By Kevork B. Bardakjian

As its title indicates, this guide provides refererence to texts and secondary literature as a starting point for further study of the works of Armenian authors born between 1500 and 1920.

The author, a scholar recognized for his expertise in Armenian literary culture, brings his knowledge to the subject, filling in your understanding. The book presents a general history of liturature, with chapters devoted to a single century and prefaced by information on the era's socieal, cultural, and religious events. There then follows a section of bibliographical entres for Armenian authors, a section of bibliographies and reference works, and a listing of anthologies of liturature both in Armenian and translituration.

646 pages, hard cover

ISBN# 0814327478