6. Literature Surveys and Subject Dictionaries
Beaumarchais, Jean-Pierre de. Dictionnaire des
écrivains de langue française. Paris Larousse, 2001.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ41 .B412 2001x
Longer articles on prominent authors include chronologies (two-columns:
Vie et Oeuvre) and bibliographies of Oeuvres [and] Etudes. Short bibliographies
accompany most signed articles; illustrated. This title is an abridged
version of an earlier work, which contains chronologies and longer bibliographies:
Beaumarchais, Jean-Pierre de. Dictionnaire des littératures
de langue française. Nouv. éd. mise à jour et enrichie].
Paris: Bordas, 1987.
Widener: WID-LC PQ41 .B4x 1987
The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean
/ general editors, Simon Collier, Thomas E. Skidmore, Harold Blakemore.
2nd ed. Cambridge [England];
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Widener: RR3657.15; Kennedy Sch of Gov: Ref F1406 .C36 1992
Chapters on the physical environment, Economy, Peoples, History, Politics and Society, Culture (Languages, Literature, Visual arts, etc.). Illustrations and maps.
Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires de langue française
en Afrique au sud du Sahara / sous la direction d'Ambroise
Kom. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2001. 2 vol.
Widener: PQ3980.A52 D54 2001x
Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires du Québec /
sous la direction de Maurice Lemire. Montréal: Fides, 1978-
Widener: WID-LC PQ3901 .D5; Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3901 .D5
This seven-volume set covers through 1985. Articles with signed essays on authors, literary and cultural concepts, etc. Bibliographies accompany entries.
Dictionary of literary biography. Detroit:
Gale Research, 1978-
Widener: RR 3129.5
The DLB contains lengthy biography with critical commentary
and bibliographies of primary and secondary works of a wide range of writers,
living and deceased. Some brief articles appear; for major figures, comprehensive
pieces include biographical materials, references, the location of the
author’s papers. Articles are accompanied by drawings, photographs, paintings
and copies of manuscript pages. Use the index in the last volume of the
series to find all authors (each volume contains a cumulative index).
For some French Canadian authors, see the following volumes in the set
(other Francophone authors are not yet covered in this source): Vol. 53:
Canadian Writers since 1960. First series; Vol. 60: Canadian
Writers since 1960. Second series; Vol. 68, Canadian Writers,
1920-1959. First Series;Vol. 88: Canadian Writers, 1920-1959.
Second Series.
Encyclopedia of postcolonial studies / edited by John C.
Hawley; Emmanuel S. Nelson, advisory editor. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood
Press, 2001.
Widener: WID-LC PN849.U43 E53 2001
Lamont: REF.ROOM PN849.U43 E53 2001
Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean
cultures / edited by Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez and
Ana M. López. London; New York: Routledge, 2000.
Widener: RR 3657.25
Journal of Commonwealth literature. no. 1-
1965-
Oxford, England: Hans Zell Publishers.
Widener: P 247.8; current issues in Periodicals Reading Room Stacks
"Annual bibliography of Commonwealth Literature" for the preceding
year published in
the December issue. Overview of the year followed by general and individual
author bibliographies, works arranged by genre, letters and anthologies,
criticism and non-fiction.
Materials on Canada relate to this course.
Latin America and the Caribbean: a critical guide to research
sources / edited by Paula H. Covington. New York : Greenwood
Press, 1992.
Widener: RR 3653.8; Tozzer: REF F 1408.Z99 L26 1992
An interdisciplinary guide to reference and bibliographical sources on Latin America and the Caribbean. Topical chapters from anthropology to women's studies. Introductory essays on each subject followed by bibliographies. History, literature and performing arts among the topics treated.
Kesteloot, Lilyan. Histoire de la littérature négro-africaine.
Paris: Karthala, 2001.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3980.5 .K477 2001x
Modern women writers / compiled and edited
by Lillian S. Robinson. New York: Continuum, 1996. 4 volumes.
Widener: WID-LC PN471 .M62 1996
Excerpts of selected criticism of contemporary authors, translated into
English. Includes more established writers.
Pius Ngandu Nkashama. Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires
africaines de langue français. Ivry-sur-Seine: Editions
nouvelles du sud, 1994.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3980.A52 P58 1994x
Thieme, John. Post-colonial studies: the essential glossary.
London: Arnold, 2003.
Widener: Request via online form.
Intended to be an introductory text for students and those new to the
field. This sources is "an interdisciplinary guide to the various
concepts, practices and cultural products" related to postcolonialism.
An extensive bibliography follows the alphabetical entries.
