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1 online resource |
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Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 5, 2016). |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Europe -- France, Belgium, and Switzerland -- Spain and Portugal -- Italy -- Greece -- Germany, Austria, and Switzerland -- Netherlands and Belgium -- Scandinavia -- Baltic States -- Eastern Europe I -- Eastern Europe II -- Russia, Soviet Union, and Central Asia -- United Kingdom and Ireland -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Southern Africa -- Central Africa -- East Africa -- West Africa -- Lusophone Africa -- North Africa, Middle East, and Turkey -- Arabic-Speaking Countries -- Israel -- Turkey -- Iran and Afghanistan -- Asia -- Indian Subcontinent -- Southeast Asia I -- Southeast Asia II -- China, Tibet, and Taiwan -- Japan -- South Korea and North Korea -- Oceania -- Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific -- Latin America -- Brazil -- South America -- Mexico and Central America -- Caribbean -- North America -- United States and Canada -- Appendix 1. Translation into English, by the Numbers -- Appendix 2. Supplemental Resources -- Index |
Summary |
Profiling hundreds of titles and authors from 1945 to today, with an emphasis on fiction published in the past two decades, this reference provides a fascinating portal into the styles, trends, and genres of the world's literatures, from Scandinavian crime thrillers and cutting-edge works in China to Latin American narco-fiction and award-winning French novels. Arranged by region, country, and language, entries illuminate the fiction of individual nations, cultures, and peoples, while concise biographies sketch the careers of noteworthy authors. |
Language |
In English. |
Subject |
Fiction -- History and criticism.
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Fiction -- Translations into English -- Bibliography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst00923709
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Fiction -- Translations into English.
(OCoLC)fst00923765
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Genre/Form |
Bibliography. (OCoLC)fst01423717
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Standard No. |
10.7312/orth14675 doi |
ISBN |
9780231518505 (electronic bk.) |
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0231518501 (electronic bk.) |
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