ENGLISH LITERATURE

Selected Resources

Jerry Wright (reformatted, with a few additions by Jan Sauer)                                                                                             February 1999

This is a list of selected resources only and there are many others available in the Library. Please e-mail the Reference Department or call 460-7025 for help. This list is selective, and generally excludes American literature. Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings for guidance in making subject searches on Catalog. You can also use keyword searching, in which more than one concept can be combined, e. g., k=english literature and guide. An alternative would be s=english literature-- bibliography.

GUIDES

Marcuse, Michael J. Reference Guide For English Studies. Ref. PR 56 .M37 1990
Harner, James L. Literary Research Guide. Ref. Z 2011 .H34 1989

INDEXES & BIBLIOGRAPHIES
MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures. Years Work in English Studies. 1919/20+. Bookshelves PE 58 .E6
Humanities Index. 1974+ Index Table #5/Ref. AI 3 .H84

InfoTrac Expanded Academic Index covers about 30 literary journals. Some full-text.

Project Muse--40+ journals from Johns Hopkins U. Press includes some literature journals. Full-text. On-Campus access only.

CHECKLISTS --These are selective critical guides, usually indexed by author.

Short Story in English, Britain and America: An Annotated Bibliography. Index Table #5/Ref. PR 829 .B35 1994
Guide To British Poetry Explication. Ready Ref. PR 311 .M37 I: Old English, medieval. II: Renaissance. III: Restoration, Romantic. IV: Victorian, contemporary
English Novel Explication. 1973. Ready Ref. Z 2014 .F5 P26 Several supplements extend coverage through mid-1993.
Twentieth Century Short Story Explication. New Series. Ready Ref. Z 5917 .S5 W35 1993

CRITICAL SURVEYS

Critical Survey of Drama. English Language Series. 7 vols. Ref. PR 623 .C75 1994
Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors. 1901-05. 8 vols. Ref. PR 83 .M73 "Moulton's"

The following selected series published by Gale have critical excerpts.
Shakespearean Criticism. 1984- . Ref. PR 2965 .S43
Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800. 1984- Ref. PN 86 .L56
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. 1978- . Ref. PN 771 .T9 Each vol. added includes an author index which not only indexes earlier volumes of this set but also
Contemporary Literary Criticism & Dictionary of Literary Biography.
Shakespeare for Students. Ref. PR 2987 .S47 1992
Shakespeare for Students. Book II. Ref. PR 2987 .S468 1997

DICTIONARIES AND HANDBOOKS

Handbook To Literature. 6th edition. Ready Ref. PN 41 .H6 1992
Cambridge Guide To Literature in English. Ref. PR 85 .C29 1993
Johns Hopkins Guide To Literary Theory and Criticism. Bookshelves/Ref. Z 6514 .C97 J64 1994
Dictionary of British Literary Characters. 2 vols. Ref. PR 830 .C47 D5 1993
Oxford Companion To English Literature. Fifth edition. Ref. PR 19 .D73 1995
Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia. Third edition. Ready Ref. 41 .B4 1987
Larousse Dictionary of Literary Characters. Ref. PR 19 .L37 1994
Shakespeare's Characters for Students. Ref. PR 2989 .S53 1997
Major Literary Characters series. Key in k=major literary characters
New Fowler's Modern English Usage. Third edition. Ref. PE 1628 .f65 1996

HISTORY

New Pelican Guide To English Literature. Rev. and exp. edition. Ref. PR 83 .N49 1982 Library has vols. 2-10
Short Oxford History of English Literature. Bookshelves PR 83 .S26 1994
Oxford History of English Literature. Library has several in this series; retrieve menu by keying t=[title of book]

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES

Biographical Dictionary of Irish Writers. Ref. PR 8727 .B5 1985
British Writers. Scribners, 1979- . Ref. PR 85 .B688 Library has v. 1-8; supp. 1-3.
Dictionary of National Biography. 22 vols. The "DNB." Ref. DA 28 .D47 1959
Dictionary of Literary Biography.
1978- . Ref. PS 129 .D5 Many volumes of the series concern various periods and themes of English literature.
St. James Reference Guide To English Literature. 8 vols. Ref. PR 85 .S243 1985

PERIOD BIBLIOGRAPHY

Some suggested searches:
s=english drama
k=english drama and bibliography
s=english literature--old english
k=old english same history same bibl?
k=middle english same history same bibl?
k=restoration literature
k=english literature and early modern
k=english literature same renaissance same bibl?
k=english poetry same romantic? same bibl?
k=english fiction same 20th century same bibl?

