KDB = Kurt De Belder (NNU)
JKL = Jeffry K. Larson (CtY)
MPO = Michael P. Olson (CLU)
SFR = Susanne F. Roberts (CtY)

Ackerl, Isabella, and Friedrich Weissensteiner. Österreichisches Personen Lexikon. Vienna: Ueberreuter 1992. 552 p. 3-8000-3464-6. 89DM.
    Encyclopedia of some 1,600 important Austrians since 1918. [MPO]

Aulestia, Gorka. Basque-English, English-Basque dictionary. by Gorka Aulestia and Linda White. Reno: University of Nevada Press, c1992. x, 669 p.: map; 19 cm. (The Basque series) ISBN 0874171784; LCCN: 91-44306. $12.08.
    A pocket-sized condensed version of Balay AD76-77. [JKL]

Bibliographie annuelle du moyen-age tardif: auteurs et textes latins, vers 1250-1500. Vol. 1 (1991- ). Rassemblé pour la Section latine de L’Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes (CNRS) par Jean-Pierre Rothschild. Paris: Brepols, c1991- ; 25 cm. Some vols. published: Turnhout, Belgium. LCCN: sn92-19719. $58.25.
    This new annual aims to give rapid access to the increasing number of current studies, articles and reviews about the late middle ages. Over three thousand citations are arranged alphabetically by medieval author and by text title. They are accompanied by a list of manuscript catalogs used, and indices of manuscripts cited apart from catalogs, of incipits, explicits, and modern authors cited. [SFR]

Bibliothek des Instituts für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel. Zentralbibliothek der Wirtschaftswissenschaften in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Bibliography on German Unification. Economic and social developments in Eastern Germany. November 1989 to June 1992. Compiled by Horst Thomsen and Frauke Siefkes. München: K.G. Saur, 1993. 345p. ISBN 3598111479. 148DM.
    This bibliography with 3,387 titles is the product of the ECONIS database of the library and contains articles from jour-nals and books. Structured in 25 chapters, including economic reform, labor & employment, tax policy, and social problems. Contains subject, title, author and organization indices. All the titles are available at the library (call numbers are included) and can be requested through ILL or as photocopies. [KDB]

Bivort, Olivier & André Guyaux. Bibliographie des Illuminations (1878-1990). Paris: Champion-Slatkine, 1991. (Bibliothèque de Littérature Moderne, vol. 2) 458 p. ISBN 2051011788. FF450.
    This thorough bibliography contains 2 parts: an analytical part that is subdivided by poem giving information on annotated editions, references to commentaries on the whole and/or part of the poem; the general part of the bibliography gives the full citations of the references. [KDB]

Breton, Jacques. Les Collections policières en France. Au tournant des années 1990. Paris: Cercle de la Librairie, 1992. 623p. ISBN 276540495X.  FF220.
    Very useful for those interested in the French ‘policiers’. In the first part a number of publishers and series of ‘policiers’ are discussed in 8 essays. The final chapter gives an overview and a bibliography of important bibliographies and critical works on the genre. The second part is a listing of titles published since1986 grouped by publisher. Includes an author and collection index. [KDB]

Buridant, Claude. Bibliortho: essai de bibliographie rai-sonnée de l’orthographe française et des systèmes graphiques. Claude Buridant & Jean-Christophe Pellat. Strasbourg: Presses universitaires de Strasbourg, 1992. 166 p. ISBN 2868203396. FF100.
    A second edition, “approfondi[e] et élargi[e]” of the authors’ L’orthographe française dans tous ses états: essai de bibliographie raisonnée (1987). An annotated classed bibliography on French orthography; within each rubric the entries are in chronological order, so that it is easy to find the 50 or so titles from the reform debate of 1989-90. The last 24 of the 874 numbered entries comprise a bibliography of bibliographies, mostly periodical. Includes an index of names. [JKL]

