Literary Criticism - English: Reference and Other

The Literatures and Languages Library on the second floor of the Main Library has a great variety of reference sources that can help you complete this project. Their website has an easy search as well.

Research guides on different topics created by the Literatures and Languages Library.

A definitive online source for editorially reviewed critical analyses. It also includes brief plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature.

A digitized collection of ten Gale series solely comprised of literary criticism. These series include the following topics: contemporary literature, 20th century lit., 19th century lit., Shakespeare, lit. from 1400-1800, classical and medieval lit., poetry, short stories, drama, and children's literature.

Identifies biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Coverage of more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Select Literature from the Subject list to search and browse literature reference sources.