TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sobczak,A.J.
AU  - Long,Janet Alice
AU  - Magill,Frank N.
TI  - Cyclopedia of literary characters
SN  - 0893564389 (set)
AV  - REF PN 44 .M3 1998
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Pasadena, Calif.
PB  - Salem Press
KW  - Literature
KW  - Stories, plots, etc
KW  - Dictionaries
KW  - Characters and characteristics in literature
KW  - Personnages dans la litt�erature
KW  - Encyclop�edies
KW  - Litt�erature
KW  - Histoires, intrigues, etc
KW  - Literatura
KW  - Diccionarios
N1  - "This comprehensive revised edition of Cyclopedia of literary characters combines all the titles from the original Cyclopedia of literary characters and from Cyclopedia of literary characters II ... adds character descriptions from titles included in Masterplots (revised second edition, 1996) and the Masterplots II sets covering African American literature (1994), women's literature (1995), and American fiction (supplement, 1994) ... 3,300 titles [in all]."--Publisher's note; Includes indexes; v. 1. Aaron's Rod-Dem -- v. 2. Demian-Jonah's gourd vine -- v. 3. Jonathan Wild-Peder Victorious -- v. 4. Pedro P�aramo-A tomb for Boris Davidovich -- v. 5. Tonight we improvise-Zuleika Dobson. Indexes; Also issued online
N2  - "This 'edition combines the characters profiled in Cyclopedias of Literary Characters (1963) and Literary Characters II (1990). It also includes all characters that appeared in more recent works of Masterplots II published through 1995.' Publisher's Note. 'Entries are arranged alphabetically by the title of the work....[They] begin with the book's title, foreign title if originally published in a language other than English, author's name with birth and death years, date of first publication, genre, locale, time of action, and plot type. Characters are arranged in order of importance; major characters have 100- to 150-word write-ups. Volume 5 contains three indexes: title, author, and character.'" Booklist
ER  -