Capelovici, Jacques. Guide du francais correct; pièges, difficultés et chausse-trapes de la langue française. Paris: Archipel, 1992. 281 p. ISBN 290924122X. FF98.
    A moderately conservative prescriptive treatment of errors in French spelling, pronunciation and grammar, all in alphabetical order. [JKL]

Consoli, Joseph P. Giovanni Boccaccio. An Annotated Bibliography. New York, Garland, 1992. (Garland Medieval Bibliographies, vol. 9) 484 p. ISBN 0824031474. $50.
    Nicely annotated bibliography of secondary materials. Start date is1939, end date: 1986. Does not include editions and translations of Boccaccio’s work. [KDB]

Costa, J. Almeida. Dicionário da língua portuguesa. por J. Almeida Costa e A. Sampaio e Melo; com a contribuição de um grupo de colaboradores especializados. 6. ed., corr. e aum. Porto: Porto Editora, 1992. 1810 p. (Dicionarios Editora). ISBN 9720050012. Esc 4900.
    Considerably augmented since its 5th edition (1977 etc.), this fat desk dictionary offers brief definitions, exiguous derivations, no illustrative quotations, and in appendix, lists of foreign terms and of abbreviations. [JKL]

Czeike, Felix. Historisches Lexikon Wien. Vol. 1: A-Da. Vienna: Kremayr & Scheriau, 1992. xxiv + 623 p. 3-218-00543-4. 140DM.
    Illustrated encyclopedia of Vienna. To be complete in five volumes. [MPO]

Dansk Teaterhistorie. Ed. Kela Kvam et al. Vol. 1: Kirkens og kongens teater. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1992. 279 p. 87-0014838-5. Ca. 299 DKK.
    Illustrated history of Danish theater until 1849 by contributors Janne Risum, Bent Holm, and Elin Andersen. Bibliography and indices are outstanding. The second volume will treat the period from 1849 to the early twentieth century. [MPO]

De Felice, Renzo. Bibliografia orientativa del fascismo. Roma: Bonacci, 1991. (I Fatti della Storia, Strumenti di lavoro, 1) 584 p. ISBN 887573108X. $100.
    An impressive unannotated bibliography on fascism that however does not claim exhaustiveness but tries to orient the researcher who is not a specialist on the subject. The initial section list citations on ‘il fenomeno fascista’ in Italy and other countries, the other sections on politics, political economy, ideology and culture, the catholic church, internal opposition, colonial policy, the press, etc. focus exclusively on Italy. [KDB]

Deutsche Rechtschreibung: Vorschläge zu ihrer Neuregelung. Ed. Internationaler Arbeitskreis für Orthographie. Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 1992. xxviii + 218 p. 3-8233-4122-7. 38DM.
    Thorough treatment of standardizing written high German. Meant as a basis for formal discussions to be held at Vienna in 1993. [MPO]

Dictionnaire des journaux, 1600-1789. Ed. Jean Sgard. Paris: Universitas, 1991. 2 v. (xi, 1209 p.): ill.; 28 cm. (Dictionnaire de la presse, 1600-1789 ; 1) Contents: A-I; J-V. ISBN 2740000049 (set). $267.90.
    A monumental study and reference work. “Ce dictionnaire rassemble tous les périodiques de langue française publiés de 1600 à 1789…” 1267 bibliographic entries give complete title, dates, physical description, imprint, editors and contributors, subjects covered, indices, holding libraries, citations of reprints and secondary literature, and an historical notice. A 10-page postface offers a “Répartition et typologie des titres,” and there are indices of: “collaborateurs,” “lieux de publication,” “imprimeurs et libraires,” “auteurs cités,” “rédacteurs et principaux journalistes,” “chronologique,” and “titres.” [JKL]

