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Australian Literature: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Core resources for the study of Australian literature.

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Literary Companions

  • Annals of Australian Literature (Hooten: Oxford UP, 1992)
  • Australian Short Fiction: A History (Bennett: U of Queensland, 2002)
  • Cambridge Companion to Australian Literature (Webby: Cambridge UP, 2000)
  • Cambridge History of Australian Literature (Pierce: Cambridge UP, 2009)
  • Companion to Australian Literature Since 1900 (Birns & McNeer: Camden House, 2007)
  • Companion to Theatre in Australia (Parsons: Currency, 1995)
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 230: "Australian Literature, 1788-1914" (Gale, 2000)
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 260: "Australian Writers 1915-1950" (Gale,2002)
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 289: "Australian Writers 1950-1975" (Gale, 2004)
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 325: "Australian Writers 1975-2000" (Gale, 2006)
  • Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English (Routledge, 1994)
  • Oxford Companion to Australian Literature. 2nd Edition (Wilde: Oxford UP, 1994)
  • Oxford Literary Guide to Australia (Pierce: Oxford UP, 1978)
  • Oxford Literary History of Australia (Bennett & Strauss: Oxford UP, 1998)
  • Penguin New Literary History of Australia (Hergenhan & Bennett: Penguin, 1988)

Reference Resources

Subjects: English, Literature