Anglo-Saxon England. 1972- . Bookshelves DA 152.2 .A75
Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050-1500. 1967- . Ref. PR 255 .M3
Index of Printed Middle English Prose. Bookshelves Z 2014 .P795 L49 1985
Middle English Prose: A Critical Guide To The Major Authors and Genres. Ref. PR 255 .M52 1984
Middle English Romance: An Annotated Bibliography. Bookshelves Z 2014 .R6 R5 1987
Short Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland..., 1475-1640. 1969. Ref. Z 2002 .P77
Short Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England...Other Countries, 1641-1770. Donald Wing. Second edition. 1972-1982. Ref. Z 2002.W52
Early English Drama: `Everyman' To 1850, A Reference Guide. Ref. PR 641 .W48 1986
English Literary Renaissance. 1971- . Serials, 2nd floor. Check SOUTHcat for holdings.
Shakespeare: A Study & Research Guide. Ref. PR 2894 .B44 1995
Shakespeare Quarterly. 1950- . Serials, 2nd floor. Check SOUTHcat for holdings. Year's research is usually reviewed in the summer issue.
Shakespeare Survey. 1948- . Bookshelves PR 2888 .C3 Check SOUTHcat.
Romantic Poetry By Women: A Bibliography, 1770-1835. Ref. PR 508 .W6 J33 1993
English Romantic Poets: A Review of Research and Criticism. Fourth edition. Ref. PR 590 .E5 1985
Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900. 1961- . Serials, 2nd floor. Check SOUTHcat. Each quarterly issue has a selective review of the research: winter: renaissance; spring: Elizabethan and Jacobean drama; summer: 18th century; autumn: Victorian and Romantic.
Review of English Studies. 1950- . Serials, 2nd floor. Check SOUTHcat.
British Poets, 1914-1945. Dictionary of Literary Biography series, Vol. 20. Ref. PS 129 .D5
Reader's Guide To The Twentieth Century Novel. Ref. PR 888 .P53 R43 1995

STYLE MANUALS

Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information. Ready Ref. PN 171 .F56 L5 1996
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 4th ed. Ready Ref. LB 2369 .G53 1995

OTHER ENGLISH LITERATURES

Possible searches:
k=english literature and (post colonial or commonwealth)
s=english literature--commonwealth
s=australian literature
s=authors canadian
s=african literature
s=anglo-indian literature
s=caribbean literature
s=nigerian literature

Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures. 2 vols. Ref. PR 9080 .A52 E53 1994
Modern Commonwealth Literature. 1977. Ref. PR 9080 .M6
Post Colonial Studies Reader. Bookshelves PR 9080 .P57 1995
St. James Reference Guide To English Literature.
Vol. 8: Commonwealth literature. Ref. PR 85 .S243 1985
International Literature in English: Essays on the Major Writers. Ref. PR 9080 .I57 1991

DOING LITERARY CRITICISM

This is about the art of the critic, not a list of critical works.
Possible searches:
s=new criticism s=canonical literature
s=marxist criticism k=authors english and women
k=women and authors adj english and bibliography
Literature: A Student's Guide To Research and Writing. Bookshelves PE 1479 .C7 S53 1988
Johns Hopkins Guide To Literary Theory and Criticism. Bookshelves/Ref. Z 6514 .C97 J64 1994
Guide To Literary Criticism and Research. Fourth ed.Ref. PN 81 .S73 1993
Handbook for Academic Authors. Third ed. Ref. PN 146 .L84 1995
Redrawing the Boundaries: The Transformation of English and American Literary Studies. MLA.Bookshelves/Ref. PR 21 .R43 1992

ELECTRONIC SOURCES

List of Full-Text sites on the Internet by Jan Sauer
ARL Directory of E-Journals, Newsletters, and Academic Lists.


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