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Dictionaries
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Middle English DictionaryPart of the online Middle English Compendium. Also included: HyperBibliography of Middle English Prose and Verse and Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse.
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Anglo-Norman DictionaryPart of the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub.
Electronic Encyclopedias, Histories, and Companions
For additional ebooks on literature, search the library catalog and limit to "E-books."
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The Oxford companion to American literature by Call Number: ebookISBN: 0195065484Publication Date: 1995 -
The Oxford encyclopedia of American literature by Call Number: ebookISBN: 0195156536Publication Date: 2004 -
The concise Oxford companion to American literature by Call Number: ebookISBN: 0195047710Publication Date: 2002 -
The Oxford companion to African American literature by Call Number: ebookISBN: 0585367760Publication Date: 1997 -
Columbia literary history of the United States by Call Number: ebookISBN: 0231058128Publication Date: 1988 -
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Reference works in British and American literature by Call Number: ebookISBN: 1563085186Publication Date: 2001 -
The Oxford companion to English literature by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780192806871Publication Date: 2009Short entries on authors, literary movements, characters, novels, plays, etc. -
The Oxford guide to literary Britain & Ireland by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780198614609Publication Date: 2008 -
The concise Oxford companion to Irish literature by Call Number: ebookISBN: 0192800809Publication Date: 2000 -
The Oxford companion to Australian literature by Call Number: ebookISBN: 019553381XPublication Date: 1994 -
The Oxford companion to Canadian literature by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780195411676Publication Date: 1997 -
The Oxford companion to New Zealand literature by Call Number: ebookISBN: 0195583485Publication Date: 1998 -
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The concise Oxford dictionary of literary terms by Call Number: ebookISBN: 019280118XPublication Date: 2001 -
The Oxford companion to twentieth-century poetry in English by Call Number: ebookISBN: 0585261695Publication Date: 1994
Print Encyclopedias, Histories, and Companions
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Cambridge History of American Literature[Reference PS92 .C34 1994]
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Cambridge Companions to Literature[catalog records]
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Encyclopedia of American Literature[Reference PS21 .E533 2008]
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Bibliography of American Literature (online)also available in print:
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The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature[Reference Z2011 .B28 1966]
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English Literature, 1660-1800[Reference Z2011. E6]
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New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature[Reference Z2011 .N45]
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The Eighteenth Century[Reference Z2012 .E584]
Continued by Eighteenth Century Current Bibliography. Also see Philological Quarterly.
Literary Theory and Annual Summaries
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The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & CriticismHelpful introduction to ancient and contemporary literary theory and criticism worldwide.
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The Year's Work in English StudiesSummaries of the most important scholarly publications for the year. All periods of English literature.
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The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural TheorySummaries of important scholarly publications for the year.
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American Literary ScholarshipSummaries of the most important scholarly publications for the year. All periods of American literature.
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