Worcester Polytechnic Institute professors' work is an encyclopedia of 19th-century American literature.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-22 March 2002-WPI: Worcester Polytechnic Institute professors' work is an encyclopedia of 19th-century American literature (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21032002 Worcester, MA -- In less than seven years, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) professors Kent P.

Ljungquist and Wesley T. Mott have produced 10 reference works that are the major, comprehensive sources for mid-19th century American literature. The two WPI professors of English have edited profiles of more than 1,200 writers, theologians, philosophers, educators, scholars, politicians, scientists, artists and reformers. In this body of work they have covered biographical, bibliographical, historical and cultural/intellectual/social contexts for the American...