This is a list of encyclopedias as well as encyclopedic and biographical dictionaries published on the subject of literature in any language.

Entries are in the English language unless specifically stated as otherwise.

General

  • Benét, William Rose. Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia. 3rd ed., HarperCollins, 1987.[1][2]
  • Boynton, Victoria, Jo Malin, Emmanuel S. Nelson. Encyclopedia of women's autobiography. Greenwood Press, 2005. ISBN 0313327378.[3]
  • Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1870). Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Berlin: Mittler.[2][4]
  • Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1899). Reader's Handbook of Famous Names in Fiction, Allusions, References, Proverbs, Plots, Stories, and Poems. London: Lippincott.[4]
  • Brewer's Dictionary of 20th-Century Phrase and Fable. Houghton Mifflin, 1992.[2]
  • Cassell's Encyclopedia of World Literature. Morrow, 1953.[1]
  • Cousin, John W. (1 March 2003). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7661-4348-7.
  • Gubernatis, Angelo de (1905). Dictionnaire international des escrivains du monde latin (in Italian). Rome: Auteur.[5]
  • Horn, Maurice. World Encyclopedia of Comics. Chelsea House, 1976.[6]
  • Keller, Helen Rex (1929). Reader's Digest of Books. New York: Macmillan.[7]
  • Kohn, George Childs, Leonard Latkovski. Dictionary of historic documents. Facts on File, 2003. ISBN 0816047723.[8]
  • Kurian, George Thomas. World Press Encyclopedia. Facts on File, 1982.[9]
  • Magill, Frank Northen, Tracy Irons-Georges. Cyclopedia of world authors. Salem Press, 2004. ISBN 158765122X.[3]
  • Martin, Edward A., Peter Froggatt. A biographical encyclopedia of medical travel authors. Edwin Mellen Press, 2010–. ISBN 9780773436817.[3]
  • Miller, Jane Eldridge. Who's who in contemporary women's writing. Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0415159814.[3]
  • Poggendorff, Johann Christian. J.C. Poggendorffs biographisch-literarisches handwörterbuch zur geschichte der exacten wissenschaften. J.A. Barth, 1863–1995.[3]
  • Polking, Kirk. Writing A to Z: The Terms, Procedures and Facts of the Writing Business Defined, Explained, and Put Within Reach. Writer's Digest, 1990.[9]
  • Powell, John (2001). Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences: The Nineteenth Century, 1800–1914. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30422-4.
  • Pribić, Rado. Nobel laureates in literature: A biographical dictionary. Garland, 1990. ISBN 0824057414.[3]
  • Diccionario de la Literatura Chilena (in Spanish). Andres Bello.
  • Ranke, Kurt; Bausinger, Hermann; Brednich, Rolf Wilhelm (2010). Enzyklopädie des Märchens (Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales) (in German). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-023767-2.
  • Sabin, Joseph, Wilberforce Eames, R. W. G. Vail Bibliographical Society of America. A dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time. Joseph Sabin, 1868–1936.[10]
  • Samiuddin, Abida (1 August 2007). Encyclopaedic Dictionary Of Urdu Literature (2 Vols. Set). Global Vision Publishing Ho. ISBN 978-81-8220-191-0.
  • Sebeok, Thomas A. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics. Walter de Gruyter, 1986.[11]
  • Seigneuet, Jean-Charles. Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs. Greenwood, 1988.[12]
  • Sherman, Joseph. Writers in Yiddish. Thomson Gale, 2007. ISBN 9780787681517.[3]
  • Who was who among English and European authors, 1931–1949: Based on entries which first appeared in The author's and writer's who's who and reference guide originally compiled by Edward Martell and L.G. Pine and in Who's who among living authors of older nations, originally compiled by Alberta Lawrence. Gale Research, 1978. ISBN 978-0-8103-0400-0.[3]

Religious literature

  • Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Encyclopedia of world scriptures. McFarland, 2001. ISBN 0786410051.[13]

