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Literary Criticism & Character Study - Books
Biographia Britannica Literaria; or, Biography of Literary Characters of Great Britain and Ireland, Arranged in Chronological Order. Tustin, CA: American Reprint Service, 2 vols.
by
Wright, Thomas
Call #: R 820.9 W953B
ISBN: 1247520781
Publication Date: 1846
Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters. Edinburgh: Chambers, 2nd ed.
by
Una McGovern, ed.
Call #: R 809.927 D554
ISBN: 0550101276
Publication Date: 2004
Characters from novels, plays, and poetry created by writers in English.
Dictionary of American Literary Characters. New York: Facts on File, 2002, 2nd ed., 2 vols.
by
Franklin V, Benjamin
Call #: R 813.09 A512
ISBN: 0816042624
16,000 entries covering characters in novels published from 1789 through 2000.
Student's Encyclopedia of American Literary Characters. New York: Facts On File, c2008, 4 vols.
by
Bruccoli, Matthew J., Judith S. Baughman
Call #: R 810.9 S933
ISBN: 0816064989
Describe the actions, desires, thoughts, and emotions of nearly 900 characters from American fiction.
The New York Public Library Literature Companion. New York: Free Press, 2001
by
Skillion, Anne, ed.
Call #: R 803 N532
ISBN: 0684868903
Lists authors, critics, literary characters, and works from all times and places, mostly Western.
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