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These books, both electronic and print, will assist you in the process of writing a critique

The children's literature dictionary : definitions, resources, and learning activities by Kathy Latrobe; Carolyn S. Brodie; Maureen White
Call Number: PN1008.5 .L38
ISBN: 1555704247
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature by James D. Hart (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
Available electronically to all IU students
Critical Terms for Literary Study by Frank Lentricchia (Editor); Thomas McLaughlin (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 0226472035
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory by Irena R. Makaryk (Editor)
Call Number: PN81 .E53
ISBN: 080206860X
Publication Date: 1993-04-19
The Institution of Criticism by Peter U. Hohendahl
Call Number: PN85 .H6
ISBN: 0801413257
Publication Date: 1982-02-01
The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms by Chris Baldick
Call Number: eBook
Available electronically to all IU students
Prospecting by Wolfgang Iser
Call Number: PN83 .I84
ISBN: 0801845939
Publication Date: 1993-02-01
Tracing Literary Theory by Joseph P. Natoli
Call Number: PN94 .T73
ISBN: 0252013832
Publication Date: 1989-06-01

IUCAT - Literary Critics

IUCAT - Critical Theory

IUCAT - Comparative Literature

Titles recently aded to IUCAT concerned with the subject of criticism

Electronic Resources

An entire list of available databases can be found within the John W. Anderson Library Resources A-Z list

18th Century Fiction
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A collection of 96 complete works of English prose from the period 1700–1780 by writers from the British Isles.

A collection of 96 complete works of English prose from the period 1700–1780 by writers from the British Isles. Key figures covered include Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Eliza Haywood, Samuel Richardson, Tobias Smollett, Laurence Sterne and Jonathan Swift. In addition to a scanned version of Sterne's Tristram Shandy, the collection also contains two different editions of Richardson's Clarissa and Pamela, and of Swift's Gulliver's Travels.
20th Century American Poetry
The 20th Century American Poetry collection brings together 50,000 poems by over 300 poets. Major figures are represented alongside historically important writers and younger emergent poets when available.
African-American Poetry (1750-1900)
Collection of African American poetry since its early history, from the first recorded poem by an African American (Lucy Terry Prince's 'Bars Fight', c.1746) to the major poets of the nineteenth century.
American Poetry (1600-1900)
American Poetry contains over 40,000 poems by more than 200 American poets from the Colonial Period to the early twentieth century.
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature - ABELL
The Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature covers monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews and collections of essays published anywhere in the world from 1920 onwards.
Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography
Combined search for the three listed databases, focused on writing and literature.
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Excerpts from criticism of the works of today's novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, scriptwriters, & other creative writers.
Credo Academic Core
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Formerly Credo General Reference. Credo Reference is an online,cross searchable, full text suite of of encyclopedias, dictionaries, guides, companions, atlases, chronologies, Who's whos, and other reference resources.
Early American Fiction 1789 - 1875
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Early American Fiction 1789–1875 offers the full text of 875 first editions of American novels and short stories by such authors as Louisa May Alcott, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain, as well as a host of minor writers of the period.
Early English Prose Fiction
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Early English Prose Fiction is a collection of more than 200 works from the period 1500–1700, exploring the rich diversity of prose fiction in English in the period preceding the emergence of the realist novel as its dominant form.
Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare
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Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare, covering William Shakespeare's work, contains eleven major editions, twenty-eight separate contemporary printings of individual plays and poems, and more than one hundred adaptations, sequels and burlesques.
English Drama
A unique collection of more than 3,900 plays in verse and prose tracing the development of drama in English from the medieval mystery cycles to the comedies of Oscar Wilde.
English Poetry (600-1900)
English Poetry contains essentially the complete English poetic canon from the 8th century to the early 20th. Over 160,000 poems by more than 1,250 poets are drawn from nearly 4,500 printed sources.
Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama, and Fiction
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Latino Literature brings together more than 100,000 pages pages of poetry, fiction, and over 450 plays written in English and Spanish by hundreds of Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latino authors working in the United States.
Literature Criticism Online
Literature Criticism Online provides criticism and commentary of literary works, as given by contemporary and modern scholars.
Literature Resource Center
Literature Resource Center is a database that offers biographies, bibliographies and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.
MLA International Bibliography
MLA International Bibliography covers modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics, and dates back to the 1920s and contains millions of citations from journals & series, as well as book publishers.
North American Women's Drama
North American Women's Drama brings together more than 1,500 plays by more than 300 North American female playwrights, along with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.
Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period
Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period is a collection of Romantic poetry composed by Scottish women, including extensive contemporary critical reviews and numerous scholarly essays.
Something About The Author Online
Something About The Author Online provides illustrated biographical profiles of children's authors and illustrators.

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Internet Sources

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Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism

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