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Literary Criticism Sources: Books and eBooks

Books, databases, websites and tips for finding information on English Literature.

CLAMS

Use the CLAMS catalog to find books by and about your author:
  • Use Subject Search to find books about your author.  Search using the format: Last Name, First Name, i.e. Poe, Edgar Allan.  Look for the author's name followed by Criticism and Interpretation
  • Use Author Search to find all the works written by an author.  Search using Last Name, First Name, i.e. Hemingway, Ernest
  • Book at another library? Click Request and enter your library barcode and student ID# to order items from other libraries.  Average delivery time is 2-3 business days.

Where's the LitCrit?

Find it on the 3rd Floor:

  • P:  Literature
  • PA: Classical (Greek and Roman) Literature
  • PN: Drama, Film, Radio, Television
  • PQ: Romance (French, Italian, Spanish, Portugeuse) Literature 
  • PR:  British Literature
  • PS:  American Literature
  • PT: Germanic Literature

Jane Austen

EBook Central

eBook Central is a database of thousands of digitized books, a great source for literary criticism on hard-to-find authors  Download or print one chapter from each book, or read it online.  If you download the ebrary reader you can highlight passages, add notes, and create a bookshelf of the books you're using.

Print Books in Library Collection

Gale Literature Criticism