A handbook to literature

The handbook proper is an alphabetical listing of words and phrases pertaining to the study of English And American literature. The listings concentrate on definition, explanation, and illustration, with no attempt to be exhaustive or complete, and provides selected references for the more important, difficult, or controversial entries. This edition also includes a new feature, the Index of Proper Names, which attempts to list names of all actual persons mentioned in the body of the Handbook proper. The index gives the title (or short title) of the articles in which the person is mentioned.