The Literary Encyclopedia is an expanding global literary reference work written by over 1750 specialists from universities around the world, and currently provides over 4200 authoritative profiles of authors, works and literary and historical topics.  The Literary Encyclopedia provides:-biographies of writers and other prominent figures whose lives are of interest to literary readers, descriptive profiles of literary works and other cultural texts, articles on literary topics and historical events , lists of recommended internet resources , historical timelines, author timelines and a Glossary of literary terms (for quick definitons).