Dictionnaire des lettres françaises: le Moyen age. Eds. Georges Grente, Robert Bossuat et al. Ed. entièrement revue et mise à jour sous la dir. de Geneviève Hasenohr et Michel Zink. Paris: Fayard/[Librairie Générale Française], 1992. 1506 p. (Encyclopédies d’aujourd’hui) (Le Livre de poche: la pochothèque) ISBN 2253056626. FF175.
    A new edition, in a larger than “poche” format, of vol. I (1964) of Sheehy BD996, with 80% of the articles (all signed) “profondément remaniés ou .. entièrement nouveaux.” Catalan and some minor Latin figures have been omitted, and bibliographies updated. [JKL]

Dictionnaire des littératures française et étrangères. Ed. Jacques Demougin. Paris: Larousse, c1992. xii, 1861 p., [144] p. of plates: ill. (some col.); 29 cm. ISBN 2035083044; LCCN: 92-220031. FF600.
 A “nouvelle édition mise à jour” of Balay BD25, with much the same type-setting, in one volume instead of two. Some minor biographical updates, but no apparent bibliographic updating. [JKL]

Dictionnaire des termes officiels: textes législatifs et règlementaires. 7e éd. Paris: Délégation générale à la langue française, Service de terminologie: Direction des journaux officiels, [1991] iii, 306 p. 30 cm. “Journal officiel de la République française, no 1468”—Cover. “Avril 1991.” ISSN 0767-4538. ISBN 2110729376. LCCN: 91-204028. FF150.
    The official word. A cumulation of general regulations and specific applications. Includes indices of French terms, foreign words (with their French equivalents), and improprieties and terms to avoid (and their suggested replacements). The back cover states: “Le service télématique correspondant au Dictionnaire des termes officiels est à votre disposition sur Minitel en composant le 3616 code JOEL.” The preface states that this title succeeds the Dictionnaire des néologismes officiels (1988), but later supplements (4-page fascicles) still bear the earlier title. [JKL]

Fernández [Villaroel], David. Diccionario de dudas e irregularidades de la lengua española: incorrecciones, barbarismos, expresiones latinas, usos preposicionales, ortografía y conjugaciones. Barcelona: Teide, 1991. 492 p. ISBN 8430780181. 3070 Ptas.
    A prescriptive, didactic (secondary level) dictionary of linguistic difficulties, with marginal illustrations à la Petit Larousse. Appendices include a list of (presumably non-problematic) words not treated, personal names, rules of spelling, accentuation, punctuation, etc., numbers, and conjugation tables. [JKL]

Fernández del Riego, Francisco. Diccionario de escritores en lingua galega. Segunda ed. corr. e aum. Sada, A Coruña: Edi-ciós do Castro, 1992. 757 p.; 18 cm. ISBN 8474924650. 2650 Ptas.
    An expanded, revised edition of the title whose 670-page first edition (1990) bears the same ISBN. Bio-bibliographies in Gallegan, rarely as long as a page, of Gallegan writers from all periods. [JKL]

Frickx, Robert & Raymond Trousson. Lettres françaises de Belgique: Dictionnaire des Oeuvres. Paris: Duculot, 1988-1989. 3 vols. (I Le Roman; II La Poésie; III Le Théâtre & L’Essai). ISBN 2801107824. Ca. $50 per vol.
    The dictionary is organized, as the title indicates, by work. The signed articles, contributed by specialists, go beyond the summarizing impulse and try to offer interpretative qualifications and attempt to situate the work in a wider context. The dictionary is a product of a rare cooperative spirit between Dutch & French language universities in Belgium. Both the Société d’Etude des Lettres françaises de Belgique and the Fonds de la Recherche Fondamentale Collective have sponsored this publication . Includes author and title indices. [KDB]

German Reunification: A Reference Guide and Commentary. Ed. Jonathan Osmond. Harlow: Longman, 1992. 311 p. 0-582-09650-2. $85.00.
    In three parts: Part 1 gives a detailed chronology in 4 chapters from “The shape of Germany before 1949” to “The collapse of the communist regime in the German Democratic Republic (GDR).” Part 2 is a series of essays offering a detailed discussion of crucial aspects of reunification. Part 3 is a reference section giving easy access to information on individuals, political parties, institutions, geographic regions, and more. [Jim Cole, IaAS]

