MagillOnLiterature Plus
Coverage: This database is composed of approximately 35,000 critical analyses of individual works of literature, 6,500 biographical records, more than 1,000 images, and a glossary of 1,310 literary terms. MagillOnLiterature Plus contains editorially reviewed critical essays, brief plot summaries, extended character profiles, and detailed setting discussions covering works by more than 8,500 long and short fiction writers, poets, dramatists, essayists, and philosophers. The biographical essays reflect extended coverage of the 2,500 most studied authors and include up-to-date lists of each author’s principal works and current secondary bibliographies. In addition, 395 comprehensive genre-driven overview essays provide details about important literary genres, time periods, and national literatures.

This database includes:
Masterplots , Masterplots II, Cyclopedia of World Authors, Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, Magill's Literary Annual 1990-2004, Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature and Magill Book Reviews. In addition, this database also includes Critical Surveys, Magill’s Choice: Notable Poets, Magill’s Choice: Shakespeare , Magill’s Choice: 100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction and World Philosophers and Their Works.

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