The following reference sources can be helpful if you are looking for:

Literary Criticism:

American Writers - Ref PS 129 .A55

Black Literature Criticism (BLC) - Reference Desk

Children's Literature Review (CLR) - Ref PN 1009 .A1 C5139

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (CMLC) - v.1-12 Ref PN 681.5 C57

Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) - Ref PN 771 .C59

Critical Survey of Drama - Ref PN 2035 .C7

Critical Survey of Poetry - Ref PR 502 .C85

Critical Survey of Long Fiction - Ref PR 821 .C7

Critical Survey of of Short Fiction - Ref PN 3321 .C7

Drama Criticism (DC) - Ref PN 1601 .D59

Drama for Students - Ref PN 1701 .D73

Hispanic Literature Criticism (HLC) - Ref PQ 7081 .A1 H573 1994

Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism (NCLC) - Ref PN 761 .N56

Novels for Students - Ref PN 3385 .N68

Poetry Criticism (PC) - Ref PN 1111 .P64

Poetry for Students - Ref PN 1101 .P64

Shakespeare for Students - Reference Desk

Shakespearean Criticism - Ref PR 2965 .S43

Short Stories for Students - Ref PN 3373 .S3844

Short Story Criticism (SSC) - Ref PN 3373 .S388

Twentieth-Century American Literature - Ref PS 221 .T834

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) - Ref PN 771 .G27

World Literature Criticism (WLC) - Ref PN 523 .W67

Literary Biography:

African American Writers - Reference Desk

American Women Writers - Ref PS 147 .A4

Black Writers (BW) - Ref PS 153 .N5 B545 1989

British Authors before 1800 - Ref PR 105 .K9

Contemporary Authors (CA) - Ref Z 1010 .C59

Contemporary Dramatists - Ref PN 1625 J5 1993

Contemporary Novelists - Ref PR 881 C69 1996

Contemporary Poets - Ref PR 603 C6 1996

Contemporary World Writers - Ref PN 51 .C6253

Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB) Selected volumes. - Ref PN 451 .D5

European Writers - Ref PN 501 .E9

Hispanic Writers (HW) - Ref PQ 7081.3 .H58

Latin American Writers - Ref PQ 7081 .A1

Modern American Women Writers - Ref PS 151 .M54

Something About the Author - v.1-5, 8-14 - Ref PN 451 .S6

Twentieth Century Authors - Ref PN 771 .K86

World Authors - Ref PM 451 .W3

Indexing available through the Gale Literary Index online at:
http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex

Handbooks that can be helpful for explaining literary allusions, movements, styles and types of writing can be found in the PN 41 section of the Reference shelves.


Prepared by J. Devine 6/2001 Revised 3/03

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