Literature Research at Phoenix College Library

REFERENCE BOOKS

   Ref PN 41 .C67 1990         Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
   Ref PN44 .M335                1,300 Critical Evaluations of Selected Novels and Plays
   Ref PN466 .C6                   Contemporary Authors
   Ref PN771.E5 1999 v.1-4  Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century
   Ref PN1009.A1.F575         Who's Who in Children's Literature
   Ref PN 1010 .P499 v. 1-24 Poetry Criticism
   Ref PN1625M3 v.1-4          McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama
   Ref PN 3373 .S 389             Short Story Criticism
   Ref PN 3451 .C7                 Critical Survey of Long Fiction
   Ref PR19 .D73 1985           Oxford Companion to English Literature
   Ref PR 603.C6 1996           Contemporary Poets
   Ref PR 2965 .S43                Shakespearean Criticism (6 volumes)
   Ref PS21 .B46 1991            Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature
   Ref PS21 .H3 1983              Oxford Companion to American Literature
   Ref PS153.N5 B563 1994    Black Writers
   Ref PS 221 .C 8                   Modern American Literature
   Ref PS 379 .A554                Dictionary of Literary Biography (post WWII novelists)
   Ref Z1219 .C96                   Book Review Digest



Books to check out may be found by using the Library Catalog and by placing the name of the author in the search box then clicking the SUBJECT button. The subheading "criticism and interpretation" often leads to books critiquing the work of the author. These books are found on the second floor of the Library.

 

DATABASES
Literature Resource Center   
MagillOnLiterature
Expanded Academic ASAP

 

FREE INTERNET SITES

 

Online Literary Criticism Collection http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/
Infomine http://infomine.ucr.edu/search/liberalsearch.phtml
Voice of the Shuttle http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/eng-mod.html#american
Literary Resources on the Net http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
About.Com Literature Linked http://classiclit.about.com/arts/classiclit/mbody.htm
Librarian's Index to the Internet http://lii.org/

                               

Search engines also provide criticism of specific pieces of literature. Using your favorite search engine, search for criticism using the author's name and/or the title of the work.

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