The Reader's Encyclopedia - A Comprehensively Revised and Updated Edition of the Classic Guide to World Literature (Hardcover, 4th Revised edition)

A revised one-volume encyclopedia with over 10,000 informative entries, covering biographies of poets, playwrights, novelists and essayists from Aristophanes, to Toni Morrison, from Chuang Tzu to Gabriel Garcia Marquez. There are plot summaries, sketches of principal characters, myths, legends a folklore, biographies of artists, musicians and historical personages, as well as accounts of signif schools and movements in literature, and recipients of major literary awards.