Guida delle biblioteche dei Pontifici istituti de studi superiori in Roma. Roma: GBE, Gruppo biblioteche ecclesiastiche, 1992. $8.84.
    This guide provides basic information about 27 libraries in Roman higher educational institutions which depend on the Vatican; these include universities, academies, faculties, colleges, seminars and institutes of advanced study. Major entries give the name of the director, a brief history, information about hours, conditions of access, borrowing privileges, size of collection, and catalogs. Notices for smaller seminary and college libraries are briefer. There is a short index to the subject strengths of the various collections. [SFR]

IUPI: Incipitario unificato della poesia italiana. Ed. Marco Santagata. Modena: Panini, [1988] 2 v. (xii, 1884 p.) 25 cm. (Strumenti/Istituto di studi rinascimentali, Ferrara) LCCN 89-186226. $163.60.
    “Uno strumento fondamentale per la ricerca. È l’indice unificato in ordine alfabetico di circa 150.000 incipit della poesia italiana, dalle origini a tutto il Settecento, disseminati in quasi duecento diversi volumi di saggi e repertori” (publisher’s blurb). [JKL]

Labes, Bertrand. Guide Mont Blanc des prix et concours littéraires. Paris: Cherche Midi, 1992. 332 p. (Collection guides et documents) ISBN 286274249X. FF110.
    A guide to awards offered to published works and manuscripts in French-speaking countries. Directory entries indicate title, date of creation, sponsoring organization, eligible genres, type and amount of award, conditions of participation, and (often) names of the jurors. The major awards also have a brief historical note. Includes indices of titles of awards, genre, type and amount of award, jurors, and French départements. Replaces Guide des prix littéraires (Cercle de la librairie, 1966; see Walford 3:657). [JKL}

Letterature iberiche: spagnola, catalana, ispano-americana, portoghese, brasiliana. Ed. Stefano Arata. Milano: Garzanti, 1992. 457 p. (Strumenti di studio. Guide bibliografiche) ISBN 8811475120. L28,000.
    Joins the guides for other literatures in the series. Beyond reference works, lists historical surveys and author studies, anthologies, classic text series and editions, and periodicals. Each literature indicated (except Catalan which receives more limited treatment) is covered with signed chronological chapters following one on generalities and concluding with another on language. Index of names and of anonymous titles. A few omissions noted, especially in contemporary bio-bibliographical dictionaries; should be used with care. [JKL]

Lexikon Deutsch-Jüdischer Autoren: Archiv Bibliographia Judaica, Vol. 1, 1992-. (Complete in 16 vols.). ISBN 3598226802. 228DM per volume.
    A wonderful research tool with a wealth of information. The concept of “Autoren” is intended to be all encompassing: in her ‘Vorwort’, Renate Heuer states that “der Begriff Autor wurde im Wortsinn des lateinischen ‘auctor’ definiert, und es wurden in die Namenkartei des Archivs alle deutschsprachigen Juden aufgenommen, die als Schriftsteller, Wissenschaftler, Künstler order Personen des öffentlichen Lebens knapp zweihundert Jahre deutscher Kulturgeschichte mitgeprägt haben.” A typical article gives personal information (dates, parents, spouse); precise information about education; ‘Berufliche Stationen’, dissertation, postgraduate positions, emigration information, research areas, professional positions held, awards; circle of friends; political engagement with names of organizations and quotations; zionistic engagement; ‘Stellung zum Judentum’ illustrated with quotations; listing of journals to which the author has contributed; listings of ‘Einzelbeiträge’, ‘Gespräche u. Diskussionsprotokolle’; listing of ‘Nachlass’, letters and archives; extensive listing of secondary literature (Sammelbände, Einzelveröfftentlichungen, Dissertationen, Biographien, Bibliographien, etc.); a very to fairly complete listing of primary literature with quotations illustrating certain positions taken or ideas developed. For example, Theodor Adorno is treated in about 22 densely printed pages (82-103); Günther Anders in 8 pages (159-167); Hannah Arendt in 18 pages (169-187); Erich Auerbach in 5 pages (245-249). The articles are clearly directed to the specialized researcher, not to someone who wants to obtain a 1-page bio or a short overview of ideas. [KDB]

