At the Earth's Core Resources & Further Study

At the Earth's Core For Further Reference

Aldiss, Brian W. "From Barsoom to Beyond the Borderlands: Swords, Sorceries and Zitidars." In Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction. New York: Avon Books, 1986 (2d ed.), pp. 155-173. Aldiss summarizes the contribution of Burroughs to science fiction and tries to explain why his work is science fiction yet is not science fiction. Accompanied by photographs of Burroughs.

Beetz, Kirk H. "Edgar Rice Burroughs." In Research Guide to Biography and Criticism. Vol. V. Edited by Walton Beacham, et al. Washington, DC: Beacham Publishing, 1991, pp.

108-114. Discusses the biographical and critical resources for researching Burroughs and his work.

Farmer, Philip Jose. "Burroughs, Edgar Rice." In 20th-century American Literature. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980, pp. 113-115. (Great Writers Student Library.) A bibliography of Burroughs's books along with a short critical introduction to the major themes of his work.

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