by:
Bardakjian, Kevork B. (Compiler)

Publisher:
Wayne State University Press
Published:May 1, 2000
ISBN:0814327478
Format:Hardcover
Pages:608

Description: From Library Journal
Twenty years in the making, this massive reference to Armenian literature is designed to provide access to texts of and secondary writings about Armenian authors born between 1500 and 1920. Bardakjian, author of two other books on Armenian literature and history, picks up where A Bibliography of Classical Armenian Literature to 1500 AD (written by a colleague for the same project) leaves off. The reference is divided into three main sections. The first, alone a great resource for college students, provides six lengthy introductory chapters on the development of Armenian literature, key writers, and the political and social context over five centuries (16th through early 20th). The second section is bio-bibliographical, with each entry including the author's pen names, a brief biography, and a bibliography of writings listing translated editions where appropriate. The final section includes separate bibliographies of reference works, bibliographies, folklore, studies of shorter periods, minstrels, literary influences, prosody, and anthologies both in Armenian and in translation. Recommended for academic libraries supporting comparative literature programs.ANeal Wyatt, Chesterfield Cty. P.L., VA
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