Research Guides: English Studies Research Guide: Literary Criticism

Databases for Literary Criticism

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly research pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
Gale Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Biographical, critical and bibliographical information on authors.
Literary Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new window
Articles and other information about authors and their works. Previously titled Literary Reference Center.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides access to academic journals and books covering a wide range of disciplines; it also includes some limited primary source collections.
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism This link opens in a new window
A historical survey of literary theory and criticism. It includes more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements. Also the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.

Purdue OWL: Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism: This resource will help you begin the process of understanding literary theory and schools of criticism and how they are used in the academy.

The Routledge Concise History of Literary Criticism and Theory by Pelagia Goulimari
ISBN: 0415544319
Publication Date: 2014-10-28
This incredibly useful volume offers an introduction to the history of literary criticism and theory from ancient Greece to the present.
Key Concepts in Literary Theory by Julian Wolfreys; Ruth Robbins; Kenneth Womack
ISBN: 9780748624584
Publication Date: 2001-10-22
Key Concepts in Literary Theory presents the student of literary and critical studies with a broad range of accessible, precise and authoritative definitions of the most significant terms and concepts currently used in psychoanalytic, poststructuralist, Marxist, feminist, and postcolonialliterary studies.
A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory by Jeremy Hawthorn
ISBN: 9780340692219
Publication Date: 1998-05-07
Now in its third edition, this critically acclaimed glossary has been revised and expanded to include many new terms in this volatile and fast-changing field.
The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory by David Macey
ISBN: 9780140513691
Publication Date: 2002-07-30
This acclaimed dictionary provides the ideal introduction to the range of theories and theorists on offer and will prove an invaluable and authoritative resource to all students.

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