{"id":144,"date":"2021-02-23T10:03:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T17:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/whnew\/?p=144"},"modified":"2021-02-23T10:03:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T17:03:23","slug":"reference-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/whnew\/2021\/02\/23\/reference-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Reference Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a id=\"reference\" name=\"reference\"><\/a>Select Publications<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Malcolm Lowry: A Reference Guide<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Boston: G.K. Hall,<br \/>\n1978.\u00a0 A thorough annotated checklist of essays, books, reviews,<br \/>\nand related commentaries on the life and works of the English\/Canadian<br \/>\nnovelist, poet, and short story writer Malcolm Lowry (1909-57).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style6\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><em>Canadian Writers Since 1960<\/em>, <em>1st series,<br \/>\nDictionary of Literary Biography<\/em><\/span><em>,<\/em> vol. 53.\u00a0 Detroit: Bruccoli\u2011Clark\u2011Gale, 1986.\u00a0 This is the first of several <em>DLB <\/em>volumes<br \/>\nof biographical and bibliographical guides to Canadian writers.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style7\" style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\">Canadian Writers Since 1960, 2nd series, Dictionary of<br \/>\nLiterary Biography<\/span><em>,<\/em> vol. 60.\u00a0 Detroit: Gale, 1987.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Canadian Writers 1920-1959, 1st series<\/em>,<em> Dictionary of<br \/>\nLiterary Biography<\/em><\/strong>, vol. 68.\u00a0 Detroit: Gale, 1988.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Canadian Writers 1920-1959, 2nd series, Dictionary of<br \/>\nLiterary Biography<\/em><\/strong>, vol. 88.\u00a0 Detroit: Gale\u2011Bruccoli Clark<br \/>\nLayman, 1989.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Canadian Writers 1890-1920, Dictionary of Literary<br \/>\nBiography<\/em><\/strong>, vol. 92.\u00a0 Detroit: Gale-Bruccoli Clark Layman,<br \/>\n1990.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Canadian Writers Before 1890, Dictionary of Literary Biography<\/em><\/strong>,<br \/>\nvol. 99.\u00a0 Detroit: Gale-Bruccoli Clark Layman, 1990.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Janet Frame:\u00a0 An Enumerative Bibliography to 1990&#8221;<\/strong> (with<br \/>\nAlexander Hart). \u00a0In <em>The Ring of Fire:\u00a0 Essays on Janet<br \/>\nFrame<\/em>, ed. Jeanne Delbaere.\u00a0 Aarhus:\u00a0 Dangaroo,<br \/>\n1992:\u00a0 233-338.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-88\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/whnew\/files\/2021\/02\/cover_Ency-of-Lit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" \/>Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0Toronto: U of<br \/>\nToronto Press, 2002.\u00a0 [xxii+1347 pages]\u00a0 With over 1200<br \/>\nentries, fully cross-referenced, this is a substantial guide to<br \/>\nCanadian literature in English, French, and other languages.<br \/>\nTopics included biocritical studies, genre surveys, Native languages<br \/>\nand mythologies, literary terms, the publication industry, newspapers,<br \/>\nfilm and other media, awards and prizes, popular culture, and book<br \/>\ndesign.\u00a0 Reviewing the book, George Fetherling calls it \u00a0\u201cthe<br \/>\nonly truly indispensable work on the subject, \u2026a decade in the<br \/>\nmaking.\u201d\u00a0 French critics cited the 300+ contributors and the<br \/>\nextensive articles, the chronology, and other finding aids. The critic<br \/>\nSam Solecki comments: \u201cThis is a very impressive work of scholarship<br \/>\nthat will be invaluable to scholars, students and general readers. I<br \/>\ncan&#8217;t imagine anyone seriously interested in this country&#8217;s literatures<br \/>\nwho will not want to own a copy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select Publications Malcolm Lowry: A Reference Guide.\u00a0 Boston: G.K. Hall, 1978.\u00a0 A thorough annotated checklist of essays, books, reviews, and related commentaries on the life and works of the English\/Canadian novelist, poet, and short story writer Malcolm Lowry (1909-57). Canadian Writers Since 1960, 1st series, Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol. 53.\u00a0 Detroit: Bruccoli\u2011Clark\u2011Gale, 1986.\u00a0 This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2643,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/whnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/whnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/whnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/whnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/whnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/whnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/whnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/whnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/whnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/whnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}