<p>"Scholars and students will find this resource a most useful and welcome addition to academic library collections." -- <em>Booklist/RBB</em><br />"This is the first encyclopedia devoted entirely to the essay in all its many forms...This is an excellent scholarly book that belongs in any library that supports belles-lettres." -- <em>Library Journal</em><br />"Indispensable; highly recommended for general and academic readers, all levels." -- <em>Choice</em><br />"A substantive reference, this work is highly recommended for all collections with a serious interest in literature." -- <em>American Reference Books Annual</em><br />"All collegiate and research collections, or indeed any institution interested in developing a quality reference collection on literature, should acquire and publicize this volume." -- <em>Reference & User Services Quarterly</em><br />"Must be regarded as the last work on essayists and their works... an impressive volume of which the editor, the contributors and the publishers may be justly proud." -- <em>Reference Reviews</em></p>