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World Literature Subject Guide

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of German Literature
--Reference Stacks-- PT 91 .E53 (2 vol)
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century
--Reference Stacks-- PN 771 .E5 (4 vol)
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1625 .M3
Encyclopedia of Traditional Epics
--Reference Stacks-- PN 56 .E65 E 64
Holocaust Literature : an Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work
--Reference Stacks-- PN 56 .H55 H66
Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
--Reference Stacks-- PQ 7081 .A1 E56
World Literature and its Times
--Reference Stacks-- PN 50 .M675 (5 vol)

Handbooks

Classic Love & Romance Literature : an Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors, & Themes
--Reference Stacks-- PN 56 .L6 B73
The Latin American Short Story : an Annotated Guide to Anthologies and Criticism
--Reference Stacks-- PQ 7082 .S5 Z99 B3
The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French
--Reference Stacks-- PQ 41 .N49
The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature
--Reference Stacks-- PR 8706 .O88

Dictionaries

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
--online-- netLibrary e-book
Dictionnaire des Oeuvres Littéraires de Langue Française
--Reference Stacks-- PQ 41 .B42
Dictionary of Irish Literature
--Reference Stacks-- PR 8706 .D5 (2vol)
A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
--Reference Stacks-- PN 41 .C83
Dictionary of Mexican Literature
--Reference Stacks-- PQ 7106 .D53
Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Cuban Literature
--Reference Stacks-- PQ 7378 .D53

Guides to the Literature

Literary Research Guide
--Reference Stacks-- Z 2011 .H34
A Research Guide for Undergraduate Students
--Reference Stacks-- PR 56 .B34

Style Manuals

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
--Ready Reference-- LB 2369 .G53

Bibliographies

MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures
--3rd Floor Bound Serials and Reference Stacks-- P 1 .M65 (1956-2001)

Biographies

African Writers
--Reference Stacks-- PL 8010 .A453 (2 vol)
Caribbean Writers
--Reference Stacks-- PN 849 .C3 C3
Contemporary World Writers
--Reference Stacks-- PN 51 .C6235
Cyclopedia of World Authors
--Reference Stacks-- PN 451 .M36
Dictionary of Literary Biography
--Reference Stacks-- PS 221 .D5 (300+ vol)
Dictionary of Russian Women Writers
--Reference Stacks-- PG 2997 .D53
European Writers
--Reference Stacks-- PN 501 .E9 (14 vol)
Larousse Dictionary of Writers
--Reference Stacks-- PN 141 .L 27
Literature Resource Center-- Provides full-text of biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of the work of more than 90,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.

Collections of Criticism

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism
--Reference Stacks-- PN 681.5 .C57 (28 vol)
Contemporary Literary Criticism
--Reference Stacks-- PN 771 .C59 (184 vol)
Drama Criticism
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1601 .D59 (14 vol)
Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800
--Reference Stacks-- PN 86 .L56 (41 vol)
Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism
--Reference Stacks-- PN 761 .N5 (136 vol)
Poetry Criticism
--Reference Stacks-- PN 1010 .P499 (10 vol)
Short Story Criticism
--Reference Stacks-- PN 3373 .S386 (59 vol)
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
--Reference Stacks-- PN 94 .T83 ( 145 vol)

Indexes and Databases

Academic Search Complete-- Indexes, abstracts and provides selected full-text of articles published in scholarly publications from many disciplines.

AHSearch-- Indexes articles in arts and humanities journals and in selected social science and science journals.

JSTOR-- Indexes, abstracts and provides full-text of scholarly journal articles in the fields of ecology, economics, education, finance, history, mathematics, political science and population studies.

Literature Resource Center-- Provides full-text of biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of the work of more than 90,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.

MLA International Bibliography-- Indexes articles from literary and language journals, books essay collections, conference proceedings, dissertations and bibliographies. Provides links to small selection of full-text articles.

Oxford English Dictionary-- Provides full-text definitions, pronunciations, etymology, timeline and quotations for words in current usage as well as old words.

Project Muse-- Indexes, abstracts and provides full-text of scholarly journal articles in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies.

ProQuest Research Library-- Indexes, abstracts and provides selected full-text of popular and scholarly periodicals from many disciplines.

Scribner Writers Series-- Provides full-text biographies, essays, bibliographies and articles on writers and literary genres throughout history.

Twayne Authors Series-- Provides literary criticism, analysis of the history and influence of literary movements and development of literary genres.

Internet Sites

Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism -- Contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.

Literary Resources-- Other National Literatures -- Collection of links to sites on the Internet dealing with world literature

Voice of the Shuttle: Literatures (Other than English) -- Provides a structured and briefly annotated guide to online resources in the humanities disciplines.