Benét's reader's encyclopedia.
- 3a ed.
- New York : Harper & Row, c1987.
- vii, 1091 p. ; 25 cm.
Rev. ed. of: The Reader's encyclopedia. 2nd ed. 1965.
Contains over 9,000 entries covering every literary illusion imaginable. Includes biographies of writers and historical figures, plot summaries, sketches of principal characters, literary schools, movements, terms, awards, etc.