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A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic TermsCall Number: Reference PN44.5 .Q56 2006
Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and TheoryCall Number: Reference PN41 .H36 1992
Twentieth Century Literary Movements DictionaryCall Number: Reference PN597 .T94 2000
- Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia of American Literature
Ref PN 41 B4 1996
- Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature
Ref PR 19 C66
- Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The 19th Century
- Encyclopedia of Caribbean Literature
Ref PN 849 C3 E53 2006
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory
Ref PN 81 E43
- Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism
Ref PN 86 E63
- Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature
Ref PN 669 R88 2006
- Encyclopedia of the Novel
- Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century
Ref PN 771 E5
- Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature
Ref PS 153 M56 G74 2005
- Masterplots 1: 801 Plot Stories and Critical Evaluations
Ref PN 44 M33
- New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
- Literature Online (LION) This link opens in a new windowLiterature Online (LION) is a large collection of full-text works of prose, poetry and drama. Choose the Reference Works tab above the search box to limit your search to encyclopedias, companions, dictionaries, biographies, study guides and topic overviews.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowThe Core Collection brings together 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works - containing well over 60,000 pages - into a single cross-searchable resource.
Our access does not include every title in the collection. To see our subscribed items, click on the "Show books in my subscription" link in the left hand menu. - Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Collection of online reference books in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Companions and Guides
- A Handbook to Literature
- Black Literature CriticismEGSL Ref PS 153 N5 B556
- Cambridge Companions to LiteratureSearchable access to more than 175 volumes from the acclaimed Companions to Literature series from Cambridge University Press. Takes about 30 seconds to load, so be patient!
- Cambridge Guide to Literature in EnglishRef PR 85 C29
- Characters in 20th Century LiteratureRef PN 56.4 H37 1990
- Classical and Medieval Literature CriticismAlso in print, call number PN 681.5 C57
- Common Knowledge: a ...Guide to Literary AllusionsRef PN 43 G68 1987
- Contemporary Literary CriticismRef PN 771 C59
- Critical Survey of Long FictionPN3451 C75 2000
- Gale Virtual Reference LIbraryOnline access to Gale's popular series of reference books.
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and CriticismAlphabetically-arranged entries on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods
- Literary Criticism IndexRef PN 523 W45
- Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800To limit to this volume, select "More" from the main menu, then "Title List," and then "Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800".
The print version of this resource is in the Reference Area: Ref PN 86 L56 - Magill’s Bibliography of Literary CriticismRef Z 6511 M25
- Nineteenth-Century Literature CriticismRef PN 761 N56
- Oxford Companion to African American LiteratureRef PS153 N5 O96
- Oxford Companion to American LiteratureRef PS 21 H3 1995
- Oxford Companion to English LiteratureRef PR 19 D73 2006
- Reference Works in British and American LiteratureRef Z 2011 B74 1998
- Twentieth-Century American LiteratureRef PS 221 T834 1985
- Twentieth-Century British LiteratureRef PR 473 T84 1985
- Twentieth-Century Literature CriticismRef PN 771 T84
- Year's Work in English StudiesRef PR 13 E5Y
Oxford English Dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new windowThe OED is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is continually being updated and is the best source for etymological analysis and listings of variant spellings.