This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of topics dealing with world authors and literature.
Background Information Sources
Available in the Library's reference area:
| Current Biography Yearbook |
REF CT100 .C8 (Annual) |
| Reader's Companion to World Literature |
REF PN41 .R4 2002 |
| Contemporary Authors (multiple volumes-use index) |
REF PN451 .C66 |
| World Authors |
REF PN451 .W67 (dates vary) |
| European Writers (14 volumes) |
REF PN501 .E9 1983 |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism (multiple volumes-use index) |
REF PN771 .C59 |
| Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century (4 v, index) |
REF PN771 .E5 1981 |
| Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (multiple volumes-index) |
REF PN771 .G27 |
| Dictionary of Literary Biography (titles vary; search by region) |
REF PN – PS (call nos. vary) |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse the HQ1100-1900 (Feminism), PN451-481 (Lit. Criticism: Women), and PS145-152 (American Lit.: Women Authors) call number ranges.
- authors [search by region]
- writers [search by region]
- literature [search by region]
- literature interpretation
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- author biography
- literary criticism
- fiction
- world literature
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- poetry
- prose
- [name of specific author]
- [title of specific work]
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
Internet Resources
Several Internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available on Web Resources page; follow link for Literature.