1973. Volume 1 supplies information on literary movements,
problems, genres, motifs and terminology and panoramic articles on various
national literatures. Volumes 2 and 3 constitute a dictionary of concise
biographies of world authors interspersed with entries on selected anonymous
classics. Most articles are signed and include bibliographies. Cella, Susana. Diccionario de literatura latinoamericana. Buenos
Aires: El Ateneo, 1998. This dictionary of Latina American literature
covers texts, movements from Mexico to Argentina within the historical
periods of the pre-columbian to the present. Entries include authors
and concepts organized by genres (poetry, essay, narrative and theater).
It includes writers from Brazil. Daemmrich, Horst S. Themes & motifs in western literature: a
handbook. Tübingen: Francke, c1987. Guide to important themes
commonly appearing in literature. Includes character traits, myths,
themes, motifs and images. Several textual examples and references to
scholarly studies are given for each theme/motif. Diccionario de Autores: quién es quién en las letras
españolas. Fundación Germán Sánchez
Ruipérez. Madrid: Pirámide, 1988. Useful source that compiles
ready reference information of authors and works of four genres: narrative,
poetry, essay, and theater. The information included was provided by
the authors themselves (and thus to be taken with a grain of salt).
The work has been divided in four parts that correspond to the genres
above-mentioned. It has an appendix listing national literary awards
by year. Diccionario de Literatura española. Dirigido por Germán
Bleiberg and Julián Marías. 4th edition. Madrid: Revista
de Occidente, 1972. This updated version widens the scope of the 1964
edition to include authors and critics from 1960-1970. Includes new
entries on linguistics and a section dedicated to Catalan and Gallegan
literatures and includes authors from Latin American. Contains entries
on authors and literary terms and a useful glossary. A particular feature
of this dictionary is the inclusion of a complete index of titles arranged
alphabetically. Also a chronological index of the main historical events. Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula. Edited
by Germán Bleiberg, Maureen Ihrie, and Janet Pérez. Westport:
Greenwood, 1993. A useful guide to writers and intellectual movements
of the Iberian peninsula. Interdisciplinary in scope, it covers historical,
religious, cultural and philosophical writings as well as literary currents
and styles. Includes Catalan, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish writers
from the 10th century to the mid-1980s. Short entries with bibliographies
written by by scholars in the field. Author and title index. Dizionario Letterario Bompiani delle Opere e Dei Personaggi
di Tutti i Tempi e di Tutte le Letterature. 9 vols. Milan: V. Bompiani,
1947-57. An encyclopedia listing and describing the works of all times
and all countries in literature, art, and music (though, now a bit outdated,
of course). The emphasis is on literature; lavishly illustrated with colored
plates and b/w pictures. Volume 1 is devoted to intellectual movements,
arranged alphabetically. The main part of the work consists of signed
articles, arranged alphabetically in the Italian form of the title of
the work, followed by the original title in brackets. Brief biographical
notes are usually included in the entries. Volume 8 is a dictionary of
literary characters (again, alphabetized according to the Italian spelling
of the name). Volume 9 includes synoptic tables showing literary development
in all parts of the world; an index of titles in the original and of their
Italian translations; and author and illustrations indexes. A
two-volume Appendice published in 1964-66 updates the original
set (Regenstein Stacks PN41.D6 Suppl.). The sister volume: Dizionario
letterario Bompiani degli autori di tutti i tempi e di tutte le letterature
-- Regenstein Stacks PN41.D59 -- is less general in scope and provides
more detailed information on authors. The two complement each other. Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. London:
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997. "This encyclopedia consists
of entries about writers, works, and topics relating to the literature
of Latin America, which is defined to include the French- and Spanish-speaking
Caribbean islands and Mexico as well as the countries of Central and South
America." Each entry consists of a critical overview of his/her literary
work, a brief biographical sketch, a selected list of works in chronological
order, and a list of further readings. (Choice) L'enciclopedia della letteratura. Direzione, Marco Drago, Andrea
Boroli. Novara: De Agostini, 2000. Contains about 6,000 entries for
authors, movements, periods, national literary profiles, etc. Includes
bibliographical references. An up to date ready reference tool. Kindlers
Neues Literatur Lexikon. 22 vols. München: Kindler, c1988-c1998.
