Introduction
The
This is an annotated list of selected works on English literature currently
held in the
Materials dealing with English literature can be obtained by searching the LOUIS ULM catalog or indexes. Some basic search sentences would be:
A=(by name of the specific author)
T=(by name of the specific title)
S=Poetry
S=Poets
S=Fairy Tales
S=Novelists
S=English Drama
S=English Literature
S=English Language
S=Short Stories
S=(by the name of the specific writer or book)
General Reference Works
Dictionaries -
Simpson, J.A., and E.S.C. Weiner. The
20 volumes.
The Oxford English Dictionary is the standard dictionary of the English language. A print copy is located in
Reference, while a CD-ROM version is loaded on a station in the computer area.
[
Dictionaries
Atkinson, Frank. Dictionary of Pseudonyms and Pen-Names: A Selection
of Popular Modern Writers in English.
The book covers the pen-names used by writers in English from 1900-1975.
[Ref Z 1065.A 84 1975]
Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 15th edition.
Room.
The series began in 1870 with the publishing of the first edition by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer. Provides entries for
phrases, fables, and fictional characters drawn from the Bible, mythology, the classics of English and European
literature, as well as the contemporary period. Contemporary references include “James Bond”, “Winnie-the-Pooh”,
“
[Ready Ref PN 43.B65 1995]
Cuddon, J.A. A Dictionary of Literary Terms. Garden City,
A dictionary of those literary terms which are in regular use. Each term has a brief definition or description. A short
etymology is provided for some terms. The terms are cross referenced with “see also” listings.
[Ref PN 41.C83 1977b]
Histories
Baugh, Albert C. (ed.). A
Literary History of
Provides a
comprehensive history of the literature of
history from “The Old English Period” until the outbreak of the Second World War.
[Ready Ref PR 83.B3 1967]
Elliott, Emory (ed.).
Outlines and describes the literary
history of the
present. The general history of American literature is supplemented by essays on specific writers, and themes.
[Ref PS 92.C64 1988]
Spiller, Robert E., and other (eds.).
Literary History of the
Publishing
The first volume traces the
literary history of the
comprehensive survey which includes all writing styles, including drama, poetry, and folklore. Further, attention is paid
to all regions of the country. The second volume in the series is a detailed selective bibliography on the history of
American literature.
[Ready Ref PS 88.L5 1974]
Companions,
Guides
The companion series is intended for students and general readers. Each companion provides information on the
important authors, texts (novels, stories, essays, poems, tracts, plays, narratives), events, locations, and history, as well
as literary themes and subjects for the respective region or topic. The entries vary in length from essays to short sketch
descriptions. Each companion is cross-referenced and has an index.
· Andrews,
William L., et al (eds.). The
[Ref PS 153.N5 O96 1997]
·
Davidson, Cathy N., and Linda Wagner-Martin. The
States. 1995.
[Ref PS 147.O94 1995]
·
Drabble, Margaret (ed.). The
[Ref PR 19.H3 1985]
·
Hart, James David. The
[Ready Ref PS 21.H3 1995]
·
Howatson, M.C. (ed). The
[Ref DE5.H3 1989]
·
Toye, William (ed.). The
[Ref PR 9180.2 O94 1983]
Gazetteers
Fisher, Lois H. A Literary Gazetteer of
Provides a comprehensive survey of the “literary associations” between 500+ authors and more than 1,200 English
locations. The entries are arranged in alphabetical order by place name. Each entry has a short essay discussing its
history and geography as it relates to the literature. The text is supplemented by pictures and photographs.
[Ref PR 109.F5]
Quotations
Partington, Angela. The
A dictionary of over 17,500 quotations from 2,500 authors. Covers English language and foreign language quotations,
as well as from many subjects, including literature. The book is arranged in an alphabetical list by author, and is
accompanied by a comprehensive word index.
[Ref PN 6080.O95 1992]
Characters
Magill, Frank N. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Literary Characters II.
4 volumes.
Presents descriptions of characters from over 1,400 works of literature. The works are arranged in alphabetical order
by title, with the characters for each work ordered by their importance to the story. Prominent characters receive
lengthy descriptions, while less important figures receive shorter treatment. Does not include every character in the
work.
[Ready Ref PN 44.M3 1990]
Biographies
Berney, K.A. (ed.). Contemporary Dramatists. 5th
edition.
Entries are provided for over three hundred contemporary dramatists writing in English. For each entry there is a
biographical outline, list of publications, and a short essay on the dramatist’s career and works. Individuals who
have been covered in the previous four editions are not detailed in the book. Instead a brief citation is provided
which directs the user to the appropriate edition for the dramatist concerned. The library has the previous four
editions located in reference.
[Ready Ref PR 106.U5 1993]
Brown, Susan Windisch (ed.). Contemporary Novelists.
