The Literary Encyclopedia

In the competitive world of English language reference databases provided by the large aggregators, The Literary Encyclopedia is something of an anomaly. It is produced in the UK by the Literary Dictionary Company Ltd, an international group owned by the editors and scholarly contributors to the database. The site includes encyclopedic entries on authors, works, and themes from literature in English (British, American, and Commonwealth) and literature translated into English. Founded in 1999, it is still growing, but as of the writing of this review contains approximately 19,000 entries on works, 6,000 on persons, and 1,600 on literary topics; approximately...