Bible

  • Achtemeier, Paul J. Harper's Bible Dictionary. HarperCollins, 1985.[14][15]
  • Allmen, Jean Jacques von, ed. (1958). Vocabulaire biblique [A Companion to the Bible]. New York: Oxford University Press.[16]
  • Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible. Baker Book House, 1988.[14]
  • Balz, Horst and Gerhard Schneider, ed. (1980–1983). Exegetisches Worterbuch zum Neuen Testament (in German). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.[17]
  • Bauer, Johannes B., ed. (1981). Encyclopedia of Biblical Theology: The Complete Sacramentum Mundi. New York: Crossroad.[17]
  • Botterweck, G. Johannes and Helmer Ringgren, ed. (1974–1980). Theologisches Worterbuch zum Alten Testament [Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament]. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans.[16]
  • Bridges, Ronald; Weigle, Luther A. (1960). The Bible Word Book Concerning Obsolete or Archaic Words in the King James Version of the Bible. New York: Nelson.[16]
  • Bromiley, Geoffrey W., ed. (1979–1982). The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.[14][17][18]
  • Brown, Colin, ed. (1975–1982). The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology [Theologisches Begriffslexicon zum Neuen Testament]. Exeter: Paternoster Pr.[19]
  • Brownrigg, Robert (1971). Who's Who in the New Testament.[20]
  • Buttrick, George Arthur, ed. (1962). The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. New York: Abingdon. ISBN 9780687192717.[17][18]
  • Cheyne, Thomas Kelly and J. S. Black, ed. (1899–1903). Encyclopedia Biblica. New York: Macmillan.[17]
  • Comay, Joan (1971). Who's Who in the Old Testament.[20]
  • Corswant, Willy, ed. (1960). A Dictionary of Life in Bible Times [Dictionnaire d'archeologie biblique]. New York: Oxford University Press.[20]
  • Crim, Keith, ed. (1976). The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Supplementary Volume. Nashville: Abingdon. ISBN 9780687192694.[17]
  • Deen, Edith (1955). All of the Women of the Bible. New York: Harper.[20]
  • Dheilly, Joseph (1964). Dictionnaire biblique (in French). Desclee.[17]
  • Douglas, J. D., ed. (1982). New Bible Dictionary (2nd. ed.). Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House.[19]
  • Freedman, Davie Noel. The Anchor Bible Dictionary. Doubleday, 1992.[14][18]
  • Gehman, Henry Snyder (1970). The New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible. Philadelphia: Westminster Pr.[17]
  • Genz, William. Dictionary of Bible and Religion. Abingdon, 1986.[15]
  • Harris, R. Laird, ed. (1980). Theological Wordbook of the New Testament. Chicago: Moody Pr.[21]
  • Hartman, Louis F. (1963). Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Bible [Bijbels woordenboek]. New York: McGraw-Hill.[17]
  • Hastings, James, ed. (1898–1904). Dictionary of the Bible. New York: Scribner.[17]
  • Hastings, James, ed. (1906–1908). Dictionary of Christ and his Gospels. New York: Scribner.[17]
  • Hastings, James (1963). Grant, Frederick C. and H. H. Rowley (ed.). Dictionary of the Bible (revised ed.). Scribner.[17]
  • Hastings, James, ed. (1916–1922). Dictionary of the Apostolic Church. New York: Scribner.[17]
  • Holman Bible Dictionary. Holman, 1991.[15]
  • Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Tyndale House, 1980.[14]
  • Jeffrey, David Lyle. A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. Eerdmans, 1992.[22]
  • Jenni, Ernst, ed. (1971–1976). Theologisches Handworterbuch zum Alten Testament (in German). Munchen: C. Kaiser.[23]
  • Kittel, Gerhard, ed. (1964–1976). Theological Dictionary of the New Testament [Theologisches Worterbuch zum Neuen Testament]. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.[19]
  • Leon-Dufour, Xavier, ed. (1973). Dictionary of Biblical Theology [Vocabulaire de theologie biblique]. New York: Seabury Pr.[19]
  • Lockyear, Herbert, ed. (1958). All the Men of the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.[20]
  • Lockyear, Herbert, ed. (1969). All the Trades and Occupations of the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.[20]
  • McKenzie, John L., ed. (1965). Dictionary of the Bible. Milwaukee: Bruce.[19]
  • Metzger, Bruce and Michael D. Coogan. Oxford Companion to the Bible. Oxford University Press, 1993.[15]
  • Meyers, Allen. Eerdman's Bible Dictionary. Eerdmans, 1987.[15]
  • Miller, Madeleine Sweeny and J. Lane Miller, ed. (1973). Harper's Bible Dictionary (8th. ed.). New York: Harper & Row.[19]
  • Mills, Watson. Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. Mercer University Press, 1990.[15]
  • Moller-Christensen and Arne Unhjem (1965). Encyclopedia of Bible Creatures. Philadelphia: Fortress.[20]
  • New Unger's Bible Dictionary. rev. ed., Moody, 1988.[15]
  • Odelain, O. and R. Seguineau, ed. (1981). Dictionary of Proper Names and Places in the Bible [Dictionnaire des noms propres de la Bible]. New York: Doubleday.[19]
  • Osterloh, Edo; Hans Engall, eds. (1959). Biblisch-theologisches Handworterbuch zur Lutherbibel und zu neueren Ubersetzungen (in German) (2nd. ed.). Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.[19]
  • Packer, James I., ed. (1980). The Bible Almanac. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9780840751621.[16]
  • Pfeiffer, Charles F.; Howard F. Vos, John Rea, eds. (1975). The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Moody Pr.[20]
  • Reicke, Bo Ivar and Leonhard Rost, ed. (1962–1979). Biblisch-historisches Handworterbuch. Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.[19]
  • Richards, Lawrence. Revell's Bible Dictionary. Revell, 1990.[15]
  • Richardson, Alan, ed. (1950). A Theological Word Book of the Bible. London: SCM Pr.[19]
  • Soulen, Richard N., ed. (1976). Handbook of Biblical Criticism. Atlanta: John Knox Press. ISBN 9780804200448.[19]
  • Steinmuller, John E. and Kathryn Sullivan, ed. (1956). Catholic Biblical Encyclopedia. New York: J. F. Wagner.[24]
  • Turner, Nicholas, ed. (1982). Handbook for Biblical Studies. Philadelphia: Westminster. ISBN 9780664244361.[20]
  • Vigouroux, Fulcran Gregoire and Louis Pirot, ed. (1907–1983). Dictionnaire de la Bible (in French). Paris: Letouzey.[20]
  • Who's Who in the Bible. New York: Bonanza. 1980. ISBN 9780517321706.[20]
  • Zohary, Michael (1982). Plants of the Bible. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521249263.[20]
  • Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. Zondervan, 1974.[14]
Biblical archaeology
  • Avi-Yonah, Michael, ed. (1975–1978). Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land [Entsiklopedyah la-hafrot arke'ologiyoi be-Erets Yisrael]. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.[20]
  • Blaiklock, Edward M. and R. K. Harrison, ed. (1983). The New International Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology. Grand Rapids, MI: Regency Reference Library, Zondervan.[14][20]
  • Negev, Avraham, ed. (1972). Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land. New York: Putnam's.[14][20]
  • Pfeiffer, Charles F., ed. (1966). The Biblical World: A Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.[20]
  • Stern, Ephraim. The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. rev. ed., Simon & Schuster, 1993.[14]

Quotations

  • Ayer, A. J., Jane O'Grady. A dictionary of philosophical quotations. Blackwell Publishers, 1992. ISBN 0631170154.[25]
  • Bartlett, John (1855). Familiar Quotations. [26]
  • Benham, William Gurney (1907). Benham's Book of quotations, proverbs, and household words. [26]
  • Gaither, Carl C., Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither, Andrew Slocombe. Naturally speaking: A dictionary of quotations on biology, botany, nature and zoology. Institute of Physics, 2001. ISBN 0750306815.[27]
  • Gaither, Carl C., Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither, Andrew Slocombe. Practically speaking: A dictionary of quotations on engineering, technology, and architecture. Institute of Physics, 1999. ISBN 0750305940.[28]
  • Hoyt, Jehiel Keeler (1882). Hoyt's new cyclopedia of practical quotations drawn from the speech and literature of all nations, ancient and modern, classic and popular, in English and foreign text. Berlin: Mittler. [4]
  • Ratcliffe, Susan. People on people: The Oxford dictionary of biographical quotations. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0198662610.[3]
  • Wagman, Morton.Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science: A treasury of quotations in psychology, philosophy, and artificial intelligence. Greenwood Press, 2000. ISBN 0313312842.[25]

Arabic and Persian

  • Field, Claud (1911). Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (Arabic and Persian). New York: Macmillan. [29]

Chinese

  • Ch'êng yü k'ao; A Manual of Chinese quotations. Hong Kong: Kelly and Walsh. 1903. [29]

French

German

  • Büchmann, Georg (1866). Geflügelte Worte. [30]
  • Dalbiac, Lilian (1906). Dictionary of quotations (German) with author and subject indexes. New York: Macmillan. [31]

