The UVic Writer's Guide


Works Cited


Many useful handbooks have been written to assist the beginning writer. Those mentioned here proved to be especially helpful, and the Glossary is heavily indebted to Abrams's text; the authors duly express their indebtedness and gratitude.

Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. 5th ed. New York: Holt, 1988.

Baker, Sheridan. The Practical Stylist: Canadian Edition Eds. Ken Ledbetter and Lawrence B. Gamache. New York: Harper & Row, 1983.

Baker, Sheridan, U. Ledbetter, and Lawrence B. Granache. The Canadian Practical Stylist with Readings New York: Harper and Rowe, 1987.

Buckley, Joanne. Fit To Print: The Canadian Student's Guide to Essay Writing. Toronto: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987.

Crews, Frederick. The Random House Handbook. 3rd Ed. New York: Random House, 1980.

Ellesworth, Blanche [and John A. Higgins]. English Simplified: Second Canadian Edition. Ed. Arnold Keller. NewYork: HarperCollins, 1991.

Notes on the Preparation of Essays in the Arts and Sciences. Peterborough: Trent, 1985.

2. Works mentioned in the Guide

Abella, Rosalie. "Women, Law, and Social Policy." International Women's Day Lecture, University of Victoria. 8 Mar. 1991.

Abrams, M. H., et al., eds. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 5th ed. 2 vols. New York: Norton, 1986.

"Agnes, the Indomitable de Mille." Narr. Agnes de Mille. Prod. Judy Kinberg. Dir. Merrill Brockway. Dance in America. Exec. prod. Jac Venza. Great Performances. PBS. WGBH, Boston. 8 May 1987.

Allen, Woody. "The Kugelmass Episode." The Norton Introduction to Literature. Ed. Carl E. Bain, et al. 4th ed. New York: Norton, 1986. 502-511.

Augustine. Confessions. Trans. R. S. Pine-Coffin. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1961.

Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. New York: Signet, 1965.

-----------. Pride and Prejudice. Ed. Tony Tanner. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1972.

Bain, Carl E. et al., eds., The Norton Introduction to Literature. 4th ed. New York: Norton, 1986.

Beaty, Nancy Lee. The Craft of Dying: A Study of the Literary Tradition of the "Ars Moriendi" in England. Yale Studies in English 175. New Haven: Yale UP, 1970.

Brakeley, Theresa C. "Mourning Songs." Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend. Eds. Maria Leach and Jerome Fried. 2 vols. New York: Corwell, 1950.

Brennan, Elizabeth M. Introduction. The White Devil. By John Webster. London: Ernest Benn, 1966. vii-xxxiv.

Bridenthal, R. and C. Koonz, eds. Becoming Visible: Women in European History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977.

Bullough, Geoffrey. Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare. 7 vols. New York: Columbia University Press, 1958-75.

Chiappini, Luciano. "Este, House of." Encyclopedia Britannica: Macropedia. 1974 ed.

The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works. Trans. Clifton Walters. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1961.

Coming of Age: CIDA and Women in Development. Hull, Quebec: Canadian International Development Agency, 1987.

Cunnington, C. Willet, and Phillis Cunnington. Handbook of English Costume in the Nineteenth Century. Boston: Plays, Inc., 1970.

Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Adapt. David Edgar. Dir. Trevor Nunn and John Caird. With Roger Rees and Emily Richard. Royal Shakespeare Co. Mobil Showcase Network. WNET, New York. 10-13 Jan. 1983.

Dosman, Edgar J. "Hemispheric Relations in the 1980s: A Perspective from Canada." Journal of Canadian Studies 19.4 (1984): 42-60.

Eagleton, Terry. "Structuralism and Semiotics." Literary Theory: An Introduction. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1983.

The First Americans. Narr. Hugh Downs. Writ. and prod. Craig Fisher. NBC News Special. KNBC, Los Angeles. 21 Mar. 1968.

Frye, Northrop. The Great Code:The Bible and Literature. Toronto: Academic Press, 1982.

Frye, Roland Mushat. Shakespeare and Christian Doctrine. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1963.

Graham, Martha. Who's Who of American Women. 14th ed. 1985-86.

Hoban, Russell. The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin Boaz. London: Pan Books, 1974.

Ingram, Jay. The Science of Everyday Life. Markham, Ont: Penguin, 1990.

Jung, C.G., et al. Man and His Symbols. New York: Dell, 1968.

Katz, W. and T. Laidlaw. Guidelines For Nonsexist Language. Reprinted from Her and His: Language of Equal Value. A Report of the Status of Women Committee of the Nova Scotia Confederation of University Faculty Associations on Sexist Language and the University, with Guidelines. 1981.

King, Ruth. Talking Gender: A Guide to Nonsexist Communication. Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman, 1991.

Kirk, G. S. Myth: Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures. Berkeley: U of California P; Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1970.

Langer, Susanne K. Philosophy in a New Key. 1942. New York: New American Library, 1958.

McLuhan, Marshall. "Pound, Eliot, and the Rhetoric of `The Waste Land.' " New Literary History 10 (1979): 557-579.

"Mediterranean Flavoured Novels." Obituary. Globe and Mail [Toronto] 8 Nov. 1990, National ed.: A10.

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick. Ed. Charles Child Walcutt. New York: Bantam, 1967.

Michaels, Anne. "Thinking About Words." Saturday Night. Sept. 1989:62-66.

MultiMate Advantage II, computer software, MultiMate International Corporation, 1987, version 1.0.

Murray, Ross. Personal Interview. 15 Oct. 1986.

Ontario Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on Social Development. Debates. 3rd Session, 32nd Parliament. Toronto, 1983.

PowWow at Duck Lake. Prod. John Kemeny and Barrie Howells. Dir. Bonnie Klein. National Film Board of Canada, 1986.

"Quackery." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1972 ed.

Thomas, Dylan. Dylan Thomas: The Collected Letters, ed. Paul Ferris. Fitzhenry and Whiteside: Toronto, 1985. 630-31.

Watkins, Peter, writer and dir. The War Game. BBC, 1966.


Back to Welcome
Start Here


Copyright, Department of English, University of Victoria, 1995
This page updated May 16, 1995