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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries for Literature

The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarría (Editor); Enrique Pupo-Walker (Editor)
Call Number: Raynor Reference PQ7081 .A1 .C35
Publication Date: 1996
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3 vol. set: . 1. Discovery to modernism -- v. 2. The twentieth century -- v. 3. Brazilian literature.
Diccionario de Literatura Latinoamericana by Cella, Susana
Call Number: Raynor Reference PQ7081 .C379 1998
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Diccionario de Literature Española e Hispanoamericana by Gullón, Ricardo, ed.
Call Number: Reference PQ6006 .D6 1993
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2 vol. set.
Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula by Germán Bleiberg (Editor); Maureen Ihrie (Editor); Janet Perez (Editor)
Call Number: Reference Raynor PQ6006 .D54 1993
Publication Date: 1993
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Encyclopedia of Hispanic-American Literature by Luz Elena Ramirez
Call Number: Raynor Reference - Currently Being Processed
Publication Date: 2008
Hispanic Literature Criticism by Jelena O. Krstovic (Editor)
Call Number: Raynor Reference PQ7081.A1 H5733 1994
Publication Date: 1994
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Hispanic Literature Criticism: Supplement
Call Number: Raynor Reference PQ7081 .A1 H5732 1999
Publication Date: 1999
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2 vol. set.
Hispanic Writers : a Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors by Ryan, Bryan, ed.
Call Number: Raynor Reference PQ7081.3 .H58 1991
ISBN: 0810376881
Spanish American Authors: the Twentieth Century by Flores, Angel
Call Number: Raynor Reference PQ7081.3 .F57 1992
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