6th edition.
The entry for each writer consists of a biography, a complete list of separately published books, and a signed essay.
Some entries have comments on their works by the entrants themselves.
[Ready Ref PN 3491.C5s 1996]
Concise Dictionary of American
Literary Biography.
Volume I: Colonization to the American Renaissance, 1640-1865; Volume II: Realism, Naturalism, and Local Color,
1865-1971; Volume III: The Twenties, 1917-1929; Volume IV: The Age of Maturity, 1929-1941; Volume V: The
New Consciousness, 1941-1968; Volume VI: Broadening Views, 1968-1988.
[Ready Ref PS 129.C66]
Contemporary Authors: Autobiography Series.
The series presents an original collection of autobiographical essays written for the series. Each volume covers about 20
authors, and each entry is about 10,000 words in length.
[Ref PN 453.C63]
Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical
Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry,
Journalism,
Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields.
1967-1992. 136 volumes.
Each entry provides the author’s full name, personal information, addresses, career information, list of writings, and
sidelights.
[Ref 1224.C6]
Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical
Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry,
Journalism,
Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields. New Revision Series.
Research Company, 1981-1990. 31 volumes.
[Ref Z 1224.C63s]
Dictionary of Literary
Biography.
The series presents career biographies tracing the development of selected authors’ works and the evolution of their
reputations. Each volume is devoted to the study of the major authors from a specified topic, period, or genre.
Covers American and international figures. Includes all types of creative writers as well as historians, journalists,
publishers, and screen writers. Each volume has a cumulative index to the entire series. The library has volumes 1-100,
and 124-133.
[Ref PN 451.D53s]
Flora, Joseph M., and Rubin Jr., Louis D. Southern
Writers: A Bibliographical Dictionary.
University Press, 1979.
Presents brief and informative sketches of 379 authors associated with the American South. Entries outline the writers’
lives and literary careers, and are accompanied by a list of the authors’ works.
[Ref PS 261.S59]
Magill, Frank N. (ed). Critical
Surveys.
A series of multi-volume sets that review the works and accomplishments of authors working with the genre of the
series. The format for each author entry consists of an outline of the fundamental statistics of the author, a list of the
writers’ works, an achievements section, biographical paragraph, and a longer critical commentary. Each series also has
an essays volume that discusses various literary subjects, such as movements, eras, and approaches.
[Ref PN 3373.M24s]
· Critical Survey of Drama - Foreign Language Series. (1986). 6 volumes, supplement.
[Ref PN 1625.C74 1986]
· Critical Survey of Literary Theory. (1987). 4 volumes.
[Ref PN 45.C74 1987]
· Critical Survey of Long Fiction - English Language Series. revised edition (1991) 8 volumes.
[Ref PN 3451.C7]
· Critical Survey of Long Fiction-Foreign Language Series. (1984). 5 volumes.
[Ref PN 3503.C72s 1984]
· Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction. (1988). 4 volumes.
[Ref PN 3448.D4 C75 1988]
· Critical Survey of Poetry-English Language Series. (1982). 8 volumes..
[Ref PR 502.C85 1982]
· Critical Survey of Poetry - Foreign Language Series. (1984). 5 volumes.
[Ref PN 1111.C7 1984]
· Critical Survey of Short Fiction. (1987). 7 volumes, supplement.
[Ref PN 3373.M24s]
· Magill Index to Critical Surveys: Cumulative Indexes, 1981-1988. (1990).
Combines the indexes to the seven multi volume reference sets. Includes entries for authors and titles of books,
plays, stories, essays, and poems. Each listing directs the user to the series, volume, and page.
[Ready Ref PN 524.M34 1990]
Mainiero, Lina (ed.). American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present.
Brief introductions to 1800+ American women writers from the previous three hundred years. The selection includes
women writers with strong literary reputations, popular writers, nontraditional writers, and children’s writers.
[Ref PS 147.A4]
Riggs, Thomas (ed.). Contemporary Poets. 6th edition.
The entry for each writer consists of a biography, a complete list of separately published books, and a signed essay.
Some entries have comments on their works by the entrants themselves.
[Ready Ref Z 2014.P7 C62 1996]
Schlueter, Paul, and Schlueter, June (eds.). An Encyclopedia of British Women Writers.
Nearly 400 writers are covered in the
volume. Includes foreign-born writers who resided in
who departed overseas, as well as some post-independence Irish writers. Provides biographical data, lists of works, a
bibliography, and a brief description of the writers’ lives and careers.
[Ref PR 111.E54 1988]
Scott-Kilvert, Ian (ed.). British Writers.
Intended to provide an introduction to authors who have made a significant contribution to English literature. Time
period is from the Fourteenth Century to the mid-Twentieth Century. Articles are a survey of the subject’s writings and
an assessment of their work as a whole. Each article is usually supplemented with a biographical section, and
bibliography. Intended for university students, scholars, critics, and the general public.
