What is a nice authoritative academic encyclopedia (or similar resource) accessible online where I can learn about literature.
Specifically, some info on how to start reading an author. I want to know what is his best book, where should I start reading him, his style, the literary movement he belongs to, his influences, and the like. What does /lit/ use in this case?
Wikipedia?
It discusses the major works of an author in depth.
how to read and why by bloom
how to read a book by adler and van doren
No one? Seriously?
>>8678594
Fuck off with your positivism. Literature is not an accumulation of facts and "themes"
http://www.literatureencyclopedia.com/public/
wiley-blackwell encyclopdia of literature is good if you've got the money