A reworking of the earlier edition (1965-74), based
on the Dizionario Letterario Bompiani, arranged
in alphabetical order by author, rather than by title of the work. Entries
include birth and death dates and places, synopses of works, and bibliographical
information on selected editions, translations, and criticism. Vols. 19-20
contain essays on more than 130 national literatures and an index in vol.
20. Comprehensive in coverage and literary periods. (Balay) Magill, Frank N. Cyclopedia of Literary Characters. Pasadena,
Calif.: Salem Press, c1990. Merriam-Webster's encyclopedia of literature.
Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster, 1995. Compiled by editorial staff
from Merriam-Webster and Encyclopaedia Britannica; the result is a useful
hybrid somewhere between a dictionary and an encyclopedia. Included
are biographies of authors as well as articles on major literary terms,
movements, characters, and important works of literature. International
and broad scope. Each entry contains a definition, pronunciation, and
etymology where appropriate, with biographical or explanatory material
following. (CHOICE, September 1995) Moriano Martín, María Teresa. Las mujeres en la historia
de España. Madrid: Centro de Información y Documentación
Científica, 1994. Part of the Bibliografias de Historia de España
series, this index to 442 articles in periodicals, covers the history
of women in Spain. Each entry provides bibliographic information, including
a subject heading and temporal assignment. Search by using the author,
subject, and geographical indexes at the end of the volume. Limited,
but provides a helpful start. The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics.
Princeton, 1993. The standard, authoritative encyclopedia on the subject
with surveys of 106 national poetries, descriptions of forms, genres,
and devices, movements and issues in criticism and theory, etc. Ruiz Castañeda, María del Carmen and Sergio Márquez
Acevedo. Catálogo de seudónimos, anagramas, iniciales
y otros alias usados por escritores mexicanos y extranjeros que han
publicado en México. México, D.F. : Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas,
1985. Contains bibliography. Sainz de Robles Federico. Ensayo de un diccionario de la literatura.
3rd edition. 3 vols. Madrid: Aguilar, 1964-1967. A reference tool for
literary terms. Volume 1 covers definitions of literary meaning, concepts
and "isms." Volume 2 is on authors of Spain and Spanish American
countries. Unfortunately a bit outdated. Lambdin, Robert T., and Laura C. Lambdin. Encyclopedia
of Medieval Literature. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000.
Scholarly and thorough, this encyclopedia is an excellent starting point
to research topics pertaining to the Middle Ages. Furnishing background
information about historical figures, genres, and myriad literary works,
it covers the 1,000 years (c.500-1500 CE) commonly accepted as the medieval
period. Two kinds of entries (brief and expanded) provide relatively
comprehensive outlines of their topics, followed by informative essays.
Each topic includes selected bibliographies, and the work ends with
an extensive general bibliography. (Choice, February 2001) 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries Abelleira Fernandez, Jesus. Diccionario Enciclopedico
Hermeneutico o Auxiliar de Lectura del Quijote: explicación de
palabras, nombres y pasajes oscuros siguiendo el orden de lectura.
Madrid: Gráficas Dehon, 1997. The ultimate work for reading
and understanding El Quijote, presented on the 450th anniversary of
the birth of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Entries are arranged in the
order they appeared in the original work. Lathrop, Tom. Don Quijote Dictionary. Newark, Delaware: Juan de
la Cuesta, 1999. Contributes with 7,800 entries to help students with
the reading of the Quijote. Considers 12,000 definitions of original forms
in an attempt to fill up a gap with a source that targets expressions
sometimes not found in modern dictionaries. Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century. Edited
by Steven R. Serafin. 3rd ed. 4 vols. Detroit : St. James Press, c1999.