[Ref PR 85 B688]
_____. British Writers - Supplement.
A follow-up to the first series. Covers British writers from the mid-Twentieth Century to the present.
[Ref PR 85 B688]
Shattock, Joanne. The
Biographies of over four hundred British women writers from the medieval period to the present day. Subjects are
drawn from a variety of styles and genres including novelists, poets, translators, religious writers, and
playwrights. Each entry provides brief outline of the writers life and career, major publications, and significant
features of her work.
[Ref PR 111.S48 1993]
Smith, Valerie and others (ed.).
African American Writers.
A series of essays on African American writers. Each article has a short biographical section followed by a main body
which discusses the individual’s principal writings and works as a whole. The articles are supplemented with a
selected bibliography of the writer’s works and a further readings list.
[Ref PS 153.N5 A344 1991]
Unger, Leonard (ed.). American
Writers: A Collection of Literary Biography.
1974. 4 volumes
Collection of essays which provide information on the lives, careers, and works of eighty-seven American writers. Each
article has a selected bibliography.
[Ref PS 129.A55]
Unger, Leonard (ed.). American
Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies - Supplement.
Scribner’s Sons, 1979-1996. 4 supplements.
Covers writers omitted from the original series.
[Ref PS 129.A55 Sup]
Vinson, James (ed.). Great
Writers of the English Language: Dramatists.
The book consists of biographical entries for nearly 250 hundred dramatists. The entries include both historical and
contemporary English language poets. Each entry consists of a biography, list of published works, selected list of
bibliographies and studies of the author, and a critical essay on the dramatist’s works.
[Ready Ref PR 625.D7s 1979]
Vinson, James (ed.). Great
Writers of the English Language: Poets.
Employs the same style and format as the Great Writers of the English Language: Dramatists volume. Coverage for 500
hundred poets.
[Ready Ref PR 502.P65s 1979]
Plots
Lass, Abraham (ed.). Plot Guide to 100 American and
British Novels.
For each of the 100 novels there is an annotated list of the main characters; full summary of the significant incidents and
themes; biographical outline of the author; and brief description of critical opinion of the work.
[Ready Ref PS 373.L28]
Magill, Frank N. (ed.). Masterplots.
A series of multi-volume sets that present synopses and essay reviews of a selection of titles drawn from the world
literature. Works are arranged by title. Accompanied by an author index directing user to the series and volume.
[Ready Ref PN 44.M33]
· Masterplots American Fiction Series. (1985). 3 volumes.
[Ready Ref PN 843.M15 1985]
· Masterplots II: African-American Literature Series. (1994). 4 volumes.
[Ready Ref PS 153.N5 M2645 1994]
· Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Series. (1989). 4 volumes.
[Ready Ref PR 881.M37 1987]
· Masterplots II: Drama Series. (1990). 4 volumes.
[Ready Ref PN 6112.5 M37 1990]
· Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Fiction Series. (1991). 4 volumes.
[Ready Ref Z 1037.A1 M377 1991]
· Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series. (1989). 4 volumes.
[Ready Ref PN 44.M345 1989]
· Masterplots II: Short Story Series. (1986). 6 volumes.
[Ready Ref PN 3326.M27 1986]
· Masterplots II: World Fiction Series. (1987). 4 volumes.
[Ready Ref PN 3326.M28 1987]
·
Survey of Contemporary Literature: Updated Reprints of 1500
Essay-Reviews from Masterplots
Annuals, 1954-1969. (1971-1972). 7 volumes and Supplement.
[Ready Ref PN 44.M333]
· Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature. (1983). 5 volumes.
[Ref PN 56.F34 S97 1983]
· Survey of Science Fiction Literature. (1979). 5 volumes and supplement.
[Ref PN 3448.S45 S88]
·
Index to Masterplots: Cumulative Indexes
1963-1990.
An index to the sixty+ volumes of the Masterplots publications. Each entry directs the user to the series, volume,
and page. Also includes citations from the Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, and Cyclopedia of Literary
Characters II.
[Ready Ref PN 44.M31s 1990]
Criticisms
Bloom, Harold (ed.). The Critical Perspective:
Twentieth Century Criticism of British and American Literature to
1904.
The follow-up volume to The New Moulton’s Library of Literary Criticism. Adopts the same format and covers the
same authors.
[Ref PR 85.C76]
_____. The New Moulton’s Library of Literary
Criticism: Pre-Twentieth Century Criticism of British and American
Literature to
1904.
Presents passages and excerpts of criticism for every crucial British and American author to 1904 in an attempt to
provide a concise portrait of the critical reaction to their works. The chapters for each author are divided into
extracts, which consist of Personal, General, and Works categories, as well as essays, which are more in-depth
studies of the authors and their works. Authors are selective in their inclusion of authors and criticism.
