Reference Guide to World Literature
Reference Guide to World Literature

Author: Tom Pendergast

Publisher: Saint James Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 1174

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Covers writers from the ancient Greeks to 20th-century authors. Includes biographical-bibliographical entries on nearly 500 writers and approximately 550 entries focusing on significant works of world literature. Each author entry provides a detailed overview of the writer's life and works. Work entries cover a particular piece of world literature in detail.

Twentieth-century Swedish Writers Before World War II
Twentieth-century Swedish Writers Before World War II

Author: Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams

Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 426

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Essays on Swedish writers of the early twentieth-century that provides context and an outline of major events and movements that influenced these writers. Discusses literary trends including proletarian realists, often referred to as the autodidacts, the modernists, the variety of literary styles and genres, including literature for children and young adults, the impact of motion pictures and television, and the impact of various political and global issues.