Mazenot, Lucienne & Ghislaine Schoeller. Dictionnaire des femmes célèbres de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1992. (Bouquins) 932 p. ISBN 2221052927. FF140.
    Dictionary with fairly short biographical entries on about 3,000 women born before 1951. The definition of ‘célèbre’ is of course open to interpretation and makes it too easy to find oversights. [KDB]

Nusser, Peter. Deutsche Literatur im Mittelalter: Lebensformen, Wertvorstellungen und literarische Entwicklungen. Kröners Taschenausgabe 480. Stuttgart: Alfred Kröner Verlag, 1992. xiii + 410 pp. 3-520-48001-8. 38DM.
    A concise account of medieval German literature. [MPO]

Paul, Hans-Holger. Inventar zu den Nachlässen der deutsche Arbeiterbewegung. Für die zehn west-deutschen Länder und West-Berlin. Im Auftrag des Archivs der sozialen Demokratie der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. München: Saur, 1993. 996 p. ISBN 3598111045. 118DM.
    Union list of ‘Nachlässen’ of a broad range of prominent figures (including “Rätekommunisten, Sozialdemokraten, Mitglieder sozialer Bewegungen, der Frauenbewegung bis zu christlichen Gewerkschaftern und Sozialpolitiker”) of the German labor movement in archives and libraries of the former Bundesrepublik. The holdings of the Archiv der sozialen Demokratie are not included and will be part of a separate publication. The inventory is organized by personality offering biographical information and covers the holdings of the different archives. This will be of special interest to those who are researching the role of the labor movement in the history of the Weimar republic, during ‘Nationalsozialismus’, during the ‘Exil’ and in the history of the Bundesrepublik after 1945. Contains indices listing names of persons and organizations. [KDB]

Portillo, Rafael. Abecedario del teatro Rafael Portillo & Jesús Casado. Segunda ed. corr. y aum. Sevilla: Centro Andaluz de Teatro/Padilla Libros 1992. 204 p: ill; 24 cm. ISBN 84-87039-42-1. 3710 Ptas.
    An illustrated dictionary of historical and contemporary theatrical terms. Offers English and French equivalents; no bibliography. [JKL]

Price, Glanville. L.S.R. Byrne and E.L. Churchill’s A comprehensive French grammar. 4th ed. rewritten by Glanville Price. Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 1992 [1993]. 584 p. ISBN 0631181644 (acid-free paper); LCCN: 92-84. £45.
    Although described as a “textbook” in the back-cover blurb, this extensively rewritten edition of an older title is one of the first in a new series, Blackwell Reference Grammars, for which entries for German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Welsh are announced. Contains no exercises, but includes bibliographical references and index. [JKL]

Rodríguez Padrón, Jorge. Primer ensayo para un diccionario de la literatura en Canarias. [Las Palmas]: Viceconsejería de Cultura y Deportes, 1992. 337 p. (Colección Clavijo y Fajardo; 14) ISBN 8479470313. 1100 Ptas.
    Contains brief entries on authors (born before 1960 and native of or active in the archipelago), reviews and anthologies. Brief bibliographical references in the forematter. [JKL]

Rowlinson, William. 10,000 French words. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. 321 p. ISBN 0192828959. £4.99.
    Handy list of useful French words and phrases grouped by topic and function. The English equivalent is listed, gender is indicated, irregular noun plurals, feminine forms of masculine nouns, irregular feminine and plural forms of adjectives are given, and irregular verbs are marked. [KDB]

