Eresource News: November 2007 Archives
A new edition of the Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature is now available via Oxford Reference Online.This volume offers over five thousand alphabetically arranged entries on individual novels, plays, songs, poems, novelists, poets, playwrights, essayists, philosophers, historians, fictional characters, literary movements, legends, and much more.
Useful plot summaries, entries on important fictional characters, and countless biographical articles on authors and other influential figures in the world of letters are also included.
A new edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics is now available online via Oxford Reference Online.Fully revised and updated for the second edition, this invaluable work is the most authoritative dictionary of linguistics of its kind available.
Encyclopedia of Life Writing: Autobiographical and Biographical Forms is now available online via Credo Reference.Exploring not only autobiography and biography proper, but also letters, diaries, memoirs, family histories, case histories, and other ways in which individual lives have been recorded and structured, this encyclopedia includes entries on genres and subgenres, national and regional traditions from around the world, and important auto-biographical writers, as well as articles on related areas such as oral history, anthropology, testimonies, and the representation of life stories in non-verbal art forms.
Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850 is now available online via Credo Reference.Exploring the developments that influenced the profound changes in thought and sensibility during the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century, the encyclopedia provides readers with a clear, detailed, and accurate reference source on the literature, thought, music, and art of the period.
JSTOR, the electronic journal database, has added 40 new titles to its collection. Some of the highlights include:
Natural Language & Linguistic Theory published by Springer, including the first 21 volumes (1983-2003). The journal provides a forum for the discussion of theoretical research that pays close attention to natural language data, so as to provide a channel of communication between researchers of a variety of points of view. The journal actively seeks to bridge the gap between descriptive work and work of a highly theoretical, less empirically oriented nature.
Rhetoric Society Quarterly published by Taylor & Francis, including volumes 6-29 (1976-1999). The journal features original articles on all areas of rhetorical studies including theory, history, criticism, and pedagogy. The journal addresses an interdisciplinary audience of scholars and students of rhetoric who work in communication studies, English studies, philosophy, politics and other allied fields.
The Women's Review of Books published by Old City Publishing, Inc., including volumes 1-21 (1983-2003). The journal provides a unique perspective on today's literary landscape and feature essays and in-depth reviews of new books by and about women.
Natural Language & Linguistic Theory published by Springer, including the first 21 volumes (1983-2003). The journal provides a forum for the discussion of theoretical research that pays close attention to natural language data, so as to provide a channel of communication between researchers of a variety of points of view. The journal actively seeks to bridge the gap between descriptive work and work of a highly theoretical, less empirically oriented nature.Rhetoric Society Quarterly published by Taylor & Francis, including volumes 6-29 (1976-1999). The journal features original articles on all areas of rhetorical studies including theory, history, criticism, and pedagogy. The journal addresses an interdisciplinary audience of scholars and students of rhetoric who work in communication studies, English studies, philosophy, politics and other allied fields.The Women's Review of Books published by Old City Publishing, Inc., including volumes 1-21 (1983-2003). The journal provides a unique perspective on today's literary landscape and feature essays and in-depth reviews of new books by and about women.