Literary Criticism
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Criticism is the interpretation (what does it mean?) and/or evaluation (is it good or bad?) of literature.
Books and Websites to Aid in Writing About Literature
Short Takes
PE 1417 .P43 1999
Writing About Literature
PE 1479 .C7 G36 2009
Purdue Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/713/01/
Writing Tips-Literature Papers
http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/tips/literaturepaper
Writing in Literature (Purdue)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/4/17/
Recommended Databases for Literature and Criticis
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eBook Collection - formerly NetLibrary |
Recommended Web Sites for finding Literary Criticism
About.com: Classic Literature
http://classiclit.about.com/
Literary Resources on the Net
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Internet Public Library: Lit. Criticism
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
Voice of the Shuttle: Literature
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3
Perspectives in American Literature
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/TABLE.HTML
Find Literary Criticism in the Library Catalog
To find literary criticism of a particular author or work in the library catalog, go to http://www.lonestar.edu/library/ and click on Library Catalog. Then, in the Keyword Anywhere search box, type the name of the author and/or the title of the work and add the word criticism. Here is an example:
These lists represent a selection of resources in the Tomball library collection
Literary Biography
| Dictionary of Literary Biography | REF PN 41 .D5 |
| World Authors | REF PN 451 .W676 |
| European Writers | REF PN 501 .E9 |
| British Writers | REF PR 85 .B688 |
| American Writers | REF PS 129 .A55 |
| Southern Writers | REF PS 261 .S595 |
| Science Fiction Writers | REF PS 374 .S35 S36 |
| Latin American Writers | REF PQ 7081 .A1 L37 |
| Latino/Latina Writers | REF PS 153 .H56 L39 |
| African American Writers | REF 810.996 Bad |
| Encyclopedia of World Literature in 20th Century | REF PN 771 .E5 |
| Literature and Its Times | PN 50 .L574 |
| World Literature and Its Times | PN 50 .M625 |
| Encyclopedia of American Poetry: 19th Century | REF 811.309 Enc |
| Encyclopedia of American Poetry: 20th Century | REF 811.509 Enc |
| Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome | REF PA 3002 .A5 1982 |
| Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 (LC) | REF PN 86 .L53 |
| Classical and Medieval Criticism (CMC) | REF PN 610 .C53 |
| Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism (NCLC) | REF PN 761 .N5 |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) | REF PN 771 .C59 |
| Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) | REF PN 771 .G27 |
| Twentieth Century American Literature | REF PS 221 .T834 |
Literary Criticism by Genre
Poetry for Students
REF 808.1 Poe
Poetry Criticism
REF 810.31 Sho
Poetry Criticism
REF PN 1010 .P6
Short Story Criticism
REF PN 3335 .S5
Drama Criticism
REF PN 1601 .D59
Drama for Students
REF 808.2 Dra
Epics for Students
REF 809.132 Epi
Novels for Students
REF 810.2 Sho