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A Handbook to Literature (revised and enlarged edition; New York: Odyssey Press, c1960), by William Flint Thrall, Addison Hibbard, and C. Hugh Holman (page images at HathiTrust)
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama: A Revised American Ed. of the Readers' Handbook (4 volumes; New York: S. Hess, 1892), by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, ed. by Marion Harland (page images at Wisconsin)
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction, and the Drama: A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook (8 volumes; New York: S. Hess, 1892-1896), by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, ed. by Marion Harland
Heroes and Heroines of Fiction (two volumes in one; Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott, c1914-1915), by William S. Walsh (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Reader's Handbook, by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (frame- and JavaScript-dependent HTML at Bibliomania)
Who Wrote It? An Index to the Authorship of the More Noted Works in Ancient and Modern Literature (title page missing, but apparently the 1881 Lee and Shepard edition), by William A. Wheeler, ed. by Charles G. Wheeler (multiple formats at archive.org)
Who Wrote It? An Index to the Authorship of the More Noted Works in Ancient and Modern Literature (1968 facsimile reprint; original publication Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1881), by William A. Wheeler, ed. by Charles G. Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Cyclopedia of Literature and the Fine Arts: Comprising Complete and Accurate Definitions of All Terms Employed in Belles-lettres, Philosophy, Theology, Law, Mythology, Painting, Music, Sculpture, Architecture, and All Kindred Arts (Home Cyclopedia v2; New York: A. S. Barnes and Co.; Cincinnati: H. W. Derby, 1854), ed. by George Ripley and Bayard Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
Cyclopedia of Literature and the Fine Arts: Comprising Complete and Accurate Definitions of All Terms Employed in Belles-lettres, Philosophy, Theology, Law, Mythology, Painting, Music, Sculpture, Architecture, and All Kindred Arts (New York and Chicago: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1873), ed. by George Ripley and Bayard Taylor
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (based on 1894 edition), ed. by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (frame- and JavaScript-dependent HTML at Bibliomania)
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1898), ed. by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (searchable HTML at Bartleby)
Hand-Book of Literature and the Fine Arts (Putnam's Home Cyclopedia v2; New York: G. P. Putnam, 1852), ed. by George Ripley and Bayard Taylor
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
A Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of Human Knowledge, With the Derivation and Definition of All the Terms in General Use (New York: Harper and Bros., 1853), ed. by William Thomas Brande and Joseph Cauvin (page images at HathiTrust)
A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of Human Knowledge: With the Derivation and Definition of All the Terms in General Use (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854), by William Thomas Brande, contrib. by Joseph Cauvin
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction, including Also Familiar Pseudonyms, Surnames Bestowed on Eminent Men, and Analogous Popular Appellations Often Referred to in Literature and Conversation (with appendix; Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., c1917), by William A. Wheeler, contrib. by Charles G. Wheeler (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Allusions in literature -- Dictionaries

The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (based on 1894 edition), ed. by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (frame- and JavaScript-dependent HTML at Bibliomania)
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1898), ed. by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (searchable HTML at Bartleby)

Filed under: Characters and characteristics in literature -- Dictionaries

Who's He When He's At Home: A James Joyce Directory (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1980), by Shari Benstock and Bernard Benstock (page images at Wisconsin)
Faulkner's People: A Complete Guide and Index to Characters in the Fiction of William Faulkner (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1963), by Robert W. Kirk, contrib. by Marvin Klotz (page images at HathiTrust)
A Zola Dictionary: The Characters of the Rougon-Macquart Novels of Emile Zola, by J. G. Patterson (Gutenberg text)

Filed under: Classical literature -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800

An Universal, Historical, Geographical, Chronological and Poetical Dictionary (2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Hartley et al., 1703) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Erotic literature -- Dictionaries

Dictionary of Erotic Literature (New York: Philosophical Library, c1962), by Harry E. Wedeck (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Fiction -- Dictionaries

An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction, including Also Familiar Pseudonyms, Surnames Bestowed on Eminent Men, and Analogous Popular Appellations Often Referred to in Literature and Conversation (with appendix; Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., c1917), by William A. Wheeler, contrib. by Charles G. Wheeler (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Reader's Handbook, by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (frame- and JavaScript-dependent HTML at Bibliomania)