Italian

  • Finzi, Giuseppe (1902). Dizionario di citazioni latine ed italiane. Milano: Sandron. [31]
  • Fumagalli, Giuseppe (1914–1918). Chi l'ha detto?. [31]
  • Harbottle, Thomas Benfield. Dictionary of quotations, Italian. Sonnenschein; Macmillan.[32]

Latin and Greek

  • Harbottle, Thomas Benfield (1906). Dictionary of quotations (classical). London: Sonnenschein. [31]
  • Harbottle, Thomas Benfield. Dictionary of quotations: Latin. Sonnenschein; Macmillan. 1909.[32]
  • Ramage, Craufurd Tait (1895). Beautiful thoughts from Greek authors, with English translations. London: Routledge. [31]
  • Ramage, Craufurd Tait (1895). Beautiful thoughts from Latin authors, with English translations. London: Routledge. [33]

Spanish

  • Harbottle, Thomas Benfield and Hume, Martin (1907). Dictionary of Quotations (Spanish) with subject and authors' index. New York: Macmillan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) [34]

Regional literatures

African literature

  • Gomes, Aldónio, Fernanda Cavacas. Dicionário de autores de literaturas africanas de língua portuguesa. Caminho, 1997. ISBN 9722111558. (Portuguese).[3]

American (U.S.) literature

  • Alderman, E. A. and J. C. Harris (1908–1923). Library of southern literature. New Orleans: Martin and Hoyt.[35]
  • Bain, Robert, Joseph M. Flora. Contemporary poets, dramatists, essayists, and novelists of the South: a bio-bibliographical sourcebook. Greenwood Press, 1994. ISBN 9780313287657.[3]
  • Bain, Robert, Joseph M. Flora, Louis Decimus Rubin. Southern writers: A biographical dictionary. Louisiana State University Press, 1980. ISBN 0807103543.[3]
  • Benét, William Rose. Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia. 3rd ed., HarperCollins, 1987.[1]
  • Bobinski, George S., Jesse Hauk Shera, Bohdan S. Wynar. Dictionary of American library biography. Libraries Unlimited, 1978. ISBN 0872871800.[3]
  • Brumble, H. David. An annotated bibliography of American Indian and Eskimo autobiographies. University of Nebraska Press, 1981. ISBN 0803211759.[3]
  • Cambridge Guide to English Literature.Cambridge, 1983.[36]
  • Davis, Arthur Paul, J. Saunders Redding, Joyce Ann Joyce. The new cavalcade: African American writing from 1760 to the present. Howard University Press, 1991–1992.[3]
  • Davis, Gwenn, Beverly A. Joyce. Personal writings by women to 1900: A bibliography of American and British writers. University of Oklahoma Press, 1989. ISBN 0806122064.[3]
  • Drabble, Margaret. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford, 1985.[36]
  • Duyckinck, Evert Augustus and Duyckinck, G. I. (1875). Cyclopedia of American literature. Philadelphia: Baxter.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[37]
  • Elder, John. American nature writers. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996. ISBN 0684196921.[3]
  • Flora, Joseph M., Robert Bain. Fifty Southern writers after 1900: A bio-bibliographical sourcebook. Greenwood Press, 1987. ISBN 0313245193.[3]
  • Franklin, Benjamin V. Dictionary of American Literary Characters. Facts on File, 1989.[38]
  • Goulart, Ron. The Encyclopedia of American Comics. Facts on File, 1990.[6]
  • Hart, James D. Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature. Oxford University Press, 1986.[1]
  • Hart, James D. Oxford Companion to American Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.[1]
  • Hoffman, Daniel. Harvard Guide to Contemporary American Writing. Harvard University Press, 1979.[1]
  • Hurwitz, Leon. Historical Dictionary of Censorship in the United States. Greenwood, 1985.[39]
  • Levernier, James, Douglas R. Wilmes. American writers before 1800: A biographical and critical dictionary. Greenwood Press, 1983. ISBN 0313222290.[3]
  • Mainiero, Lina. American women writers: A critical reference guide from colonial times to the present. Ungar, c1979–1994. ISBN 0804431515.[3]
  • Marple, Alice. Iowa Authors and Their Works. Iowa State Historical Society, 1918.
  • Morsberger, Robert Eustis, Stephen O. Lessek, Randall Clark. American screenwriters. Gale Research, 1984. ISBN 0810309173.[3]
  • Ousby, Ian. Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. 2nd ed., Cambridge, 1994.[36]
  • Oxford Companion to American Literature. 5th ed., Oxford, 1983.[36]
  • Paneth, Donald. The Encyclopedia of American Journalism. Facts on File, 1983.[39]
  • Perkins, George. Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature. HarperCollins, 1991.[1]
  • Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature. Crowell, 1962.[1]
  • Riggs, Thomas. Reference guide to American literature. St. James Press, 2000. ISBN 1558624171.[3]
  • Salzman, Jack. Cambridge Handbook of American Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1986.[1]
  • Showalter, Elaine, Lea Baechler, A. Walton Litz. Modern American women writers. Collier Books; Maxwell Macmillan Canada; Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993. ISBN 0020820259.[3]
  • Smith, Jessie Carney, Shirelle Phelps. Notable black American women. Gale Research, 1992–2003. ISBN 0810347490.[3]
  • Stedman, Edmund Clarence and Hutchinson, Ellen MacKay (1891). Library of American literature from the earliest settlement to the present time. New York: Webster.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[35]
  • Unger, Leonard, A. Walton Litz, Molly Weigel. American writers: A collection of literary biographies. Scribner, 1974–. ISBN 0684197855.[3]

