Literature

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Use to identify new fiction and non-fiction books for your next awesome read. Searchable by author, title, subject, genre, character and topic.

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Contains critical essays and biographical information on over 100,000 authors, both historical and contemporary, including major New Zealand authors.

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Covering literature and authors throughout history, including 130,000 full-text poems, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays, plus biographies, reviews and images.

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Full text, online access to the New Oxford Shakespeare Online. Works are available in the Modern Critical Edition (modern spelling) and the Critical Reference Edition (original spelling). The Authorship Companion contains essays on questions of authorship and chronology.

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