Cyclopedia of Literary Characters
Cyclopedia of Literary Characters

Author: A. J. Sobczak

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780893564384

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"This 'edition combines the characters profiled in Cyclopedias of Literary Characters (1963) and Literary Characters II (1990). It also includes all characters that appeared in more recent works of Masterplots II published through 1995.' Publisher's Note. 'Entries are arranged alphabetically by the title of the work ... [They] begin with the book's title, foreign title if originally published in a language other than English, author's name with birth and death years, date of first publication, genre, locale, time of action, and plot type. Characters are arranged in order of importance; major characters have 100- to 150-word write-ups. Volume 5 contains three indexes: title, author, and character.'" Booklist.

Dictionary of American Literary Characters
Dictionary of American Literary Characters

Author: American BookWorks Corporation

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13:

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Contains alphabetically arranged entries that describe major characters from significant American novels, arranged chronologically from 1789 through 1960.

Major Characters in American Fiction
Major Characters in American Fiction

Author: Jack Salzman

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2014-09-23

Total Pages: 1591

ISBN-13: 1466881933

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Major Characters in American Fiction is the perfect companion for everyone who loves literature--students, book-group members, and serious readers at every level. Developed at Columbia University's Center for American Culture Studies, Major Characters in American Fiction offers in-depth essays on the "lives" of more than 1,500 characters, figures as varied in ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, age, and experience as we are. Inhabiting fictional works written from 1790 to 1991, the characters are presented in biographical essays that tell each one's life story. They are drawn from novels and short stories that represent ever era, genre, and style of American fiction writing--Natty Bumppo of The Leatherstocking Tales, Celie of The Color Purple, and everyone in between.