English Literature: Medieval and Early Modern : Criticism

One of the first places to start in a search for literary criticism of all types. Covers the world's research literature in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
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Criticism, biographies, reference articles, full-text journals, reviews, primary works, plot analysis, explication, and more.
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These nearly 400 volumes from the Penguin Classics series include key information about the biographical, historical and critical details surrounding the author and the text.

Over 215 volumes from this acclaimed series of critical texts. From the LION database, you can search via the "Criticism" search page or browse a list of volumes and constituent essays from the link in the "Complete Contents."

Each volume of this huge set is devoted to the authors of a particular era, place or genre, or to a theme. There is a cumulative index at the end of each volume. Entries include a portrait of the author, a list of his or her published works, a detailed literary biography, a bibliography of other sources and, often, the location of the author's papers.