Bloom’s Literary Reference Online Update Adds Videos and Dictionary
Facts On File, an imprint of Infobase Publishing, is pleased to announce an update. Bloom’s Literary Reference Online now includes a new video feature and a new dictionary tool. It also adds more than 800 new pieces of criticism. Literature lovers can read everything from Shakespeare to Asian American literature. They can also read foreign works like Love in the Time of Cholera.
New Features
New Pop-up Dictionary Tool
Students can now click the “Dictionary” link at the top of every page. They can look up unfamiliar words in articles. They do not need to open a new browser window. They also do not need to leave the database. The dictionary contains more than 34,000 entries with concise, informative definitions, as well as the pronunciation, etymology, and syllable breaks of the word. Many entries also include variant spellings as well as derived and inflected forms of the words. This new feature allows students and researchers to broaden their vocabulary and clarify their understanding of the text.
New Videos
Twenty-four video segments have been added from an exclusive interview conducted with Harold Bloom. The segments cover many works and authors from the Western literary canon. They range from William Shakespeare to Cormac McCarthy. They also cover other topics, like why studying literature matters. They explain how to judge the aesthetic merit of a literary work. New videos are now available. They include “Bloom on His Career as a Critic.” They also include “Bloom on Sigmund Freud and William Shakespeare.” Another video is “Bloom on Memorizing Poetry.”
New Critical Essays
Infobase added more than 800 new pieces of criticism. The collection includes classic criticism on authors often read in high school and college classes today. Essays place these authors in their literary era. They also offer criticism that has proved invaluable to readers and writers over time. In addition, new commentary has been added on Shakespeare’s greatest plays, many written by noted critics such as John Dryden and Samuel Johnson.