Extensive encyclopedia, international in scope with about 130 nationalities
and literatures included. About 2,300 articles mostly on individual
authors. Includes articles on most world literatures "with claim
to a substantial productivity within the century," as well as major
literary movements. Author entries provide vital statistics, a substantial
critical assessment, and selective primary and secondary bibliographies.
Good starting point for the investigation of a particular author or
national literature. Mondadori, Alberto. Dizionario universalle della letteratura contemporanea.
Redattore capo: Orlando Bernardi. Milano : A. Mondadori, 1959-1963.
5 vols. Guide that will be useful for retrospective searches of authors
in a historical context of events and ideologies of the moment. It offers
succint biographies of authors. Also a brief background of the work
and a general environment of the time in which it was produced. Each
author has a bibliographic citation. As a source of consultation and
for a panoramic overview of authors of diverse nationalities. Literary & Critical Terminology: see the Guide to Literary Criticism for further information. Cuddon, J. A. A Dictionary of Literary Terms and
Literary Theory. 4th ed. Oxford, 1998. Comprehensive dictionary
covering all literatures and periods with basic definitions as currently
used. Entries often indicate origin and cite examples. Harris, Wendell V. Dictionary of Concepts in Literary
Criticism and Theory. New York, 1992. In-depth discussions of 70
concepts relevant to literary theory and criticism. Harmon, William, and C. Hugh Holman. A Handbook to
Literature. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J., 2000. Classic work,
one of the most useful of this genre, offering clear explanations of terms,
concepts, schools, and movements in literature. The
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. (Also available in print:
PN81.J646 1994 RR3, Harper). One of the standards in the field, this guide
offers 226 cross-referenced articles for theorists from Plato to Cixous,
national and ethnic critical traditions, periods, "schools,"
and literary forms. Includes bibliographical references (good starting
point for further research) and indexes. Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula. Edited
by Germán Bleiberg, Maureen Ihrie, and Janet Pérez. Westport:
Greenwood, 1993. A useful guide to writers and intellectual movements
of the Iberian peninsula. Interdisciplinary in scope, it covers historical,
religious, cultural and philosophical writings as well as literary currents
and styles. Includes Catalan, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish writers
from the 10th century to the mid-1980s. Short entries with bibliographies
written by by scholars in the field. Author and title index. Harris, Laurie Lanzen, and Helene Henderson. Twentieth-Century
Literary Movements Index : A Guide to 500 Literary Movements, Groups,
Schools, Tendencies, and Trends of the Twentieth Century, Covering More
Than 3,000 Novelists, Poets, Dramatists, Essayists, Artists, and Other
Seminal Thinkers from 80 Countries as Found in Standard Literary Reference
Works, Literary Movements Reference Series. Detroit, Mich.:
Omnigraphics, 1991. An index to 28 reference sources published 1959-1988.
The first part indexes literary movements of the 20th century, including
significant schools of literary criticism; the second part is an index
of individuals. (Balay) Krawitz, Henry. A Post-Symbolist
Bibliography. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1973. Bibliography of books
and articles on the post-Symbolist movement in Western Europe. Contains
general studies of the Post-Symbolist movement, national and comparative
studies, as well as more specific studies of 19 prominent post-Symbolists.
Indexed by author. Bautista de Avalle-Arce, Juan. Enciclopedia Cervantina. Madrid:
Centro de Estudios Cervantinos, 1997. A general reference to the works
of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Entries are listed alphabetically and
provide references to occurances of the terms in the original works.
Foster, David William. Spanish Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes:
A Bio-Critical Sourcebook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999.
