2. Literature Surveys, Subject Encyclopedias, and Subject Dictionaries
The surveys listed here are excellent introductory sources. In addition to biographical infromation and literary criticism, most contain bibliographies of varying lengths and with varying amounts of detail. Bio-bibliographies with substantial bibliographic information are listed in 3: Bibliographies and Bibliographical Guides.
Bregante, Jesús. Diccionario Espasa literatura española / Jesús Bregante; [coordinadora de la edición, Carolina Reoyo]. Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid: Espasa, 2003.
Widener: RR 3198.5.10
Diccionario de literatura española / dirigido por Germán Bleiberg, Julián Marías. 4 ed., corr. y a aumentada. Madrid: Revista de Occidente, 1972.
Widener: WID-LC PQ6006 .D5 1972x
Lamont: REF.ROOM PQ6006 .D5 1972
Entries cover authors, texts, literary terms, concepts and movements, with Chronology 710-1971. Appendices on contemporary Catalan and Galician literature and Paleography.
Diccionario de literatura espanola e hispanoamericana.
Alianza diccionarios. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1993.
Widener: RR 3198.10
WID-LC PQ6006.D52 1993x
Short, signed articles and bibliographies for each entry. More recent authors appear in general entries, such as Hispanoamerica: Narrativa actual or Hispanoamerica: Poésia actual. (See prefatory pages for "Indice de voces colectivas.") Title index.
Dictionary of the literature of the Iberian peninsula. Westport.: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Widener: RR3198
Covers Catalan, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish literatures from the tenth century to the mid-1980s. Primary texts and criticism noted for each entry.
The feminist encyclopedia of Spanish literature / edited by Janet Pérez and Maureen Ihrie.Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002.
Widener: WID-LC PQ6055 .F46 2002
Presents topics from a feminist perspective; diverse critical methodologies are represented. Signed articles followed by two-part bibliography: "Works by" and "Works about." Entries limited to Spain and Spanish writers, with survey articles on contemporary Catalan, Galician and Basque literature.
González de Mendoza Mera, Pilar. Diccionario de temas de literatura española. Madrid: Istmo, 1990.
Widener: WID-LC PQ6006 .G6 1990
Definitions of terms followed by citations to literary works in which the terms figure prominently. Short lists of suggested readings; author and title indices.
Moral, Rafael del. Enciclopedia de la novela española / Rafael del Moral; prólogo de Andrés Amorós. Barcelona: Planeta, 1999.
Widener: WID-LC PQ6138 .M67 1999
Summaries of prominent novels include author's intent, themes, orientation, and critique. Bibliographies.
The Oxford companion to Spanish literature
/ edited by Philip Ward. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978.
Widener: RR 3198.5
Widener: WID-LC PQ6006 .O94 1978x
Lamont: REF.ROOM PQ6006 .O93 x
Largely composed of author entries, with some entries for major works, literary terms and movements. Covers Basque, Catalan and Galician and Spanish American literatures. Bibliographic citations accompany articles.
Pérez-Rioja, José Antonio. Diccionario de personajes y escenarios de la literatura Española. 1. ed. Barcelona: Ediciones Península, 1997.
Widener: RR 3198.12
All literary periods are covered.
Platas Tasende, Ana María. Diccionario de términos literarios. Madrid: Espasa, 2000.
Widener: WID-LC PN41 .P55 2000
Bibliography of critical works and literary histories included.
Spanish women writers: a bio-bibliographical source book
/ edited by Linda Gould Levine, Ellen Engelson Marson, and Gloria Feiman
Waldman. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Widener: RR 3201.5
Schlesinger Ref. 016.86 L665s
Bio-bibliographical articles on selected women writers in Spain. Covers the 14th to the 20th century.