Australian literature

  • Cambridge Guide to English Literature.Cambridge, 1983.[36]
  • Gunew, Sneja Marina. A Bibliography of Australian multicultural writers. Centre for Studies in Literary Education, Humanities, Deakin University, 1992.[40]
  • Oxford Companion to Australian Literature. Oxford, 1984.[36]

Canadian literature

  • Cambridge Guide to English Literature.Cambridge, 1983.[36]
  • Mortiz, Albert and Theresa. Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Canada. Oxford, 1987.[41]
  • Story, Norah. Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature. Oxford University Press, 1967.[41]
  • Toye, William. The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Oxford University Press, 1983.[41]

Caribbean literature

  • Dance, Daryl Cumber. Fifty Caribbean writers: A bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook. Greenwood Press, 1986. ISBN 0313239398.[3]
  • Figueredo, D. H. Encyclopedia of Caribbean literature. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313327424.[10]

Chinese literature

  • Baoliang Zhu. 20 shi ji Zhong wen zhu zuo zhe bi ming lu = Twentieth-century Chinese authors and their pen names. Guangxi shi fan da xue chu ban she, 2002. ISBN 7563337199. (Chinese).[3][42]

European literature

  • Bédé, Jean-Albert and William Edgerton. Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature. 2nd ed., Columbia University Press, 1980.[43]
  • Giebisch, Hans, Gustav Gugitz. Bio-bibliographisches Literaturlexikon Österreichs: Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Brüder Hollinek, 1964.[3]
  • Reader's Encyclopedia of Eastern European Literature. HarperCollins, 1993.[43]
Albanian literature
  • Dictionary of Albanian Literature. Greenwood, 1986.[44]
  • Hasani, Hasan. Leksikoni i shkrimtarëve shqiptarë 1501–2001. Shtëpia Botuese Faik Konica, 2003. ISBN 995106034X.[3]
Austrian literature
  • Brinker-Gabler, Gisela, Karola Ludwig, Angela Woffen. Lexikon deutschsprachiger Schriftstellerinnen, 1800–1945. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1986. ISBN 3423032820. (German).[3]
  • Hardin, James N., Donald G. Daviau. Austrian fiction writers, 1875–1913. Gale Research, 1989. ISBN 0810345595.[3]
  • Hardin, James N., Donald G. Daviau. Austrian fiction writers after 1914. Gale Research, 1989. ISBN 0810345633.[3]
Belgian and Dutch literature
  • Fredericks, Johann Godefridus and Branden, F. J. van den (1888–1892). Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Veen.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[45]
British literature
  • Cambridge Guide to English Literature.Cambridge, 1983.[36]
  • Davis, Gwenn, Beverly A. Joyce. Personal writings by women to 1900: A bibliography of American and British writers. University of Oklahoma Press, 1989. ISBN 0806122064.[3]
  • Drabble, Margaret. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford, 1985.[36]
  • Drabble, Margaret and Jenny Stringer. Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford, 1987.[36]
  • Griffiths, Dennis. Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1440–1991. St. Martin's, 1993.[46]
  • Janik, Vicki K., Del Ivan Janik, Emmanuel S. Nelson. Modern British women writers: An A-to-Z guide. Greenwood Press, 2002. ISBN 0313310300.[3]
  • Kanner, Barbara. Women in context: Two hundred years of British women autobiographers, a reference guide and reader. G. K. Hall; Prentice Hall International, 1997. ISBN 081617346X.[3]
  • Ousby, Ian. Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. 2nd ed., Cambridge, 1994.[36]
  • Schlueter, Paul, June Schlueter. An encyclopedia of British women writers. Rutgers University Press, 1998. ISBN 0813525438.[3]
  • Scott-Kilvert, Ian, British Council. British writers. Scribner, c1979–c1984. ISBN 0684157985.[3]
  • Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford guide to British women writers. Oxford University Press, 1993. ISBN 0192141767.[3]
  • Todd, Janet M. British women writers: A critical reference guide. Continuum, 1989. ISBN 0804433348.[3]
  • Wynne-Davies, Marion. Prentice Hall Guide to English Literature. Prentice Hall, 1990.[36]
Shakespeare
  • Boyce, Charles. Shakespeare A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More. Facts on File 1990.[9]
