The Encyclopedia of Rhetoric is a comprehensive survey of one of the Western world’s oldest disciplines. Its 150 entries, written by leading scholars, bring together expertise in classical studies, philosophy, literature, literary theory, cultural studies, speech, and communications in a comprehensive treatment of the art of persuasion.
Tags: Public Speaking, Hermeneutics, Ethics, Alliteration, Analogy, Language, Syntax, Poetry, Tropes, Debate
Over 12,600 quotations
Oxford Essential Quotations ensures coverage of the most popular and widely used quotations by combining the text of the acclaimed Oxford Dictionary of Quotations with the Oxford English Corpus and enhances these with a selection of equally memorable contemporary sayings. (6th ed. / 2018)
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Students can find author biographies, contemporary criticism, reviews, and multimedia resources from medieval times to the present.
Tags: Biographies, Contemporary Criticism, Medieval Literature, Poetry, Teacher’s Resources
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Primary and critical text database for literary research at all levels. Provides full text access to more than 500,000 works of poetry, drama and prose stretching from the 8th century through the present day, including primary resource collections from diverse and modern authors.
Tags: Poetry, Drama, Prose, Research Papers, Study Guides, Essays
The complete run of Gale’s Something About the Author reference set, including thousands of illustrated biographical profiles of children’s authors and illustrators.
Tags: Biography, Autobiography, YA Authors, Young Adult Authors, Modern Authors, Contemporary Authors
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