Library - Subject Guides

English Literature Subject Guide

Databases

  • Humanities International Index
    A collection of bibliographic references to literary, scholarly and creative journals, containing over 1,000 journals from 1975 to the present published in the United States and Canada- EBSCOhost
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index
    Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references found in nearly 1,130 of the world's leading arts & humanities journals- FirstSearch
  • Book Collection: Non-Fiction
    Help locate and learn about titles and books that meet professional and personal information needs. Contains full-text reviews from Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, CHOICE, and others. Ebsco Host
  • Gale Contemporary Authors
    A database that details approximately 100,000 modern writers and authors.
  • Humanities Full Text
    Full-text articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays, television, and radio programs from Humanities Index- WilsonWeb Omnifile Mega
  • MLA International Bibliography
    Produced by the Modern Language Association - A bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations from 1963 to the present. Contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers- EBSCOhost
  • NoveList
    Fiction database providing subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and fiction titles.

Books

  • Annals of English Literature, 1475-1950 2nd Ed. / Ed. J.C. Ghosh
    PR14.A5
  • Oxford Companion to English Literature 4th Ed. / Dorothy Eagle
    PR19.H3
  • A Literary History of England / Ed. Albert Baugh
    PR83.B3
  • The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature 5 vol /Ed. George Watson
    PR87.C31
  • British Authors Before 1800 / Stanley Kunitz
    PR105.K9
  • British Authors of the 19th Century / Stanley Kunitz
    PR451.K8

Journals

  • American Literature
    Contains articles covering the works of several American authors--from colonial to contemporary--as well as an extensive book review section- Project Muse
  • Modern Language Notes
    Presents articles and notes on critical studies in the modern languages (Italian, Hispanic, German, French) and on recent work in comparative literature. Publishes four single-language issues and one comparative literature issue- Project Muse
  • Shakespeare Quarterly
    Focuses on all aspects of Shakespeare studies. Covers criticism of the plays and poems, theater history, Shakespeare pedagogy, the history of Shakespeare as an institution, and studies in editing, text, canon, and bibliography- JSTOR

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