A comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Combines information from major respected reference works, books and literary journals, as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Contains full-text for more than 35,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism; more than 252,000 author biographies (including more than 22,000 in-depth bios); 450 literary journals; more than 693,000 book reviews; more than 78,400 classic and contemporary poems; more than 19,700 classic and contemporary short stories; more than 6,600 author interviews; more than 8,200 classic texts; and more. Coverage: 1912 - present.
An Open Access monographs program available on the JSTOR platform. More than 2,000 Open Access ebooks are now available at no cost to libraries or users. The Open Access titles are cross-searchable with journals and primary sources on JSTOR.org.
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