  • Reader's Encyclopedia to Shakespeare. Crowell 1966.[9]
  • Stokes, Francis Griffin (1905). Dictionary of the characters and proper names in the works of Shakespeare. London: Harrap.[47]
Danish literature
  • Stecher-Hansen, Marianne. Danish writers from the Reformation to decadence, 1550–1900. Thomson Gale, 2004. ISBN 0787668370.[3]
  • Stecher-Hansen, Marianne. Twentieth-century Danish writers. Gale Group, 1999. ISBN 0787631086.[3]
Estonian literature
  • Kruus, Oskar. Eesti kirjarahva leksikon (Estnisches Schriftstellerlexikon.) Eesti Raamat, 1995. ISBN 545002357X.[3]
Finnish literature
  • Suomen kirjailijat -tietokanta. Finnish Literary Society, 2004-. Available online here.[3]
French literature
  • Brosman, Catharine Savage. Nineteenth century French fiction writers: Romanticism and realism, 1800–1860. Gale Research, 1992. ISBN 0810375966.[3]
  • Brosman, Catharine Savage. Nineteenth-century French fiction writers: Naturalism and beyond, 1860–1900. Gale Research, 1992. ISBN 0810376008.[3]
  • Brosman, Catharine Savage. French novelists, 1900–1930. Gale Research, 1988. ISBN 0810317435.[3]
  • Brosman, Catharine Savage. French novelists, 1930–1960. Gale Research, 1988. ISBN 0810345501.[3]
  • Brosnan, Catharine Savage. French novelists since 1960. Gale Research, 1989. ISBN 0810345617.[3]
  • Cooper, Barbara T. French dramatists, 1789–1914. Gale Research, 1998. ISBN 0787618470.[3]
  • Dictionary of Modern French Literature. Greenwood, 1986.[44]
  • Niceron, Jean-Pierre (1727–1745). Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des hommes illustres dans la république des lettres (in French). Paris: Briasson.[48]
  • Oxford Companion to French Literature. Oxford University Press, 1959.[43]
German literature
  • Brinker-Gabler, Gisela, Karola Ludwig, Angela Woffen. Lexikon deutschsprachiger Schriftstellerinnen, 1800–1945. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1986. ISBN 3423032820. (German).[3]
  • Brümmer, Franz (1913). Lexikon der deutschen Dichter und Prosaisten vom Beginn der 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Aufl. Leipzig: Reclam.[49]
  • Goedeke, Karl (1884–1966). Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung aus den Quellen (in German). Aufl. Dresden: Ehlermann.[50]
  • Heukenkamp, Ursula, Peter Geist. Deutschsprachige Lyriker des 20. Jahrhunderts. E. Schmidt, 2007. ISBN 9783503079995.[3]
  • Jessen, Jens Christian. Bibliographie der Autobiographien. K. G. Saur, 1987–1996. ISBN 3598106734. (German).[3]
  • Keith-Smith, Brian. An encyclopedia of German women writers, 1900–1933: Biographies and bibliographies with exemplary readings. E. Mellen Press, c1997–c1998. ISBN 077348597X.[3]
  • Kosch, Wilhelm, Bruno Berger, Heinz Rupp, Carl Ludwig Lang, Hubert Herkommer. Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon: Biograph.-bibliograph. Handbuch. Francke, 1968–. ISBN 9783907820001.[3]
  • Kürschners deutscher Literatur-Kalendar (in German). Berlin: W. de Gruyter. 1879.[51]
  • Oxford Companion to German Literature. Oxford University Press, 2nd ed., 1986.[43]
German Jewish literature
  • Heuer, Renate, Andrea Boelke-Fabian, Abdelhaq El Mesmoudi. Lexikon deutsch-jüdischer Autoren. Saur,|De Gruyter, 1992–2012. ISBN 9783598226809.[3]
Hungarian literature
  • Szinnyei, József. Magyar írók: Élete és munkái a Magyar tudományos akadémia megbizásából irta Szinnyei József . . . Hornyanszky, 1891–1914. Available online here and here.[3]
  • Tezla, Albert. Hungarian authors: A bibliographical handbook. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1970. ISBN 0674426509.[3]
Irish literature
  • Brady, Anne, Brian Talbot Cleeve. A biographical dictionary of Irish writers. Lilliput Press, 1985. ISBN 0946640114.[3]
  • Brown, Stephen James (1919). Ireland in fiction. Dublin, London: Maunsel.[52]
  • Dictionary of Irish Literature. Greenwood, 1979.[44]
  • O'Donoghue, David James (1912). The poets of Ireland. Dublin: Figgis.[52]
Iberian peninsular literature
  • Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula. Greenwood, 1993.[44]
Portuguese literature
  • Rector, Monica, Fred M. Clark. Portuguese writers. Gale Group, 2004. ISBN 0787668249.[3]
Spanish literature
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Epics and romances

