Locate Literary criticism in reference books

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How do I

• Locate Literary criticism in reference books

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Literary Criticism and Reference Books

• What is literary criticism?
• An evaluation of literary style
• Literary techniques (mood, theme,
  characterization, etc)
• Plot
• Setting
• An analysis or judgment of a work or an authors
  writing style
• An examination of the principles that influenced
  the works creation
• Authors life
• Time period

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Literary Criticism and Reference Books

• Reference books (found on the second floor of the
  library) are a wonderful resource for literary
  criticism!
• Books containing reprinted critical essays
• Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) PN771 .C59
• Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism (NCLC)
  PN761.N5
• Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC)
  PN771.T8
• Poetry Criticism (PC) PN1111.P63
• Short Story Criticism (SSC) PN3373.S56
• World Literature Criticism (WLC) PN523.W67
• Black Literature Criticism (BLC) PS153.N5 B556

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Literary Criticism and Reference Books

• Books containing some biographical information
  that provides information into a writers style
• British Writers PR85.B688
• Critical Survey of Poetry PR502.C85
• Critical Survey of Long Fiction PR821.C7
• Critical Survey of Short Fiction PN3321.C7
• Critical Survey of Drama PN623.C75
• Dictionary of Literary Biography PS21.D5
• American Women Writers PS147.A4

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Literary Criticism and Reference Books

• Books containing plot summaries and analysis
• Beachams Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction
  PN56.P55 B43
• Masterplots PN44.M33
• Masterplots II Womens Literature Series
  PN471.M37
• Masterplots II Short Story Series PN3326.M27
• Masterplots II Drama Series PN6112.5 M37
• Masterplots II African American Literature
  Series PS153.N5 M2645
• Literature and Its Times PN50.L574

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Literary Criticism and Reference Books

• Many of these reference books are published by
  one publisher, Gale.
• To make life easier for the researcher, Gale has
  created a Literary Index which includes all of
  their products.
• The path to this index is as follows
• http//www.galegroup.com
• Free Resources Literary Index

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Literary Criticism and Reference Books
The http address
Click here to link to the index.
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Literary Criticism and Reference Desk
Choose the type of search you would like to
conduct.
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Literary Criticism and Reference Books
I chose to conduct an author search. I typed the
authors name (last name, first name) into the
space and clicked on Start of Last Name.
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Literary Criticism and Reference Books
Click on the authors name in blue.
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Literary Criticism and Reference Books
You are first given a list of all of the
reference books that contain biographical and
critical information on your author.
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Literary Criticism and Reference Books
Scrolling down the page, you will see all of the
works by your author and the available criticism
for each.
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Literary Criticism and Reference Books

• Remember the following
• There are many more publishers of literary
  criticism books than just Gale. Dont just use
  the books you find in the Gale Index.
• Use the list of reference books that were given
  in the Power Point.
• You may print this Power Point when you are
  finished watching it. Be sure to print handouts
  not slides.

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Literary Criticism and Reference Books

• Citing Reprinted Articles Found in Reference
  Books
• When citing criticism reprinted in the Literary
  Criticism Series, students should provide
  complete bibliographic information so that the
  cited essay can be located in the original print
  or electronic source. (Preface viii-ix)
• An example citation of a reprinted article is as
  follows
• Brossard, Nicole. Poetic Politics. The
  Politics of Poetic Form Poetry and Public
  Policy. Ed. Charles Bernstein. New York Roof
  Books, 1990. 73-82. Reprinted in
  Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Janet
  Witalee. Vol. 127. Detroit Gale, 2003. 3-8.

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Literary Criticism and Reference Books

• Works Cited
• Citing Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism.
  Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Janet
  Witalec. 194 vols. Detroit Gale, 2004.