Key Resources for Literary Criticism
- Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
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Find full-text literary criticism on more than 130,000 writers, their works and literary genres. - MLA International Bibliography - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
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Detailed bibliography of literature, language & linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, & more. - Project Muse This link opens in a new window
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Find scholarly journals from arts, humanities and social sciences delivered full text, with no embargo. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Provides full-text of over 2,300 journals in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and math. Includes thousands of ebooks from academic publishers as well as more than 39,000 research reports from over 140 policy institutes around the world.
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James Joyce Dubliners
Shakespeare Hamlet
symbolist poetry
Literary Biography - E-Resources
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Use LRC to find biographical materials on thousands of authors and writers, using the "Person Search" feature.
American Literary Criticism - in print
- Articles on American Literature byCall Number: PS221 .L399ISBN: 0822302411Publication Date: 1954-01-01Listing of articles on American literature written in English and appearing in periodicals from 1900 through 1950.
- Articles on American Literature, 1950-1967 byCall Number: PS221.L4 REFISBN: 9780822302391Publication Date: 1970-11-23Listing of articles on American literature written in English and appearing in periodicals from 1950 through 1967.
Literary Biography - Print Resources
Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series by Call Number: PS21 .D52XISBN: 0810311127Publication Date: 1982-05-15Each volume concentrates on the major figures of a particular literary period, movement or genre. Entries are generously illustrated with facsimiles of manuscripts and revised galley proofs, title pages, dust jackets and pictures from the authors lives.
American Women Writers by Call Number: PS147 .A42 1988 REFISBN: 0804431574Publication Date: 1982-12-01
Literary Encyclopedias - Print Resources
Cassell's Encyclopaedia of World Literature by Call Number: PN41.C3 1973ISBN: 0688002285Publication Date: 1973-01-01
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama by Call Number: PN1625 .M3ISBN: 0070791694Publication Date: 1984-01-01
The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics by Call Number: PN1021 .N39 1993ISBN: 0691032718Publication Date: 1993-05-09