Roy, Alain. Dictionnaire raisonné et illustré du théâtre à l’italienne. Arles: Actes Sud, c1992. 134 p. 27 cm. (Papiers) ISBN 2-86943-357-3. FF130.
    A technical dictionary of modern scenography (théâtre à l’italienne here taken in a generic sense), handsomely illustrated by the author. No bibliographical apparatus. [JKL]

Salvi, Giampaolo. Grammatica essenziale di riferimento della lingua italiana. by Giampaolo Salvi and Laura Vanelli. Novara: De Agostini, c1992. 222 p. (Strumenti per l’italiano; 2). ISBN 8800835015. L28,000.
    Salvi is a collaborator on the Grande Grammatica Italiana di Consultazione (Bologna: Il Mulino, 1989-) [whose annotation was deleted from an earlier issue for reasons of space], on which this reference grammar is based. It compendiously covers the major features of Italian grammar and concludes with a brief bibliography. [JKL]

Société des historiens médiévistes de l’enseignement supérieur. L’Histoire médiévale en France: bilan et perspectives. Ed. Michel Balard. Paris: Seuil, c1991. 566 p.; 22 cm. (L’Univers historique) ISBN 2020125617; LCCN: 91-132651. FF220.
    Written by distinguished scholars, the 22 papers from a colloquium here describe the state of research in medieval history as practiced in France over the past quarter-century. The range of sub-fields is inclusive — from the traditional (social, economic, political intellectual, and auxiliary sciences of history) to the new (mentalities, archeology, anthropology, l’informatique). Geographical coverage is also broad — from the Turkish world and Africa to the familiar regions of Europe. Biographical notes about the authors and an index to authors cited complete the work. The greatest advances of this fertile generation, according to Duby, are found in archeology, historiography, and the auxiliary sciences. [SFR]

Société des historiens médiévistes de l’enseignement supérieur. Bibliographie de l’histoire médiévale en France (1965-1990). Ed. Michel Balard. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, c1992. 486 p. ISBN 2859442146. $36.89.
    This companion work provides chapter by chapter select bibliographies and occasionally bibliographical essays to supplement the papers in the preceding volume. It too contains an index to authors cited. [SFR]

Thomsen, Horst, and Frauke Siefkes. Bibliography on German Unification: Economic and Social Developments in Eastern Germany, November 1989 to June 1992 [=Bibliographie zur deutschen Einigung: Wirtschaftliche und soziale Entwicklung in den neuen Bundesländern, November 1989 bis Juni 1992]. Munich: K.G. Saur, 1993. xvii + 345 p. 3-598-11147-9. 148DM.
    Computer-aided bibliography subdivided by subjects. Nearly 3,400 entries. Useful indices. [MPO]

Das Ufa-Buch. Ed. Hans-Michael Bock and Michael Töte-berg. Frankfurt am Main: Zweitausendeins, 1992. 528 p. 80DM.
    A history of the Ufa film studio, plus many B/W illustrations. Many contributors each treat individual topics. Filmographies, indices, and a bibliography included. [MPO]

Whitlam, John. Collins Portuguese dictionary; English-Portuguese, Português-Inglês by John Whitlam, Vitoria Davies, Mike Harland. Glasgow: HarperCollins, 1991. xviii, 367 p.; 21 cm. ISBN 0004332253; LCCN GB91-50159. £10.99.
    A small desk dictionary, unique in its niche, whose back-cover blurb proclaims its Nineties qualities, with “over 80,000 references and 110,000 translations.” Forematter includes: 3 pages on pronunciation of Portuguese, 2 on English pronunciation, a page on “European Portuguese,” 2 pages each on Portuguese and English verb forms, and a page on numbers. [JKL]

Go to Newsletter contents

Go to WESSWeb home page