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Books on Literary Criticism

Below is a link to Cowles Library catalog's listing of books on literary criticism. You can also replicate the results by going to the Online (I-LINK) Catalog and doing a "Subject" search using the words "literary criticism". Go there...

Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English

Available on-line through CREDO Reference, it documents the history and development of this body of work and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. It explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide. Go there...

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

Available on-line through Oxford Reference Online this encyclopedia "comprehensively documents and interprets the books read by children throughout the world." Go there...

Books in Print

"The industry’s largest web-based bibliographic resource for professionals. Find what you're looking for quickly and easily, using our unbiased, authoritative, and comprehensive database of over 5 million book, audio book, and video titles." Also includes book reviews. Go there...

Contemporary Authors

Full-text biographical information on twentieth century authors (novelists, poets, playwrights, etc.). This database also includes the New Revision Series. Go there...

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select

Full-text, timely critical analysis of key literary works of authors now living or who died after 1/1/2000. Emphasis is on established authors. Go there...

CREDO Reference - Literature Titles

All the literature titles in this database, including A Dictionary of Literary Symbols, Brewer's Curious Titles, Cambridge Guide to Literature in English, Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, Dictionary of Italian Literature, Dictionary of Shakespeare, Encyclopedia of German Literature, Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature and more! Go there...

Humanities Databases

All humanities databases available at Cowles. Go there...

Literary Reference Center

Literary Reference Center includes -130,000 author biographies -3,000 author interviews -over 1,000 images of key literary figures -25,000 classic and contemporary poems -11,000 classic and contemporary short stories -full text of over 7,500 classic novels -full text of over 300 literary journals -more than 10,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews -75,000 articles of literary criticism -500,000 book reviews. Go there...

MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography

Index of journals and books about language and literature. Links to full-text where available. Go there...

Reference Guide to World Literature

Available through Gale Virtual Reference Online, click on "Literature" to see this reference work. Go there...

WorldCat - OCLC

WorldCat is a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. If you are unable to find something in the Cowles Library collection using the Online (I-LINK) Catalog, this is an excellent place to continue your search. Use the Interlibrary Loan link on this page to obtain materials from other collections. Go there...

Current Language and Literature Journals

Links to language and literature journals to which Cowles Library currently subscribes. Go there...

JSTOR - Language and Literature Collection

JSTOR is an electronic archive of the complete journal runs (excluding the most recent 2-5 years) of over 500 journal titles in over 20 academic disciplines. The 58 titles in this collection span the literary cultures of many different countries, containing articles in several languages, including Arabic, Italian, and German. Developed with the help of the Modern Language Association, the collection includes PMLA and a range of core journals in the diverse fields of literary criticism that have emerged in the last thirty years. This collection includes 13 journals from Arts & Sciences I and 45 journals from Arts & Sciences III. Go there...

Project Muse

Full-text of 200 scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses. Go there...

BBC Arts - Arts Homepage

"Your gateway to visual arts, literature, culture and getting creative". Go there...

Nobel Prize in Literature

The following is a link to the website of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The site includes information on the history of the prize, laureates, as well as other educational features. Go there...