Databases for literary criticism
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive index of critical, scholarly material in literature, criticism, drama, language, linguistics, humanities, and folklore. Worldwide coverage includes articles chosen from over 3,500 journals, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, and proceedings. Also known as the Modern Language Association International Bibliography. Links to full-text when available.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowExcellent source of scholarly articles. Focus your search with "Advanced Search."
- Gale Literature Criticism This link opens in a new windowIncludes online versions of Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism, and Short Story Criticism. Excerpts of scholarly literary criticism. Wide selection of authors and critics.
Encyclopedias and Abstracts for Locating Literary Criticism
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and CriticismIndispensable guide to individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
- Articles on Twentieth Century Literature: an Annotated Bibliography, 7 Volumes 1955-1970Print: Dunbar Reference, 2nd Floor PN771.P66
Provides citations and abstracts to journal articles on authors who published in the twentieth century. - Articles on American Literature, 3 volumes 1900-1975Print: Dunbar Reference, 2nd Floor PS88
Provides citations to periodical articles on American authors. - Literary Movements for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Literary MovementsProvides in-depth background on each movement as well as modern critical interpretation of its characteristic styles and themes
- Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism, 2 VolumesDunbar Reference, 2nd Floor PN75.E53 E53
The two-volume set includes 375 entries on both Western and non-Western literary traditions, from the start of criticism with the Greeks through postmodernism.
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