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Cambridge companion to English literature by Thomas Keymer and Jon Mee
Call Number: J 820.9:C178ky
ISBN: 0521007577 pbk
Publication Date: 2004
Cambridge Guide to Literature in English
Call Number: J 820.9:C178ca2
ISBN: 0521440866
Publication Date: 1995
Encyclopedia of literature and criticism by Martin Coyle
Call Number: J 801.95:E56e
ISBN: 0415020654
Publication Date: 1991
Oxford companion to English literature
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Reader's guide to literature in English by Mark Hawkins-Dady
Call Number: J 820.9:R286h
ISBN: 1884964206
Publication Date: 1996
The new Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics / by Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan, co-editors
Call Number: J 808.103:N532n
ISBN: 0691032718
Publication Date: 1993
The Oxford companion to English literature by Margaret Drabble
Call Number: J 820.3:H34o6
ISBN: 0198662440 hc
Publication Date: 2000
Oxford Encyclopedia of American literature / by Jay Parini
Call Number: J 810.3:O982p:v.1-4
ISBN: 0195156536 set : hc
Publication Date: 2004
Reference guide to world literature by Sara Pendergast, Tom Pendergast
Call Number: J 809:R332p:v.1-2
ISBN: 1558624902 set : hc
Publication Date: 2003
Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English by Lorna Sage ; advisory editors, Germaine Greer, Elaine Showalter
Call Number: J 820.992:S129c
ISBN: 0521495253 hc
Publication Date: 1999

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Literature Online (LION) This link opens in a new window A comprehensive reference resource for American and English literature. The database brings primary works, reference materials, and literary criticism together. Contains over 350,000 literary texts together with full-text journals, author biographies and other critical and reference resources. Availability: Full-text and bibliographic citations Date Coverage: ----
Oxford Scholarly Editions Online This link opens in a new window Collection of primary material across a wide variety of subject areas, from philosophy and literature, to economics and medicine. Its content constitutes the cornerstone of research in the fields of English Literature and Classical Studies. Provides access to scholarly materials written between 1485 and 1901, including all of Shakespeare’s plays. Availability: Full-text Date Coverage: Complete collection till May 2021 OSEO allows users to search the complete text of over 170 scholarly editions, read texts in the original language with a translation alongside, together with interpretive and explanatory notes.
Oxford Classical Dictionary This link opens in a new window An essential reference work covering all aspects of the classical world from literature and history to religion, science, and archaeology. It provides coverage of Greek and Roman history, literature, myth, religion, law, linguistics, philosophy, science, art and archaeology, and topics in near eastern studies and late antiquity. Availability: Full-text Date Coverage: 2012
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ABC-CLIO eReference A digital collection of reference books from ABC-Clio containing 145 titles of dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference works. The database allows users to search and browse titles by subjects such as American History, education, literature, popular culture and more. Sample titles are Dictionary of Literary Influences and Encyclopedia of Literary Modernism.

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The Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
Offers thousands of comprehensive and accessible essays on major authors, periods and genres, written by experts and designed for student readers.

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Encyclopedia of Literature and Criticism
Comprehensive guide yet both to the nature and content of literature, and to literary criticism. The volume covers both traditional topics such as literature and history, poetry, drama and the novel, and also newer topics such as the production and reception of literature.
The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism
Surveying the beginnings of critical consciousness in Greece and proceeding to the writings of Aristophanes, Plato, Aristotle, and Hellenistic and Roman authors, this volume is not only for classicists but for those with no Greek or Latin who are interested in the origins of literary history, theory, and criticism.
The Cambridge Companion to World Literature
Covers fundamental issues and concepts in world literature, including the problems of imagining the totality of literature; comparing literary works across histories, cultures and languages; and understanding how literary production is affected by forces such as imperialism and globalization.
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Comprehensive and authoritative reference for students, scholars, and poets on all aspects of its subject: history, movements, genres, prosody, rhetorical devices, critical terms, and more.
Dictionary of Literary Influences: The Twentieth Century, 1914-2000 by John Powell
Publication Date: 2004
Encyclopedia of Literature and Politics: Censorship, Revolution, and Writing, A-Z by Keith Booker
Publication Date: 2005

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A digital collection of reference books from ABC-Clio containing 145 titles of dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference works. The database allows users to search and browse titles by subjects such as American Hitory, education, literature, popular culture and more. Sample titles are Dictionary of Literary Influences and Encyclopedia of Literary Modernism
Cambridge History of English and American Literature
Encyclopedia Mythica: Mythology, Folklore, and Religion
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