[Ref PR 85.N39 1985]
_____. The Major Authors Edition of the New
Moulton’s Library of Literary Criticism.
Publishers, 1985-1989. 6 volumes.
Reproduces the materials from the first series for the most widely read British and American writers from the Fourteenth
to Nineteenth Centuries.
[Ref PR 83.M73]
_____. Twentieth-Century
American Literature.
A follow-up to The Critical Perspective and The New Moulton’s Library of Literary Criticism. Passages and excerpts
of criticism of Twentieth Century American and Canadian writers. Covers all the major writers, as well as a
representation of mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and non-fiction authors.
[Ref PS 221.T834]
_____. Twentieth-Century
British Literature.
The British counterpart of Twentieth-Century American Literature. Covers all the important authors, as well as a
representation of mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and non-fiction writers.
[Ref PR 473.T84]
Gale Literary Criticism Series.
A series of multi-volume sets that present criticism of selected world authors, writers, and poets from the medieval era
to the present. Each entry provides a historical survey of the critical response to the author’s works. The format for
each entry consists of an author heading, biographical/critical introduction, portrait, list of principal works, criticisms,
annotations, bibliographical citations, and a further reading list. Each volume has a cumulative author index to all of
the sets. Intended audience are university students, and interested general readers.
over the Past 200 Years. (1992). 3 volumes.
Includes writers
from the
[Ref PS 153.N5 B556]
· Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism. (1988-). 23 volumes.
Covers literary works from Antiquity through the Fourteenth Century.
[Ref PN 681.5 C57]
· Contemporary Literary Criticism. 79 volumes.
Covers authors and writers who are now living or who have died since December 31st, 1959.
[Ref PN 771.C59]
· Drama Criticism. (1991-). 7 volumes.
Introduces the most frequently studied playwrights of all time periods and nationalities.
[Ref PN 1625.D72s]
· Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800. (1984-1994). 23 volumes.
Presents the most significant interpretation of the poets, dramatists, novelists, essayists, and philosophers for the
time period. Starting with volume 12 the series adopts an approach which devotes each volume to a specific
theme, such as literary history or movements.
[Ref PN 86.C53]
· Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. (1981-). 57 volumes.
Presents criticism of creative writers who died between 1800 and 1899. Every fourth volume is devoted to
literary topics that can not be covered under the author format.
[Ref PN 761.N5]
· Poetry Criticism. (1991-). 19 volumes.
Poets of various nationalities, eras, and movements are represented in each volume.
[Ref PN 1111.P76s]
· Shakespearean Criticism. (1984-1997). 35 volumes.
The series presents significant passages from the published criticism of the works of William Shakespeare. The
first ten volumes are an historical overview of the critical response to each of Shakespeare’s works, while
volumes 11-26 analyze the performance history of the plays on stage and screen. Volumes 26-35 focus on
criticism published after 1960.
[Ref PR 2965.S43]
· Short Story Criticism. (1988-). 27 volumes.
Averages eight to ten authors in each volume. For some entries include comments on the works by the authors
themselves. Each volume has a select bibliography of general sources on short fiction.
[Ref PN 3373.S386]
· Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. (1978-1991). 39 volumes.
Covers 500+ novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative writers who died between
1900 and 1960. Every fourth volume in the series is devoted to a literary topic that could not be covered under
the author approach.
[Ref PN 94.T83s]
Moulton, Charles Wells. The
Library of Literary Criticism.
8 volumes. Reprint.
First published at the start of this century, The Library of Literary Criticism provides passages of criticism of
writers from the earliest English literature to 1904. Under each author entry the criticism is arranged to run
from the contemporary writings to the latest at the time of publishing.
[Ref PR 83.M73]
Tucker, Martin (ed.). The
Critical Temper: A Survey of Modern Criticism on English and American
Literature
from
the Beginnings to the Twentieth Century.
volumes.
A sampling of the best Twentieth Century criticism on English and American literature from the Old English
period to the start of the modern age. A selective approach that presents the criticism thought to be the most
important and significant. Material is arranged into literary periods, and by writers within the period.
[Ref PR 83.C764]
_____. The Critical Temper: A Survey of Modern
Criticism on English and American Literature from the
Beginnings to the Twentieth
Century.
A supplement to the original series that expands and updates the material to 1979.
[Ref PR 83.C764 v.4 sup]
_____. Moulton’s Library of Literary Criticism
of English and American Authors.
Publishing Company, 1966.
A abridged, revised, and updated version of The Library of Literary Criticism.
[Ref PR 83.M73 1966]
Indexes
Catala, Rafel, and James D.
Anderson. Index of American Periodical Verse.
Scarecrow Press, 1990.
