Citation
Chalcraft, T. (2014), "Notes on key reviews in this issue", Reference Reviews, Vol. 28 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/RR-05-2014-0115
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Notes on key reviews in this issue
Article Type: Editorial notes and queries From: Reference Reviews, Volume 28, Issue 5
American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia (RR 2014/194). A major six volume set from ABC-Clio edited by Spencer C. Tucker, also responsible for overseeing the publisher’s other recent encyclopedias on major wars such as the World War I: Encyclopedia (RR 2006/289). The same publisher is also responsible for the five volume 2001 publication Encyclopedia of the Civil War (RR 2002/108).
Encyclopedia of Greek Tragedy (RR 2014/181). Another of Wiley-Blackwell’s large-scale encyclopedic ventures providing the first reference coverage of Greek tragedy on this scale and one of the few reference related titles to appear on the topic since The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy (RR 1998/321) published in 1997.
European Encyclopedia and Directory, 2014 (RR 2014/173). An updating review on this major source of information on the European Union available only in print and last reviewed in 2000 (RR 2000/253). Now published annually by Routledge each November, the 14th edition carries some 1,000 encyclopedic entries as well as extensive directory information. A complementary source is A Dictionary of the European Union, now in its sixth edition (RR 2013/286).
International Women Stage Directors (RR 2014/190). Provides biographies for women stage directors from 24 countries other than the USA. The same editorial team and publisher were responsible for American Women Stage Directors of the Twentieth Century (2008).
Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (RR 2014/162). The fifth edition of this spin-off from the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (RR 2010/154), now edited by former MP and current game show panelist Gyles Brandreth following the death of previous editor Ned Sherrin. This update has over 1,200 new quotations.
Palgrave Dictionary of Medieval Anglo-Jewish History (RR 2014/198). Along with The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History (RR 2012/095), of which it was originally intended to be a part, provides the most up to date and carefully researched reference information available on the history of Jews in England.
Skeptic’s Dictionary (RR 2014/165). We take a further look at this popular Web site, last reviewed in 2007 (RR 2014/165), that aims to counterbalance the voluminous literature of the occult/paranormal and pseudoscience more generally. Recent print alternatives, with perhaps wider scope, include Pseudoscience: A Critical Encyclopedia (RR 2010/229) and Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience (RR 2003/263).
Virgil Encyclopedia (RR 2014/182). A three-volume set providing the only English language encyclopedic treatment of Virgil while leaning on the earlier Italian language Enciclopedia Virgiliana published in six volumes 1984-1991.
Tony Chalcraft