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SOURCES OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Literary Terminology and Theory

• A concise glossary of contemporary literary theory Reference PN44.5 .H365 1992
• Dictionary of concepts in literary criticism and theory Reference PN41 .H36 1992
• Encyclopedia of contemporary literary theory: approaches, scholars, terms Reference PN81 .E63 1993
• A glossary of contemporary literary theory Reference PN44.5 .H37 1998
• A glossary of literary terms Reference PN41 .A184 1993
• A handbook to literature Reference PN41 .H6 1986

General Language and Literature Resources

• Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable Reference PN43 .B65 1995
• The Cambridge encyclopedia of language Reference P29 .C64 1997
• The Cambridge guide to literature in English Reference PR85 .C29 1993
• Cyclopedia of literary characters, 5 vols. Reference PN44 .M3 1998
• Encyclopedia of literary epics Reference PN56.E65 J33 1996
• Merriam-Webster's encyclopedia of literature Reference PN41 .M42 1995
• The New Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics Reference PN1042 .N39 1993
• The Oxford companion to English literature Reference PR19 .H3 1995
• The poet's dictionary: a handbook of prosody and poetic devices Reference PN44.5 .P3 1989
• Reader's guide to literature in English Reference PR85 .R42 1996
• Encyclopedia of world literature in the 20th century, 4 vols. Reference PN774 .L433 1998

Guides and Bibliographies

• A guide to English and American literature Reference Z2011 .B32 1976
• Literary research guide: a guide to reference sources for the study of literatures in English and related topics Reference PR83 .H34 1993
• A reference guide for English studies Reference PR56 .M37 1990

American Literature

• Bibliography of American literature: a selective index Reference Z1225 .W73 1995
• Handbook for research in American history: a guide to bibliographies and other reference works Reference Z1236 .P78 1994
• Benet's reader's encyclopedia of American literature Reference PN41 .B4 1991
• The Columbia history of American poetry Reference PS303 .C64 1993
• Dictionary of Native American literature Reference PM155 .D53 1994
• Encyclopedia of American Poetry: the nineteenth century Reference PS316 .E63 1998
• Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English, 2 vols. Reference PR9080.A52 E53 1994
• Major characters in American fiction Reference PS374.C43 M35 1994
• The Oxford companion to American literature Reference PS21 .H3 1995
• The Oxford companion to African American literature Reference PS153.N5 O96 1997

British Literature

• The Cambridge history of English literature, 15 vols. Reference PR83 .C144
• Dictionary of British literary characters, 2 vols. Reference PR830.C47 D5 1993
• Guide to British drama explication Reference PR625 .D53 1996
• Guide to British prose fiction explication: nineteenth and twentieth century Reference PR861 .B38 1997
• The Oxford companion to English literature Reference PR19 .H3 1995
• The Oxford companion to twentieth-century poetry in English Reference PR601 .O9 1994
• The Penguin companion to English literature Reference PN849.C5 P4
• Shakespeare A to Z: the essential reference to his plays, his poems, his life and times, and more Reference PR2892 .B69 1990
• The Stanford companion to Victorian fiction Reference PR871 .S87 1989

Finding Criticism

• Black literature criticism : excerpts from criticism of the most significant works of Black authors over the past 200 years, 3 vols. Reference PS153.N5 B556 1992
• Classical and medieval literature criticism Reference PN610 .C53
  Excerpts from criticism of the works of world authors from classical antiquity through the Fourteenth century.
  Multi-volume collection. Use the last volume to locate entries to individual works
• Contemporary Literary Criticism Reference PN771 .C59
  Excerpts from current criticism of the works of today's novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, scriptwriters, and other creative writers.
  Authors now living or who died after Dec. 31, 1959
  Multi-volume collection. Use the cumulative index and/or last volume to locate entries to individual authors.
• Critical survey of long fiction: foreign language series, 5 vols.
  Reference PN3503 .C7 1984
• Literary criticism index Reference PN523 .W44 1994
• Poetry criticism Reference PN1111 .P6
  Excerpts from criticism of the works of the most significant and widely studied poets of world literature. Multi-volume collection. Use the last volume to locate entries to individual authors and titles
• Short story criticism Reference PN3373 .S56
  Excerpts from criticism of the works of short fiction writers. Multi-volume collection. Use the last volume to locate entries to individual authors and titles
• Twentieth-century literary criticism Reference PN771 .G27 Exceprts from criticism of the works of writers. Multi-volume collection. Use the cumulative index and/or last volume to locate entries to individual authors.

Biographical Sources

• African American writers Reference PS153.N5 A344 1990
• American authors, 1600-1900: a biographical dictionary of American literature Reference PS21 .K8
• British authors before 1800; a biographical dictionary Reference PR105 .K9
• British authors of the nineteenth century Reference PR451 .K8 1936
• Contemporary Authors Reference Z1224 .C63
  Multivolume series. Use the cumulative index to locate entries to individual authors.
• Contemporary novelists Reference PR883 .V55
• Contemporary poets Reference PR603 .C6 1996
• Dictionary Of Literary Biography Reference Stack PS221 .D45
  Bio-bibliographical information about important British and American authors. Multi-volume collection. Use the cumulative index and/or last volume to locate entries to individual authors.
• European Writers, 14 vols. Reference PN501 .E9 1983
  Includes biographical and critical analysis
• World authors, 1900-1950, 4 vols. Reference PN451 .W674 1996

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