A thought provoking contribution offering texts on sexuality in the
Spanish culture. The essays provide biographical and reference sources
of literary criticism, and devote theoretical discussion on gay topics
on three aspects. Authors with a professed gay identity, authors who
have written on gay themes, and authors who, although not dealing overtly
with a gay topic, have written texts in which gay sensibility can be
identified, including any aspect that can be related with the question
of binary sexuality and compulsory heterosexuality. To consider this
last perspective (e.g. Luis de Góngora, San Juan de la Cruz and
Santa Teresa). Galerstein, Carolyn L., ed. Women Writers of Spain: An Annotated Bio-Bibliographical
Guide. New York: Greenwood, 1986. Annotated guide to about 300 authors
and their works. Organized alphabetically by author and titles. Helpful
introduction. Contains title index. Jurado, José. Bibliografía sobre Juan Ruiz y su Libro
de Buen Amor. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas,
1993. Compiles essay articles from about 242 journals and newspapers
worldwide. It includes theater, movies based on El Libro de Buen Amor.
The entries are arranged chronologically, most of them from the last
30 years. Malinowski, Sharon, ed. Gay & Lesbian Literature.
Detroit, 1994-1998. In-depth biographical, bibliographical, and critical
information on international gay and lesbian authors writing since 1900,
including living authors. Indexes by nationality, gender, genre, and
general subject. Sherman, Alvin Jr. Mariano José de Larra: A Directory of
Historical Personages. New York: Lang, 1992. Directory of historical
and literary figures that appeared in Larra's works. The introduction
gives plenty of biographical data on Mariano José de Larra. Interesting
source for researchers who want to inquire on the historical figures
in order to construct a vision of Spain in the 19th century. This source
compiles alphabetized references of about 1054 persons throughout 255
political, costumbrist and theatrical essays. The names can be found
through 3 types of indexes. A complete bibliographic information is
given right after the citation with the names of personage given in
a brief locator phrase. Useful guide for understanding the influences
that shaped the Spanish liberal society. At the end a bibliography on
Larra's essays and a general bibliography of books. Simón Palmer, María del Carmen. Escritoras españolas
del siglo XIX. Manual bibliográfico. Madrid: Castalia, 1991.
Provides bio-bibliographic information on Spanish, Cuban and Puerto
Rican women writers between 1832-1900. Entries are arranged alphabetically
and provide biographical and bibliographical information on completed
works, anthologies, newspapers series, etc. Contains three indexes:
onomastic, publications, and collective works. Summers, Claude J. ed. The Gay and Lesbian Literary
Heritage: A Reader's Companion to the Writers and Their Works, from
Antiquity to the Present.. New York, 1995. In-depth, signed critical
essays on gay and lesbian authors in world literature, survey articles
on national literatures and genres and on topics such as AIDS literature,
camp, and cross-dressing. Less extensive bibliographies than Malinowski
(above), but wider scope. Ward, Philip, ed. The Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature.
Oxford: Clarendon, 1978. A manual dedicated to provide a first-hand
ready reference list of sources of Spanish and Spanish-American authors
and books. It includes bibliographical citations worth the attention
of students and readers of literature in the Spanish language. The arrangement
of the entries has been done according to the English alphabet, not
the Spanish. Woodbridge, Hensley. Benito Pérez Galdós: a selected
annotated bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1975. Offers
good insights to the searcher interested in finding the most important
criticism about Galdós and his works appearing in the last 25-40
years. Entries are alphabetically arranged and annotated. Quotations
are taken from books, book reviews. Doctoral dissertations are included. Alborg, Juan Luis. Historia de la literatura española.
2nd edition. 4 vols. Madrid: Gredos, c1970-. Excellent source for a panoramic
review of the Spanish literature. This work considers the form of Castelian
literatures as the starting point for the development of a national literature
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are listed in chronological order and contain bibliographical commentaries
that make this a valuable tool for research. Chandler Richard E. and Kessel Schwartz. A New History of Spanish
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determined the development of the novel in 19th Century Spain, such
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literature. Includes bibliography and alphabetical index of authors
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de Tesis doctorales: Catalog of Spanish theses by university,
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