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English Literature and
Critical Theory Resources
Look for literary resources and critical theory sites on the World Wide
Web, plus much more.
Contents:
Electronic Reference Books
Oxford Reference Online
Here's a great place to find an overview of a subject, or to check a fact. This online, searchable collection of high-quality reference books from Oxford University Press includes titles like The New Oxford American Dictionary, The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style, and The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. (Sorry--it does not include the Oxford English Dictionary.)
Choose one of these subject areas for dictionaries and thesauri, English language reference, literature, and more.
Authors
Note: the list below contains Web sites as well as a few reference books, available in the Reference Room of the St. Paul campus Library. This is only a selective list. Please speak to a librarian for more options -- there may be many!
- American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies (Reference PS 129 .A55)
- Encyclopedia contains analytic, interpretive, and biographical essays about American writers and literary figures. Entries include a selective bibliography of published works and critical essays.
- British and Irish Authors page
- All the way from Japan: an extensive list of links to British and Irish authors from all time periods, arranged chronological-style.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography (Reference PS 21. D5)
- Hundreds of volumes, each devoted to authors around a particular theme. Entries include critical essays, career chronologies, publication lists, and
bibliographies of works by and about the author. Consult the cumulative index in the last volume to locate all entries for an author.
Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers (Reference PN 481 .E5 1991)
Basic essays and bibliographies for researching continental European women authors of literature from antiquity to the present. Especially useful as a starting point for lesser-known authors.
- Great Writers
- Another set of links to author-oriented web pages.
- Jane
Austen Page
- This site is presented with pride and sensibility.
- L.S.U. Authors Webliography
- Librarians at L.S.U. bring you their links to literary netstuff.
- Virginia Woolf Web
- An eclectic Woolfian potpourri. A web of one's own.
- William Shakespeare
- Jim Newsome's bardsite at the College of St. Catherine.
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Criticism and
Theory
- There are many reference and web sites available on critical theory. Ask a librarian for more sources.
- Contemporary Literary Theory
- Course site contains useful essays on a variety of theory concerns.
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- Contemporary Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English
- Helpful for those interested in authors from developing countries.
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- The Eserver: Accessible Online Publishing
- A collection of material on many aspects of critical theory.
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- Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
- Much information on critical theory and theorists.
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- Introduction to Modern Literary Criticism
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- Literary Resources on the Net
- An extensive list of links to homepages devoted to literary authors, criticism, genres, and more.
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- Online Literary Criticism Collection
- Many useful or delightful links for your joy and/or edification from the Internet Public Library.
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- Post World War II American Literature and Culture Database: Genres
- Useful for links to theoretical studies of contemporary American authors.
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- Undergraduate Introduction to Critical Theory
- Highly rated intro. site written at undergraduate level.
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- Voice of the Shuttle
- Literary Theory page with resources and links to many other sites.
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- Women Studies Resources: Feminist Theory
- Extensive resource site on feminist theory.
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- Yahoo theorists and critics links
- Deconstruct everyone who's anyone from Bakhtin to Sartre.
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