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definitions and historical usage of over 600,000 words

Cross between an annotated bibliography and high-level subject encyclopedia. Subject sets currently include African American Studies, Biblical Studies, Cinema & Media Studies, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Latino Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, and Philosophy

continuously-updated scholarly resource for literary studies

folk traditions from around the world: celebrations & rituals, food & drink, holidays & festivals, music & dance, religion & beliefs, tales & myths, & traditional arts & crafts

collection of resource tools, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, quotations, bilingual dictionaries, & more

essays on well-known writers, works, & influential movements and events in world literature plus bios, character entries, and videos

citations to approx. 34,000 plays by contemporary playwrights from 1949-present and 600+ monologues

index of more than 145,000 stories with full text for approx. 5,000; 1984-present

biographies, topical entries, primary source documents with commentary, images, maps, charts, tables, and more