Literary Criticism |
This guide suggests resources and strategies for locating literary
criticism and understanding the role of the critic in Literature.
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Contents of this research guide |
Background
Information | Facts &
Figures | Find
Articles | Find Books
| Organizations
| Web
Resources
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Background
Information (Overview Sources) |
Encyclopedias and other reference works are an excellent place to start
a research project or simply learn more about a particular topic.
They provide topic summaries, context, and bibliographies for further
reading.
The Critical Temper; a Survey of Modern Criticism on English and
American Literature from the Beginnings to the Twentieth Century
(R 820.9 C869)
A Library of Literary Criticism: Modern American....
(R 810.9004 N98913)
The Library of Literary Criticism of English & American....
(R 820.9 M8621)
Encyclopedia of Allegorical Literature
(R 809.915 L517e)
Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism
(R 801.95 C8684 1999)
Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary Theory
(R 801.95082 En19)
Encyclopedia of Traditional Epics
(R 398.22 J135e)
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Facts & Figures (Fact Sources) |
Use dictionaries, statistical works, atlases, handbooks and similar
works to find and check facts about topics, people, or events.
Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory.
(R 801 H244d)
Literary Criticism Index.
(R 809.0016 W431l)
Reader's Index to the Twentieth Century Views Literary Criticism Series.
(809.0804 T918 Index v1 - 100)
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Find Articles |
Search indexes, abstracts, and
databases to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
To find historical/source materials, such as newspaper and
magazine articles use the following print sources:
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900+
(located in SEMO Periodicals Collection)
New York Times Book Review
(located in SEMO Periodicals Collection)
To find recent articles and scholarly/peer-reviewed articles use the
following online databases:
Academic Search Premier
Book Review Digest
Humanities Full Text
Jsor
MLA
Wilson Omni File
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Find General Collection Books |
Use the Kent Library
Catalog to find books, periodicals (journals, magazines, &
newspapers), videos, government documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you to use your own words as search terms.
Subject heading searches use Library of Congress subject headings.
Printed volumes of these headings are located near the Reference Desk on
the main floor.
Literary Criticism is NOT a Subject Heading. One may use the
following:
American Literature--History and Criticism
English Literature--History and Criticism
"Author's Name" and Criticism and Interpretation
e.g. Hemingway, Ernest--Criticism and
Interpretation
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Organizations |
American Comparative Literature
Association
http://www.acla.org/
Association of Literary Scholars and Critics (ALSC)
http://www.bu.edu
MLA (Modern Language Association)
http://www.mla.org/
Society for Textual Scholarship (STS)
http://www.textual.org/
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Web Resources
Bookspot
http://www. Bookspot.com/litcrit.htm
enotes
http://www.enotes.com
Feminist Literary
Criticism and Theory
http://www.cdde.edu/feminism/lit/htm
Guide to
Reference Resources for Literary Criticism
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/Lit
Crit Russo.htm
Internet Public
Library Criticism Collection
http: www.ipl.org/div/litcrit
Online Literary
Criticism Collection
http://ipi.org.ar/ref/litcrit
page developed by Information Services/BL
last updated 03/02/09 |
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