An annual index of poems published in a cross-section of poetry, literary, scholarly, popular, general, and “little”
magazines
for the year. The magazines are all ones published in the
The main author index is supplemented by a title index, and periodicals index. Library has volumes 1971-1978,
1980-1981, 1988.
[Ref Z 1231.P7 I47]
Chicorel,
Library Publishing Corporation, 1974. 3 volumes.
The scope of the index encompasses short stories from all countries throughout literary history in English and
translations. The 60,000 entries are arranged in one alphabetical list by author, short story title, and
anthology title.
[Ref Z 5917.S5 C44]
_____. Chicorel Index to Poetry in Anthologies and Collections in Print.
Corporation, 1974. 4 volumes.
Covers in-print collections of poetry in English and translations. The 250,000 entries are arranged in a single list
by author, title, first line, translator, adapter, editor, anthology title, and title of single author collections.
[Ref PN 1022 .C48]
The Columbia Granger’s Index to Poetry in
Anthologies. 11 editions.
The library has the 1st to 9th, and 11th editions of the series, as well as The Columbia Granger’s Index to Poetry
in Collected and Selected Works. Each volume has a single alphabetical list with access points by title, first
line, author, subject, and last line.
[Ref PN 1021.G7]
Eastman, Mary Huse. Index to Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends.
The series consists of the first index and two supplements. The original index is arranged as a title index, while the
two supplements have, in addition, some access by subject.
[Ref Z 5983.F17 E2]
A continuation of the Index to Fairy Tales by Eastman. The index is arranged as one alphabetical list with access
points by title of the tale, subject and author.
[Ref Z 5983.F17173]
Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1989.
[Ref Z 5983.F17 I732 1989]
Short Story Index.
The original index covers 60,000 short stories published prior to 1949. The eight supplements bring the coverage
period up to 1996.
[Ref Z 5917.S5 C6]
Bibliographies - General
Fenster, Valmai Kirkham. Guide to American Literature.
A guide to library materials in American literature for undergraduate and graduate students. The first section is a
general survey of how to use the library and access materials. The second section is a bibliographic guide to the
important primary and secondary sources for over one hundred authors.
[Ref Z 1225.F46 1983]
Havlive, Patricia Pate. Index to American Author Bibliographies.
Inc., 1971.
Records as many American author bibliographies which have been published in periodicals as possible. Authors
are
Americans, and foreign citizens residing in the
subject of the bibliography.
[Ready Ref Z 1225.H37]
Leary, Lewis. Articles on American Literature
1900-1950.
A listing of articles on American literature written in English and appearing in periodicals from 1900-1950.
Attempts to be comprehensive but omits articles judged to be only peripherally concerned with American
literature. Citations are arranged by the author they are concerned with or by the subject matter they focus
on.
[Ready Ref Z 1225.L49]
____. Articles on American Literature 1950-1967.
[Ready Ref Z 1225.L492]
____. Articles on American Literature 1968-1975.
[Ready Ref Z 1225.A77]
Magill, Frank N. Magill's Bibliography of Literary Criticism.
Intended to provide students with the sources necessary for undergraduate research. Somewhat dated as the
citations are from materials published in the 1960s and 1970s.
[Ready Ref Z 6511.M2451]
Modern Humanities Research
Association. Annual Bibliography of English
Language and Literature.
Bowes & Bowes, 1920-1994.
Library has 69 volumes from 1920-1994. Bibliography has an international perspective in the periodicals
consulted.
[Ref Z 2011.M69]
Pownall, David E. Articles on Twentieth Century Literature: An Annotated Bibliography, 1954 to 1970. New
Collects and annotates scholarly and critical articles concerned with Twentieth Century literature. Mostly English
language articles, but with some foreign language coverage. Excludes book reviews, review articles, popular
journalism, and elementary level works. Brief annotations are provided for each entry.
[Ready Ref Z 6519.P66]
Watson, George (ed.). The New
University Press, 1974.
Volume I: 600-1600; Volume II: 1660-1800; Volume III: 1800-1900; Volume IV: 1900-1950; Volume V:
Index.
[Ref Z 2011.N45]
Weiner, Alan R., and Spencer
Means. Literary Criticism Index.
1984.
Index is arranged in alphabetical order by author. The index must be used in companion with the “Key to
Symbols” section located at the front of the book.
[Ready Ref Z 6511.W44]
Bibliographies - Poetry
Alexander, Harriet Semmes. American and British Poetry: A Guide to
the Criticism 1925-1978.
Swallow Press, 1986.
A compilation intended to list criticism not collected elsewhere. The survey is limited to criticism of poems of a
thousand lines or less. Criticism of less than four sentences as well as books on specific poets are excluded.
[Ready Ref Z 1231.P7 A44]
____. American and British Poetry: A Guide to
the Criticism 1979-1990.
A continuation of the compiler's first effort.
