Books - Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia — Hardcover (Single-Volume)

- Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia, by Bruce Murphy - ISBN / Barcode: ISBN 0-06-270110-X / 9780062701107 - Format / Binding: Hardcover (single-volume encyclopedia) - Condition: New — still shrinkwrapped / sealed - Editor / Primary Name: Benet (editor attribution) - Publisher: Harper Collins - 4th Edition - Description (from the back jacket) "For nearly fifty years, this unique single-volume encyclopedia of world literature has been hailed as the best available. Now updated, the book includes more African, African-American, Middle Eastern, South American, Eastern European, and women writers.aHere are over 10,000 informative entries, covering everything a reader could wish to know: - Biographies of poets, playwrights, novelists, essayists, and belletrists from around the world and through the ages, from Aristophanes to Toni Morrison, from Chuang Tzu to Juan Rulfo.-Plot summaries of important literary works, ranging from Beowolf to Wuthering Heights to Things Fall Apart.- Myth, legend, and folklore, covering everything from Isis to the Midgard Serpent to the paladins.- Biographies of artists, musicians, philosophers, and other historical personages-ranging from Roman emperors to U.S. presidents-who figure prominently in literature.- Accounts of significant schools and movements in literature, such as the Bloomsbury Group and the Beat writers.- Original titles, as well as the most familiar English titles, for works in languages other than English.- Recipients of major literary awards, including Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners" Please bring packing material. Pickup category timeslot {A}