Gothic

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Historical fiction

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Historiography

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Novels

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Poetry

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Printing and Publishing

Romance fiction

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Science fiction

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20th century literature

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Women's literature

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Proverbs

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kister, 1994, p. 385.
  2. 1 2 3 Kister, 1994, p. 385-386.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 Guide to Reference: Biography
  4. 1 2 3 Sheehy, 1986, p. 415.
  5. 1 2 Sheehy, 1986, p. 416.
  6. 1 2 Kister, 1994, p. 325.
  7. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 414.
  8. 1 2 Guide to Reference: General History
  9. 1 2 3 4 Kister, 1994, p. 392.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Guide to Reference: History of the Americas
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kister, 1994, p. 389.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 Kister, 1994, p. 387.
  13. ↑ Guide to Reference: Religion
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kister, 1994, p. 418.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kister, 1994, p. 417-418.
  16. 1 2 3 4 Sheehy, 1986, p. 354.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Sheehy, 1986, p. 355.
  18. 1 2 3 Kister, 1994, p. 412-413.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Sheehy, 1986, p. 356.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sheehy, 1986, p. 357.
  21. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 356-357.
  22. ↑ Kister, 1994, p. 413.
  23. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 3545-356.
  24. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 354-355.
  25. 1 2 Guide to Reference: Philosophy
  26. 1 2 Sheehy, 1986, p. 418.
  27. ↑ Guide to Reference: Biology
  28. ↑ Guide to Reference: Art and Architecture
  29. 1 2 3 Sheehy, 1986, p. 420.
  30. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 420-421.
  31. 1 2 3 4 5 Sheehy, 1986, p. 421.
  32. 1 2 Kroeger, 1911, p. 14.
  33. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 421-422.
  34. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 422.
  35. 1 2 Sheehy, 1986, p. 443.
  36. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kister, 1994, p. 391-392.
  37. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 441.
  38. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kister, 1994, p. 386-387.
  39. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kister, 1994, p. 388.
  40. ↑ Guide to Reference: History of Australia and Oceania
  41. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kister, 1994, p. 391.
  42. 1 2 3 4 5 Guide to Reference: History of Asia
  43. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kister, 1994, p. 386.
  44. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Kister, 1994, p. 387-388.
  45. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 473.
  46. 1 2 Kister, 1994, p. 388-389.
  47. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 468-469.
  48. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 489.
  49. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 477.
  50. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 475.
  51. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 478.
  52. 1 2 Sheehy, 1986, p. 469.
  53. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 514.
  54. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 483.
  55. 1 2 Sheehy, 1986, p. 482-483.
  56. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 449.
  57. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kister, 1994, p. 390.
  58. 1 2 3 Sheehy, 1986, p. 434.
  59. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Guide to Reference: Newspapers
  60. 1 2 3 4 5 Guide to Reference: Periodicals
  61. 1 2 3 4 Sheehy, 1986, p. 37.
  62. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 38.
  63. ↑ Sheehy, 1986, p. 423.
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