English Literature Reference Books
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[edit] Reference Sources
- Literature Resource Center - Full text
Critical analyses of literature and biographies of authors.
- Oxford English Dictionary - Full text
Full-text online dictionary with quotations.
- WorldCat (OCLC Union Catalog) - Citations only
Catalog of books, web resources, and other materials worldwide.
- Books in Print (Global) - Some full text reviews
Publication information on books in print and some out of print, with some reviews. Includes titles from the U.S., Canada and the U.K.; also videos and audiocassettes from the U.S.
Unless otherwise noted, all print sources are located in the Reference Stacks on the first floor of the library.
[edit] Guides
- Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975
- Form and Style: Research Papers, Reports, Theses
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
- Literary Research Guide
- MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
See also MLA Citation Style Sheet
- Poetry Handbook: A Dictionary of Terms
- A Reference Guide for English Studies
- Research Guide to Biography and Criticism: Literature
- Writer's Market
Current edition in Reference Stacks on First Floor - PN161 .W83
Previous edition in Circulating Collection on Lower Level - PN161 .W83
[edit] Encyclopedias/Indexes
- Complete and Systematic Concordance to the Works of Shakespeare
- Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased…
- Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature
- Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
- Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Anthologies
- Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
Also Available Online in Literature Resource Center
- Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
- Encyclopedia of the Novel
- Literary History of the United States
- MLA Bibliography
1921-1955 and 1956-1963 - Abstracts and Indexes - shelved following the bound journals on the third floor
1963 to the present availible online through MLA Bibliography
- New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature
- New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
- Oxford Companion to English Literature
- Oxford Companion to American Literature
[edit] Literary Criticism
- Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors Through the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
- Poetry Criticism
- Poetry Explication
- Guide to American Poetry Explication
[edit] Film
- Film Encyclopedia
- Motion Picture Guide
- New York Times Film Reviews
- Variety Film Reviews
