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English Composition II
Guide to Resources for Literary Criticism
ONLINE RESOURCES
Books
Indexes & Databases
Cultural & Historical Context
MLA Style: Citation Guidance
REFERENCE BOOKS & EXPLICATORS (indexes)
Short Stories
Poetry
Drama
Novels
General Sources of Critical Material (All Genres)
(Available in the Reference section of the Cleveland State Library)
- Select Subject Search
- Search for books about your Author by Last Name, First Name
example: Dickinson, Emily - Select books about 'criticism and interpretation' if available.
- Conduct a Keyword Search for books about your Author
- Search by the Author's Last Name
example: Hemingway -
For a more advanced search:
- Enter the Author's Last Name in the Keyword Search box
- Enter a few words from the title in the Full Text box and place quotation marks around the title words.
Example: Keyword = Faulkner
Full Text = "Barn Burning"
- Literature Resource Center (Tennessee Electronic Library)
- Use Advanced Search: Author's last name in top box and title keywords in the second box. Change drop down menu for second box to "Title-all words."
- Expanded Academic ASAP (Tennessee Electronic Library)
- Use Keyword Search: Author's last name AND title keywords.
- Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
- Use Advanced Search: Author's last name in top box and title keywords in the second box. Set top box to Subject search. Leave second box set on All - Smart Search.
- JSTOR
- Use Full-text Search: Author's last name in top box and title keywords in the second search box.
Contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors.
Print Indexes
- Essay and General Literature Index (In Library Only)
- This index is available in bound volumes at the Index Tables REF AI 3 E752 (multivolume).
- Humanities Index (In Library Only)
- This index is available in annual volumes at the Index Tables INDEX AI 3 H85 (multivolume)
- Bedford St. Martin's Interactive Fiction Tutorial
- This tutorial accompanies The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature by Michael Meyer. Examine the section about Cultural Contexts.
- Short Stories for Students REF PN3373.S3845
- Each commentary has a Historical Context section which suggests historical themes worth exploration.
SOURCES
MLA Style: Citation Guidance Official MLA Web PageNew York Times 1851-2002 (ProQuest)
Readers Guide to Periodical Literature - Index Tables
General guidelines for works cited in MLA style (Bedford-St. Martins site)
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I document works from the World Wide Web? - Use the guidance for a "Work from a Library Subscription Service" for JSTOR and the Gale/InfoTrac databases such as Literature Resource Center, Expanded Academic ASAP and Contemporary Criticism.
REFERENCE BOOKS & EXPLICATORS (indexes):How to Cite an Article from InfoTrac
This page provides more examples of MLA citations for
Gale/InfoTrac databases.
SHORT STORYTwentieth Century Short Story Explication
REF Z5917 S5 W33 (multivolume)
Twentieth Century Short Story Explication (new series)
REF Z5917 S5 W35 (multivolume)
Short Fiction Criticism: A Checklist of Interpretation Since 1925 of Stories and Novelettes:
REF Z5917 S5 T5
Critical Survey of Short Fiction:
REF PN3321 C7, 2001 (multivolume)
Short Stories for Students (Included in Literature Resource Center)
REF PN 3373.S3845 (multivolume)
REFERENCE BOOKS & EXPLICATORS (indexes):
POETRYGuide to American Poetry Explication
REF Z1231 P7 G85, 1989 vols. 1-2
Guide to British Poetry Explication
REF Z2014 P7 M34, 1991 vols. 1-4
Poetry Explication: A Checklist of Interpretation Since 1925 of British and American Poems Past and Present
REF Z2014 P7 K8 1980
Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century
REF PS316 E53 1998
Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century
REF PS323.5 E53 2001
REFERENCE BOOKS & EXPLICATORS (indexes):
DRAMA
American Drama Criticism
REF Z1231 D7 P3 (and supplements)
Guide to American Drama Explication
REF Z1231 D7 O84, 1995
Modern Drama: A Checklist of Critical Literature
REF Z5781 A35
Research Guide to Biography and Criticism: World Drama
REF Z5781 R47, 1986
1,300 Critical Evaluations of Selected Novels and Plays
REF PN44 M344, 1978 (multivolume)
Critical Survey of Drama
REF PR623 C75, 1994 (multivolume)
REFERENCE BOOKS & EXPLICATORS (indexes):
NOVELS
The American Novel 1789 -1959: A Checklist of Twentieth-Century Criticism
REF Z1231 F4 G4 vols. 1 & 1b 1789-1959 and vol. 2. 1960-1968The English Novel: A Checklist of Twentieth-Century Criticism
REF Z2014 F4 B4English Novel Explication
REF Z2014 F5 P26 (original and Supplements 1 & 2)
REFERENCE BOOKS:
GENERAL SOURCES OF CRITICAL MATERIALS (all genres)
Contemporary Authors (Included in Literature Resource Center)
REF Z1224 C6 (multivolume)Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction
REF PN56 P55 B4 1996
volumes 1-3 Biography and Resources and volumes 1-8 AnalysesBeacham's Popular Fiction in America
REF PS 374 P63 B43 1986 (multivolume)Popular World Fiction
REF PN 3503 P586 1987 (multivolume)Master Plots
REF PN44 M33, 1996 (multivolume)American Writers (Included in Literature Resource Center)
REF PS129 A55 (multivolume)British Writers (Included in Literature Resource Center)
REF PR85 B688 (multivolume)Magill's Survey of American Literature
REF PS21 M34, 1991 (multivolume)African American Writers (Included in Literature Resource Center)
REF PS153 N5 A344 1991Modern American Women Writers (Included in Literature Resource Center)
REF PS151 M54 1991Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers
REF PS217.W64N56 1997Fifty Southern Writers After 1900
REF PS261 F54 1987Mystery & Suspense Writers (Included in Literature Resource Center)
REF PR830.D4M97 1998 (volumes 1 and 2)Please contact us with comments or questions
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