[Ref Z 1231.P7 A44]
Altieri, Charles F. Modern
Poetry.
A guide to the most significant criticism of modern English and American poetry. Intended for students, teachers,
and the interested general reader. Includes only poets who came to prominence prior to the 1970s.
[Ready Ref Z 1231.P7 A45]
Anderson, Emily Ann. English Poetry, 1900-1950:
A Guide to Information Sources.
Company, 1982.
Intended as a guide to resource tools for students of Twentieth Century British poetry. Parts I and II list general
aids and background readings, while part III provides individual coverage of twenty-one British poets.
[Ready Ref Z 2014.P7 A54]
Cline, Gloria Stark, and Baker, Jeffrey A. An Index to Criticisms of British and American Poetry. Metuchen, New
Covers the entire realm of English language poetry from the earliest period to the Twentieth Century. The index
has a total of 2,862 criticisms of 1,510 poems by 285 poets.
[Ready Ref PR 89.C5]
Donow, Hebert S. The
Sonnet in
Provides a general overview of the published literature on The Sonnet, as well as individual bibliographies for
nearly one hundred poets from the Renaissance, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries. In addition an entire
section is devoted to William Shakespeare.
[Ref Z 2014.S6 D68 1982]
Dyson, A.E. English Poetry: Select
Bibliographical Guides.
The book provides coverage of Chaucer, Spenser, Donne, Herbert, Milton, Marvell, Dryden, Pope, Blake,
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Hopkins, Yeats, and Eliot.
[Ready Ref Z 2014.P7 E53]
Gingerich, Martin E. Contemporary
Poetry in
Sources.
Chapter 1: Bibliographies and Reference Works; Chapter 2: Studies in Contemporary Culture and Sociology;
Chapter 3: Studies in General Aesthetics and Poetic Theory; Chapter 4: General Studies of Poetry and
Poets; Chapter 5: General Studies of American Poets and Literature; Chapter 6: General Studies of English
Poets and Literature; Chapter 7: Studies of Two or More Poets; Chapter 8: Individual Poets.
[Ready Ref Z 1231.P7 G56 1983]
Kuntz, Joseph. Poetry Explication: A Checklist
of Interpretation Since 1925 of British and American
Poems
Past and
Present. 3rd edition.
Select poets on the basis of their recognition. Limits coverage to explication of poems of not more than five
hundred lines. Thereby avoids covering Chaucer, Spenser, and Shakespeare. Omits commentary which deals
with only a portion of a poem, as well as explication from books which are entirely devoted to a single author.
[Ref Z 2014.P7 K 8 1980]
4 volumes.
Surveys books and articles published between 1925 and 1990 for the most effective poetry explication.
Restricted to only English sources. Volume 1: Old English-Medieval; Volume 2: Renaissance; Volume 3:
Restoration-Romantic; Volume 4: Victorian-Contemporary.
[Ready Ref Z 2014.P7 M34 1991]
Mell Jr., Donald C. English
Poetry, 1660-1800: A Guide to Information Sources.
Company, 1982.
An information guide intended for readers ranging from undergraduate and graduate students to professional
critics and experts in the field. The first part is a general bibliography, while the second portion has
coverage of 31 individual authors.
[Ready Ref Z 2014.P7 M44]
Ruppert, James. Guide
to American Poetry Explication. Volume 1: Colonial and Nineteenth Century.
G.K. Hall & Company, 1989.
The index is arranged in alphabetical order by the poet’s last name. Under each poet’s name the poetical works
are listed by title.
[Ready Ref Z 1231.P7 G85 1989]
Bibliographies - Novels
Adelman, Irving, and Dworkin,
Rita. The Contemporary Novel: A Checklist of Critical Literature on
the British
and
American Novel Since 1945.
A selective survey of the critical literature on contemporary British and American novelists. Selections are from
journals and books, rather than book reviews. Novelists are included if they wrote or achieved significant
recognition after 1945.
[Ready Ref Z 1231.F4 A34]
Alexander, Harriet Semmes. English Language
Criticism on the Foreign Novel: 1965-1975.
Press, 1989.
The compiler refers to foreign novels as all those works of fiction produced in countries other than the United
States and
of the language of writing. Contains roughly 13,000 bibliographic citations on 1,500 authors.
[Ready Ref Z 5916.A39 1989]
[Ready Ref Z 2014.F4 B4]
Dunn, Richard J. The English Novel: Twentieth
Century Criticism.
Volume I: Defoe Through Hardy; Volume II: Twentieth Century Novelists.
[Ready Ref Z 2014.F4 E53]
Dyson, A.E. (ed.). The
English Novel: Select Bibliographical Guides.
Chapters for Bunyan, Defoe, Swift, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Smollett, Scott, Jane Austen, Thackeray,
Dickens, Trollope, The Brontes, George Eliot, Hardy, James, Conrad, Forster, Lawrence, and Joyce.
