LibGuides: ENGL 201 & 202: British Literature: General Information

Useful reference books

All of these books can be found in the reference area on the first floor of Wiggins Memorial Library.

Cambridge History of English Literature
Call Number: PR 83.C22
British Writers
Call Number: PR 85.B688
ISBN: 0684157985
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism by Jelena O. Krstovic; Zoran Minderovic
Call Number: PN681.5 .C57 V.45
ISBN: 0810399814
Publication Date: 1996-08-28
Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature by Robert Thomas Lambdin; Laura Lambdin
Call Number: PN669 .E53 2000
ISBN: 0313300542
Publication Date: 2000-07-30
A concordance to Beowulf by Cook, Albert S.
Call Number: PR1585 .A2 C6 1968B
Publication Date: 1968
The English Reader by Michael Ravitch (Editor); Diane Ravitch (Editor)
Call Number: PR1109 .E63 2006
ISBN: 9780195077292
Publication Date: 2006-12-18

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Databases for Literary Criticism

Gale Literary Sources This link opens in a new window
Combines Literature Resource Center with Gale Virtual Reference Library in one interface. Articles, critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements.
Literary Reference Plus This link opens in a new window
Articles and criticisms, including peer-reviewed, bios and interviews, novels, short stories, poems, and literary magazines.
Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new window
Literature Criticism Online sorts criticism topically, by period, and even by author depending on prominence. Also includes Poetry and Short Story criticism.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
An EBSCO database that can be cross-referenced with other literary databases, the MLA International Bibliography is a great starting point for literary research.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
While an interdisciplinary resource, JSTOR is great specifically for short story research.

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