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Click here for Humanities databases
(includes Literature).
The best starting point for any sort of research, databases are large collections of information which may include citations, abstracts, ebooks, fulltext articles from scholarly journals or magazines, images, multi-media files and more.
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NEW: Films on Demand - English and Language Arts. Includes videos on American, British, and Irish literature, drama and theatre, world literature, writing, and speech. VIDEOS.
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Find Journals on Literature.
Journals found here are available in print at Plough Library and/or online through CBU databases. Look for the name of the journal you are interested in, for example:
- american poetry review
- mark twain annual
- studies in american fiction
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Columbia dictionary of modern literary and cultural criticism (2000), Literature Online Reference.
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Continuum encyclopedia of British literature (2006), Credo ebook.
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Greenwood encyclopedia of Latino literature (2008), Credo ebook.
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Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers (2007), EBSCO ebook.
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Encyclopedia of southern literature. ABC-CLIO (1997), R810.9 S515
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Magill's Literary Annual. Salem Literature ebook.
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New Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics (2000), Literature Online Reference.
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Notable African American Writers (2006), EBSCO ebook.
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St. James reference guide to English literature. St. James Press (1991), R820.9 S7, 2nd ed.
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Writing African American women: an encyclopedia of literature by and about women of color. Greenwood Press (2006), R810.9 W75
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GENERAL
American Authors on the Web: More than 700 entries on authors from 1550 to 1950.
Encyclopedia Mythica: Online source for world mythologies, folklore, religion and legends. Search the site for particular topics, or browse the various themes.
Greek Mythology Link: Carlos Parada provides a massive, extensively linked collection of information on the mythology of classical Greece.
Library of Southern Literature: List of 100 most significant literary texts of the South published up to 1920. Information for each title includes author biography, title page image, images from the book, and often full text.
Mississippi Writers Page: Resource about writers in, from, or otherwise associated with the state of Mississippi, from the English Department at the University of Mississippi.
PAL: Perspectives in American Literature: Quick reference to major movements and authors in American literature.
Voice of the Shuttle [by literary period]: Excellent source for any research in the humanities.
LITERARY CRITICISM
Cambridge History of English and American Literature: Contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing (Bartleby.com).
Online Literary Criticism Collection (Internet Public Library): Contains links to critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
STUDY GUIDES
Bibliomania: Educational resource with full texts of classic world literature and important non-fiction texts supported by an extensive reference section.
FreeBooknotes.com:
Free study guides for over 2500 books.
SparkNotes.com: Study guides contain thorough summaries and insightful critical analysis of subjects including English literature and Shakespeare.
Study Guides for Various Works: Literary subject study guides prepared by Professor Paul Brians of Washington State University for the use of students in his classes.
ONLINE TEXTS
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LITERARY PERIODS
Anglo-Saxon/Medieval
Renaissance & 16th Century
17th - 18th Centuries
19th Century
Contemporary
American Literature Since 1945: Includes timelines and links indexed by American author.
British Literary Prizes
Modern British Poetry: Poetry anthology includes full texts of poems and biographical sketches.
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