Literary History, Theory, & Criticism
See also: Writers & Writing
Conway, Jill Ker. When Memory Speaks: Reflections on Autobiography (1998)
DeAndrea, William L. Encyclopedia Mysteriosa (1994)
Hawthorn, Jeremy. Studying the Novel: An Introduction, 2nd edition (1992, reprinted 1996)
Heilbrun, Carolyn G. Writing a Woman's Life (1988)
Heising, Willetta L. Detecting Women 2 (1996)
Heising, Willetta L. Detecting Men (1998)
Jacobsohn, Rachel W. The Reading Group Handbook (1994)
McDonnell, Jane Taylor. Living to Tell the Tale: A Guide to Writing Memoir (1998)
Rosenblatt, Louise M. The Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work (1978)
Rubel, David, ed. The Reading List (1998)
Sturrock, John, ed. The Oxford Guide to Contemporary Writing (1996)
Swanson, Jean and Dean James. By a Woman's Hand, 2nd ed. (1996)
Zinsser, William, ed. Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir (1987)