Dictionary of literary characters
By: Michael D. Sollars.
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2528
ISBN-13: 9780816073795
Subjects: Characters and characteristics in literature -- Dictionaries
Genres: Dictionaries
Description: Dictionary of Literary Characters is a stunning, five-volume set containing descriptions of more than 40,000 characters in great literary works from the United States, Britain, and around the world. The wide assortment of characters featured in this comprehensive work are compiled from novels, short stories, and plays ranging from such ancient classics as Sophocles' Antigone to 21st-century prizewinners such as Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex. No other reference work covers such an extensive assortment of characters from so many different works of literature. Appendixes include alphabetical lists of authors and literary works covered in the set.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. entries A-C; title: v. 2. entries D-I; title: v. 3. entries J-O; title: v. 4. entries P-S; title: v. 5. entries T-Z.