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Title
Masterplots/p>
Content
Plot summaries for major literary works, both fiction and nonfiction; author biographies; critical essays. Searchable indexes include title, author, author identities (nationalities), locales (specific locales and generic types), genres, subjects and characters.
Use this database to answer questions like:
Which Jane Austen novel includes the character Mr. Darcy? I need a brief summary of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. I need a list of biographical sources on Joseph Campbell. Can you find me a brief introduction to the literary forms and devices in The Lake Isle of Innisfree?
Subjects
Works of literary fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction; authors of these works.
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Coverage
This database contains the contents of 21 sets of reference books, published in hard copy as part of the Salem Press Masterplots series before the year 2000.