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and policies that make the topic unique, and entries are cross-referenced for ease of
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HISTORICALDICTIONARIESOFLITERATURE
ANDTHEARTS
JonWoronoff,SeriesEditor
ScienceFictionLiterature,byBrianStableford,2004.
HongKongCinema,byLisaOdhamStokes,2007.
AmericanRadioSoapOperas,byJimCox,2005.
JapaneseTraditionalTheatre,bySamuelL.Leiter,2006.
FantasyLiterature,byBrianStableford,2005.
AustralianandNewZealandCinema,byAlbertMoranandErrolVieth,2006.
African-AmericanTelevision,byKathleenFearn-Banks,2006.
LesbianLiterature,byMeredithMiller,2006.
ScandinavianLiteratureandTheater,byJanSjåvik,2006.
BritishRadio,bySeánStreet,2006.
GermanTheater,byWilliamGrange,2006.
AfricanAmericanCinema,byS.TorrianoBerryandVeniseBerry,2006.
SacredMusic,byJosephP.Swain,2006.
RussianTheater,byLaurenceSenelick,2007.
FrenchCinema,byDaynaOscherwitzandMaryEllenHiggins,2007.
PostmodernistLiteratureandTheater,byFranMason,2007.
IrishCinema,byRoderickFlynnandPatBrereton,2007.
AustralianRadioandTelevision,byAlbertMoranandChrisKeating,2007.
PolishCinema,byMarekHaltof,2007.
OldTimeRadio,byRobertC.ReinehrandJonD.Swartz,2008.
RenaissanceArt,byLilianH.Zirpolo,2008.
BroadwayMusical,byWilliamA.EverettandPaulR.Laird,2008.
AmericanTheater:Modernism,byJamesFisherandFeliciaHardisonLondré,2008.
GermanCinema,byRobertC.ReimerandCarolJ.Reimer,2008.
HorrorCinema,byPeterHutchings,2008.
WesternsinCinema,byPaulVarner,2008.
ChineseTheater,byTanYe,2008.
ItalianCinema,byGinoMoliterno,2008.
Architecture,byAllisonLeePalmer,2008.
RussianandSovietCinema,byPeterRollberg,2008.
AfricanAmericanTheater,byAnthonyD.Hill,2009.
PostwarGermanLiterature,byWilliamGrange,2009.
ModernJapaneseLiteratureandTheater,byJ.ScottMiller,2009.
AnimationandCartoons,byNicholaDobson,2009.
ModernChineseLiterature,byLi-huaYing,2010.
MiddleEasternCinema,byTerriGinsbergandChrisLippard,2010.
SpanishCinema,byAlbertoMira,2010.
FilmNoir,byAndrewSpicer,2010.
FrenchTheater,byEdwardForman,2010.
ChoralMusic,byMelvinP.Unger,2010.
WesternsinLiterature,byPaulVarner,2010.
BaroqueArtandArchitecture,byLilianH.Zirpolo,2010.
Surrealism,byKeithAspley,2010.
ScienceFictionCinema,byM.KeithBooker,2010.
LatinAmericanLiteratureandTheater,byRichardA.YoungandOdileCisneros,2011.
Children’sLiterature,byEmerO’Sullivan,2010.
GermanLiteratureto1945,byWilliamGrange,2011.
NeoclassicalArtandArchitecture,byAllisonLeePalmer,2011.
AmericanCinema,byM.KeithBooker,2011.
AmericanTheater:Contemporary,byJamesFisher,2011.
EnglishMusic:ca.1400–1958,byCharlesEdwardMcGuireandStevenE.Plank,2011.
RococoArt,byJenniferD.Milam,2011.
RomanticArtandArchitecture,byAllisonLeePalmer,2011.
JapaneseCinema,byJasperSharp,2011.
ModernandContemporaryClassicalMusic,byNicoleV.Gagné,2012.
RussianMusic,byDanielJaffé,2012.
MusicoftheClassicalPeriod,byBertilvanBoer,2012.
HolocaustCinema,byRobertC.ReimerandCarolJ.Reimer,2012.
AsianAmericanLiteratureandTheater,byWenjingXu,2012.
BeatMovement,byPaulVarner,2012.
Jazz,byJohnS.Davis,2012.
CrimeFilms,byGeoffMayer,2013.
Scandinavian Cinema, by John Sundholm, Isak Thorsen, Lars Gustaf Andersson, Olof
Hedling,GunnarIversen,andBirgirThorMøller,2013.
ChineseCinema,byTanYeandYunZhu,2013.
TaiwanCinema,byDaw-MingLee,2013.
RussianLiterature,byJonathanStone,2013.
GothicLiterature,byWilliamHughes,2013.
FrenchLiterature,byJohnFlower,2013.
BaroqueMusic,byJosephP.Swain,2013.
Opera,byScottL.Balthazar,2013.
BritishCinema,byAlanBurtonandSteveChibnall,2013.
RomanticMusic,byJohnMichaelCooperwithRandyKinnett,2013.
BritishTheatre:EarlyPeriod,byDarryllGrantley,2013.
SouthAmericanCinema,byPeterH.Rist,2014.
African American Television, Second Edition, by Kathleen Fearn-Banks and Anne Bur-
ford-Johnson,2014.
JapaneseTraditionalTheatre,SecondEdition,bySamuelL.Leiter,2014.
ScienceFictioninLiterature,byM.KeithBooker,2015.
RomanticisminLiterature,byPaulVarner,2015.
Historical Dictionary of
Science Fiction in Literature
M. Keith Booker
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