[Ready Ref Z 2014.F5 D94]
Fitzgerald, Louise S., and
1900-1966.
A reference guide to English literary criticism of the continental novel for the time period. The book is divided into
chapters for the French Novel, The Spanish and Portuguese Novel, The Italian Novel, The German Novel, The
Scandinavian Novel, The Russian and East European Novel.
[Ready Ref Z 5916.K4]
____. The Continental Novel: A Checklist of
Criticism in English, 1967-1980.
Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1983.
Extends the original volume to include the 1967-1980 period.
[Ready Ref Z 5916.F57]
Gerstenberger, Donna, and George Hendrick. The American Novel.
Volume I: A Checklist of Twentieth Century Criticism on Novels Written Since 1789. Volume II: Criticism
Written 1960-68.
[Ready Ref Z 1231.F4 G4]
Grimes, Janet, and Diva Daims, Doris Robinson. Novels in English by
Women, 1891-1920: A Preliminary
Checklist.
Attempts to provide a near complete list of English-language novels by women from 1891 to 1920. The volume
has a total of 5,267 authors and 15,174 titles listed. Includes translations into English, and anonymous
works. Three quarters of the entries are annotated.
[Ref Z 2013.5 W6 G75 1981]
Mazzeno, Laurence W. The
Victorian Novel: An Annotated Bibliography.
1989.
Has bibliographies on Anne Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Benjamin
Disraeli, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, Thomas Hardy, Charles Kingsley, George Meredith, William
Makepeace Thackeray, and Anthony Trollope.
[Ready Ref Z 2014 .F4 M39 1989]
Palmer, Helen H., and Dyson, Anne
Jane. English Novel Explication: Criticisms to 1972.
The Shoe String Press, Inc., 1973.
A comprehensive listing of criticism which has appeared in books and periodicals, in English and foreign
languages. Only articles that are concerned with the novel as a whole have been included. The original
volume is followed up by five supplements which extend the coverage to 1993.
[Ready Ref Z 2014.F5 P26]
Watt, Ian. The British Novel: Scott Through Hardy.
This bibliography is intended for students who require a guide to scholarship in the field of the British novel from
the Victorian Period. The listings are selective, but do include coverage of all the major novelists. Omits
unpublished dissertations, bibliographies of bibliographies, short notes and explications, and biographical studies
of a commemorative nature.
[Ready Ref Z 2014.F5 W37]
Wiley, Paul L. The
British Novel: Conrad to the Present.
A bibliography of the British novel from Conrad to 1950.
[Ready Ref Z 2014.F55 W54]
Bibliographies - Drama
Breed, Paul F., and
Playwrights
from Ibsen to the Avant-Garde.
A bibliography with over 12,000 entries for 300+ American and foreign playwrights. The index is arranged in a
single alphabetical list by last name of playwright. For each playwright there are sections for general,
bibliography, and individual works.
[Ready Ref Z 5781.B8]
Coleman, Arthur, and Gary R.
Tyler. Drama Criticism.
Volume I: A Checklist of Interpretation Since 1940 of English and American Plays. Volume II: A Checklist of
Interpretation Since 1940 of Classical and Continental Plays.
[Ready Ref Z 1231.D7 C6]
Eddleman, Floyd Eugene. American
Drama Criticism, Interpretations 1890-1977. 2nd edition.
The index lists interpretations of American plays published between 1890-1977 in books, periodicals, and
monographs. The second edition is followed up by four supplements which brings the coverage to 1993.
[Ref Ready Ref Z 1231.D7 P3]
Palmer, Helen H. European Drama Criticism
1900-1975. 2nd edition.
Inc., 1977.
A comprehensive listing of English and foreign language criticisms which appeared in books and periodicals for
the time period. Only articles concerned with the play as a whole, or a large portion of it are included. Excludes
criticisms of Shakespeare’s plays.
[Ready Ref Z 5781 .P2 1977 c.1]
Bibliographies - Short Story
Thurston, Jarvis and others. Short Fiction Criticism: A Checklist of
Interpretation since 1925 of Stories and
Novelettes (American, British,
Continental) 1800-1958.
Listing is confined to materials written in English. Includes citations for only those materials considered to have
interpretive value. As such, biographical and sources items are not included.
[Ready Ref Z 5917.S5 T5]
Walker, Warren S. Twentieth-Century Short Story
Explication: Interpretations 1900-1975, of Short Fiction
Since 1800.
3rd edition.
A bibliography of short story interpretation and explanation. Covers over 850 authors. Third edition is followed
up by five supplements and an index (1980-1991) that extends coverage up to 1990.
[Ready Ref Z 5917.S5 W33]
____. Twentieth-Century Short Story Explication:
New Series.
