''Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature'' was published in 1991 by
Harper Collins Publishers
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. The book contains facts on American authors' major and lesser works, summarizes the critical consensus, gives biographical information and often lists secondary
biographical
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and critical works.
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Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia
''Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia'' is a reference work devoted to world literature. The first volume appeared in 1948, edited by Pulitzer Prize-winner William Rose Benét, older brother of the writer Stephen Vincent Benét. Benét set out to "pre ...
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1991 non-fiction books
Encyclopedias of literature
HarperCollins books
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