LibGuides: Library Resources for ENGL 210 Research Assignment: Literary Criticism

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For sources of literary criticism, start with the Literature (Gale) research database below. For additional literary criticism, you may want to explore the John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Literary Reference Center Plus, also below.

Literature (Gale)
A wide range of literary criticism and analysis from a variety of Gale Company databases, including Literature Resource Center, Literature Criticism Online, Twayne's Authors Series, and more.

How to Search Literature (Gale) for Your Assignment
This guide will give you tips on how to search Literature (Gale) for sources for your specific assignment.

Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory
This database includes more than 240 entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. Users can search by keywords or browse specific entries (sources), topics, or names through the table of contents
Literary Reference Center Plus
This databases is an expanded and updated version of Literary Reference Center. This comprehensive literary reference database provides a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. It combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, and hundreds of literary journals, as well as multimedia. Search results can be limited to literary criticism or Masterplots. Users can browse most studied authors and works and view book highlights and the author in focus. Features include a glossary and historical timeline.