The New York Public Library Literature Companion

"Pick up The New York Public Library Literature Companion to check the dates of Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past or to find out how James Joyce's Ulysses changed U.S. obscenity laws, and you may find yourself hours later absorbed in the imaginary worlds of Camelot and The Matrix or sidetracked by the fascinating history of The New Yorker. Designed to satisfy the curious browser as well as the serious researcher, this new resource offers the most up-to-date information on literature available in English from around the world, from the invention of writing to the age of the computer."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved