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African American Literature: The writers, characters and critics of African American literature, and plot summaries of major works	Brer Rabbit, Frederick Douglass, Their Eyes Were Watching God, more »
American Literature Chronology: Development of US Literature throughout the years	1952, 1645, more »
American Theater Guide: An authoritative and illuminating picture of the American stage	Jean Adair, Funny Girl, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, more »
Architecture and Construction: Definitions relating to all aspects of architecture, from classical to green	abacus, abbey, absorption, more »
Architecture and Landscaping: Explanations of architectural terms and biographies of significant architects	acroter, Matthew Habershon, landscape garden, more »
Art Encyclopedia: Art Encyclopedia from Oxford	Hans von Aachen, Zainul Abedin, Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto, more »
Classical Albums: Classical Album Reviews from All Media Guide	The Best of the Three Tenors, This Is Gold: Maria Callas [Box Set], Yearbooks of the 20th Century Piano: 1920, more »
Classical Artists: Classical Artists' Biographies from All Media Guide	Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, more »
Classical Literature Companion: The classical world and its literature, revealed through the lives of its writers and plot summaries of their major works	Argonauts, epic, epigram, more »
Classical Works: Classical Work Reviews from All Media Guide	Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra, Gaillarde, D'Amore si Muore, film score, more »
Dictionary of Dance: Dances, dancers and choreographers from classical to postmodern	The American Ballet, Isadora Duncan, pas de deux, more »
English Folklore: Folklore, superstitions, customs and legendary characters	alien big cats, knives, English Folk Dance and Song Society, more »
Fairy Tale Companion: The stories, characters and writers of this complex and captivating genre	Ali Baba, The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, more »
Fine Arts Dictionary: Terms in music, arts, architecture, etc.	Walter Gropius, cubism, Deck the Halls, more »
French Literature Companion: Ten centuries of French-language literature	Criticism, Jean-Paul Sartre, Versification, more »
German Literature Companion: 1,200 years of German-language literature placed in historical and cultural context	Leipzig, Die Leiden des jungen Werthers, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, more »
Irish Literature Companion: Sixteen centuries of the literature and literary culture of Ireland	The Abbey Theatre, ballads in Ireland, Waiting for Godot, more »
Literary Dictionary: Explanations of literary terms from the traditional to the cutting-edge	discourse, existentialism, palindrome, more »
Literary Glossary: Brief explanations of terms related to literature, drama and poetry	Age of Johnson, Celtic Renaissance, Prologue, more »
Modern Design Dictionary: Biographies, movements and concepts of the past 150 years of design	Archizoom, Swiss Style, Kenneth Grange, more »
Music Encyclopedia: Everything relating to music and musicians	Peter Abelard, Albeniz, Isaac, Thomas Augustine Arne, more »
Music Glossary: Definitions of words associated with music	diatonic, Italian sixth chord, polonaise, more »
Notes on Drama: Study guides to help students better understand and enjoy the plays they read in school	An Ideal Husband, Romeo and Juliet, On Golden Pond, more »
Notes on Novels: Study guides to help students better understand and enjoy the literature they read in school	Animal Farm, The Color Purple, Crime and Punishment, more »
Notes on Poetry: Study guides to help students better understand and enjoy the poems they read in school	If, Ithaka, Practice, more »
Notes on Short Stories: Study guides to help students better understand and enjoy the short fiction they read in school	A Point at Issue!, The Arabian Nights, Mowgli's Brothers, more »
Operas: List of operas and terms associated with them	Don Giovanni, La Boheme, Aida, more »
Photography Encyclopedia: Techniques and styles, along with biographies of photographers	Wedding photographs, phototherapy, Robert Adams, more »
Poetry: List of poems and terms associated with them	Casey at the Bat, Mending Wall, more »
Poetry Glossary: Glossary of poetry terms	Allegory, Ballade, Synesthetic Metaphor, more »
Study Guide: SparkNotes online learning guides to literature	A Christmas Carol, Dante's Inferno, Cloud 9, more »
Who's Who in Opera: Descriptions of the roles and plots of famous operas and operettas	Acis and Galatea, Salome, Eugene Onegin, more »
Wikisource: User driven collection of source texts	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Paradise Lost, United States Bill of Rights, more »
Works by Authors: Literature works listed by authors	Mark Twain, Benjamin Franklin, more »

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