1993-95. 2 volumes.
A continuation of the original series. Coverage for 1989-1992 time period.
[Ready Ref Z 5917.S5 W3]
Weixlamann, Joe. American
Short-Fiction Criticism and Scholarship, 1959-1977: A Checklist.
Press, 1982.
Has nearly 7000 citations for the 500 authors treated in the volume. Includes scholarly works and criticism, as
well as interviews and bibliographies.
[Ref Z 1231.F4 W43 ]
Bibliographies - Misc.
Dickinson, A.T., Jr. American Historical Fiction.
Part I defines historical fiction and discusses it in terms of its treatment by writers and its appeal. Part II is a
classified list of 1,224 American Historical novels published between 1917-1956. Citations are accompanied by
one sentence annotations.
[Ref PS 374.H5 D5]
Hubin, Allen J. Crime
Fiction 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography.
1984.
For the purposes of this bibliography the author defines crime fiction as mystery, detective, suspense, thriller,
romantic suspense, police, and spy fiction. Attempts to include all such fiction published in English in book
form for the specified time period. However, excludes magazine fiction, juvenile and children’s works, and
collected works. A supplement brings the bibliography up to 1985.
[Ref Z 2014.F4 H82]
Bibliographies - Individuals
Bryer, Jackson R. Sixteen Modern American Authors:
a Survey of Research and Criticism.
The authors included in the work are Sherwood Anderson, Willa Cather, Hart Crane, Theodore Dreiser, T. S.
Eliot, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Frost, Ernest Hemingway, Eugene O'Neill, Ezra Pound,
Edwin
[Ref PS 221.F45 1974]
Draper, Ronald P., and Martin S.
Ray. An Annotated Critical Bibliography of Thomas
Hardy.
A selective survey of the Hardy scholarship and criticism. Each entry in the bibliography has an evaluative and
descriptive summary of its contents. Only the most important and useful criticisms of Hardy are included in the
book.
[Ref Z 8386.5.D7 1989]
Gross, Theodore L., and
The book is divided into three separate parts for each of the authors covered. Each part has an introduction and
chronology. The bibliographical citations are organized into editions, other primary materials, and
bibliographies; biographies and critical biographies; and criticism. Each citation is accompanied by a lengthy
annotation.
[Ref Z 1225.G76]
Summers, Claude J. E.M. Forster: A Guide to
Research.
Directed at both the student and professional scholar. The work is not intended to be a comprehensive
bibliography, but rather a guide to the large body of material and criticism of E.M. Forster. The
bibliography has almost 1,300 entries which are divided into a primary bibliography and a secondary
bibliography.
[Ref Z 8309.3.S85 1991]
Indexes
and Abstracts
British Humanities Index.
Library has 1965-1967, 1969-1973, 1975-1983.
[Ref AI3.B7]
Essay and General Literature Index.
Library has 1900-1945, 1948-1989.
[Ref AI3.E752]
Dissertation Abstracts.
Available online through the LOUIS catalog, 1861-November 1997. Abstracts have been included since 1980.
Humanities Abstracts.
Available online through the LOUIS catalog, January 1984-present. Library has print editions, 1974-96.
[Index Table A13.H45]
MLA International Bibliography.
Available online through the LOUIS catalog, 1963-present. Library has print versions, 1954-1990.
[Index Table Z 7006.M64]
Computer Databases
Galnet Databases
Database is searchable by titles and subjects/genre/characters. Available through the Gale Net link at the
Extended Academic ASAP
This database provides citations to journal articles for a number of subjects including English. The entries are a
combination of “citations only” and “full text.” The coverage is from 1980 to the present. Available through the
IAC link at the University Library Website.
Listservs
Listservs are electronic discussion groups devoted to
specific topics and subjects. A number of Listservs
exist for the discussion of the study of English Literature. The academic listservs are usually intended for students, scholars, and
those with an interest in the topic. An excellent list of listservs
for all topics is The Directory of
Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences (by Diane K. Kovacs).
Chaucernet
Send subscription message “sub chaucer [your name]” to listserv@lists.uic.edu
Jane Austen
Send subscription message to “listserv@vm1.mcgill.ca”
The Mark Twain Forum
Send subscription message to “listserv@yorku.ca”
Shakespeare
Send subscription message to shaksper@Bowiestate.edu
WWW
Sites
English Literature
Mainpage
An index to numerous English literature web sites.
Literary Resources on the Net
Links to sites dealing with English and American literature. Limited to collections of information useful to academics.
English Literature and Composition Resources on the Internet: Selected Sites
On-Line Chaucer Bibliography
A bibliography held at the
To access telnet to “utsaibm.utsa.edu”. Select
library, local and then chau.
Compiled by Bradley P. Tolppanen
- July, 1998
Humanities Reference Librarian