Filed under: Poetry -- Dictionaries

A Concise Poetical Concordance to the Principal Poets of the World: Embracing Titles, First Lines, Characters, Subjects, and Quotations (New York: J. B. Alden, 1885), by Charles Augustus Durfee (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Seasons in literature -- Dictionaries

A Dictionary of Haiku, Classified by Season Words with Traditional and Modern Methods, by Jane Reichhold (HTML at ahapoetry.com)

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Filed under: Literature

Literature Matters (London: Open Humanities Press, 2016), by J. Hillis Miller, ed. by Monika Reif-Hülser (PDF with commentary at Open Humanities Press)
Literature, the Humanities, and Humanity (Geneseo, NY: Open SUNY Textbooks, 2013), by Theodore L. Steinberg (multiple formats with commentary at milneopentextbooks.org)
Bibliothèque de la Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres de l'Université de Liège (in French) (partial serial archives)
Essays in the History of Ideas (originally published 1948; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Arthur O. Lovejoy (illustrated HTML and PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)
Humanistic Studies (partial serial archives)
Lectures and Addresses on Literary and Social Topics (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859), by Frederick William Robertson
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
The Relation of Literature to Life, by Charles Dudley Warner (Gutenberg text)
Saturday Papers: Essays on Literature From the Literary Review (first (and only known) volume of selections from The Literary Review of the New York Post; New York: Macmillan, 1921), by Henry Seidel Canby, William Rose Benét, and Amy Loveman (page images at HathiTrust)
Opinions, Literary and Otherwise (New York: Macmillan, 1934), by Henry W. Taft (page images at HathiTrust)
Sketches of Art, Literature, and Character (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1885), by Mrs. Jameson (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Literature -- Aesthetics

Towards the Ethics of Form in Fiction: Narratives of Cultural Remission (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2010), by Leona Toker (PDF at Ohio State)

Filed under: Literature -- Anecdotes

Curiosities of Literature (3 volumes; London: G. Routledge and Co., 1858), by Isaac Disraeli, ed. by Benjamin Disraeli
Curiosities of Literature (compilation of articles originally published in editions from 1798-1823), by Isaac Disraeli, ed. by Stuart Heath (HTML at spamula.net)

Filed under: Literature -- Bibliography

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern (special edition, 31 volumes; New York: The International Society, c1896-1899), ed. by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Gilbert Runkle, and George H. Warner (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Literature -- Collections

Authors Digest: The World's Great Stories in Brief, Prepared by a Staff of Literary Experts, With the Assistance of Many Living Novelists (20 volumes; New York: Issued under the auspices of the Authors Press, c1908), ed. by Rossiter Johnson
The Bed-Book of Happiness (London et al.: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914), ed. by Harold Begbie (Gutenberg text)
Half-Hours With the Best Authors, Including Biographical and Critical Notices (revised edition, 4 volumes; London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1866), ed. by Charles Knight, illust. by William Harvey
The Harvard Classics (50 volumes; New York: P.F. Collier and Son, 1909-1917), ed. by Charles William Eliot and William Allan Neilson
- page images at HathiTrust
- without volume 50 ("Editor's Introduction..."): HTML at Bartleby
The Library of Romance: A Collection of Traditions, Poetical Legends, and Short Standard Tales and Romances, of All Nations (London: O. Hodgson, 1837) (page images at HathiTrust)
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern (special edition, 31 volumes; New York: The International Society, c1896-1899), ed. by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Gilbert Runkle, and George H. Warner (page images at HathiTrust)
Little Classics (18 volumes), ed. by Rossiter Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
The Pocket University (23 volumes; Garden City, NY: Pub. for N. Doubleday, Inc. by Doubleday, Page and Co., 1924), ed. by Bliss Perry, Thomas L. Masson, Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson, George Iles, Hamilton Wright Mabie, and Lyman Abbott (page images at HathiTrust)
A Book for a Corner: or, Selections in Prose and Verse From Authors the Best Suited to That Mode of Enjoyment; With Comments on Each, and a General Introduction (New York: Derby and Jackson, 1857), ed. by Leigh Hunt (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Literature -- Computer network resources

Traces of the Old, Uses of the New: The Emergence of Digital Literary Studies (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2015), by Amy E. Earhart (HTML with commentary at Digital Culture Books)
A Companion to Digital Literary Studies (Oxford: Blackwell, 2008), ed. by Raymond George Siemens and Susan Schreibman (frame-dependent HTML at digitalhumanities.org)

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