Guide
to Finding Literary Criticism at the Hanson Public Library
What
is literary criticism?
Literary criticism is the analysis, evaluation, or interpretation of a work
of literature.
Searching
iBistro, the Online Catalog
Sample words or phrase searches:
‘of mice and men’ AND critic$ dickens
AND critic$
macbeth AND critic$ ‘jane austen’
AND critic$
[ $ indicates truncation ]
Sample series
searches:
Bloom’s Major Dramatists Modern
Critical Interpretations
Bloom’s Major Literary Characters Modern
Critical Views
Bloom’s Major Novelists Modern Literature
Bloom’s Major Poets A Norton Critical
Edition
Bloom’s Major Short Story Writers Understanding
Great Literature
Bloom’s Notes Twayne’s English
Authors
Critical Companions Twayne’s United
States Authors
Life and Works Twayne’s
World Authors
Adult
and Young Adult Nonfiction Sections
800 Literature, rhetoric & criticism 850 Italian, Romanian & related
literatures
810 American literature in English 860 Spanish & Portuguese literatures
820 English & Old English literatures 870 Latin & Italic literatures
830 German & related literatures 880 Classical & modern Greek literatures
840 French & related literatures 890 Other literatures
Reference
Section
African American Writers………………………………………………………...............810.9
Af
American Writers……………………………………………………………………….810.9
Ame
Beacham’s Popular Fiction in America……………………………………………….......813.5
Be
British Writers ………………………………………………………………………….….820.9
Br
Contemporary Literary Criticism (Author index in Vol. 42)……………………………….809
Co
Contemporary Popular Writers……………………………………………………………..808
Co
Critical Survey of Poetry………………………………………………………………821.009
Ma
Critical Survey of Short Fiction………………………………………………………...801.953
M
A Library of Literary Criticism: Modern American Literature……………………………810.9
N
Magill’s Survey of American Literature………………………………………………..810.9
Mag
Masterplots (British Fiction Series)……………………………………………………823.009
Ma
Masterplots (European Fiction Series)…………………………………………………….808.8
M
Masterplots (Nonfiction Series)…………………………………………………………...820.9
M
Masterplots (Revised Edition)……………………………………………………………..808.8
M
Masterplots (Revised Second Edition) (Located in the Homework Center)……………….809
Ma
Masterplots Annual (Library has 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974)………………………..808.8
Ma
Moulton’s Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors………………820.9
T
Popular World Fiction 1900-Present…………………………………………………..….813.5
Be
Pre-Twentieth-Century Criticism of British and American Literature to 1904……….….820.9
Ma
Twentieth-Century American Literature……………………………………………......810.9
Twe
Twentieth-Century Criticism of British and American Literature to 1904………………..820.9
Cr
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Author index in Vol. 19)………………………….809
Tw
On
the Web
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
The Mississippi Writers Page (University of Mississippi)
http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/_authors/index.html
Multnomah County Library Homework Center
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/lithc.html
PAL: Perspectives in American Literature (California State University)
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/table.html
Prose and Verse Criticism of Poetry (University of Toronto)
http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display_rpo/indexcriticism.cfm
SparkNotes Literature Study Guides
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/
Voices from the Gaps: Women Artists and Writers of Color (University of Minnesota)
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/
Online
Databases
Biography Resource Center w/ Marquis Who’s Who
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Expanded Academic ASAP Plus
Info Trac Student Edition (grades 9-12)
NetLibrary
Scribner Writers Series
If you need assistance locating or accessing any of these resources, please ask a staff member or call us at 781-293-2151.
Revised November 9,
2005