SCC Research Guides: Literary Criticism: Where to Find Literary Criticism

Where to Find Literature Criticism

Literary Databases / Articles

The below databases are the best place to search for literary criticism.

Gale Literature
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Gale Literature allows you to search all of Gale’s literary databases and literature eBook titles in one database.
Gale eBooks: Literature Collection
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Gale eBooks included literature criticism series: Short Stories for Students, Drama For Students, Poetry For Students, Novels for Students, Epics for Students and Shakespeare for Students.
Bloom's Literature
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Writings of Harold Bloom as well as other critics. Features author biographies, overviews, synopses, analyses and literary criticism of thousands of works from novels to poetry to plays, video segments, in-depth full-text entries on literary topics and themes and a literary timeline. Proxy Bypass
EBSCO Literature Databases
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Search 2 EBSCO literary databases at once: Literary Reference Center and Academic Search Premier. Proxy Bypass

Recommended Books

The Facts on File Guide to Writing a Literary Essay by Infobase Learning
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781438177175
Publication Date: 2017-05-01
The Facts of File Guide to Writing a Literary Essay is an excellent resource to use to learn a little more about how to write literary essays on themes, characters, symbolism, imagery, historical context, and more.
MLA Guide to Undergraduate Research in Literature by Elizabeth Brookbank; H. Faye Christenberry
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781603294195
Publication Date: 2019

Drama for Students
Call Number: E-Book, Use the 'search within' tool to find information about specific poems in this resource.
Publication Date: 2020
Masterpieces of 20th-Century American Drama by Susan C. W. Abbotson
Call Number: Giles Stacks PS350 .A23 2005
ISBN: 0313332231
Publication Date: 2005-09-30
Critical Companion to William Shakespeare by Charles Boyce
Call Number: Giles REF PR2892 .B69 2005
ISBN: 0816053731
Publication Date: 2005-02-01

Short Stories for Students
ISBN: 1414421850
Short Stories for Students is a great place to start! Learn more about your short story's characters, themes, style, setting, symbols and more! Use the search box to see if there is an entry on your short story (just type in the title). *Each entry also has several literary criticism essays also.
Critical Insights - American Short Story by Michael Cocchiarale (Editor); Scott Emmert (General Editor)
Call Number: DTC Stacks PS374 .S5 A447 2015
ISBN: 1619254255
Publication Date: 2015-04-10
Also Available Online
Short Story Writers and Short Stories by Harold Bloom
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 0791082288
Publication Date: 2004-12-01

Poetry for Students
Call Number: E-Book, Use the 'search within' tool to find information about specific poems in this resource.
Publication Date: 2018
Also available in print. Call Number: Giles Reference PN1010 .P65 1997
The Facts on File Companion to American Poetry by Burt Kimmelman; Temple Cone; Randall Huff
Call Number: CCC REF PS323.5 .F33 2008
ISBN: 0816069506
Publication Date: 2007-10-01
Also Available Online
The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry
Call Number: Giles REF PR601 .O9 2013
ISBN: 0191744522
Also Available Online

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