Teacher Guide

 

 American Writers

Sources for Literary Criticism
 

Note: This list is a just a small sampling of possible resources. See your library media specialist for additional items.

Sources for Literary Criticism

Recommended Print Sources

  • Literary Lifelines (Diagram)
  • American National Biography (Scribner's)
  • Dictionary of American Biography (Scribner's)
  • Encyclopedia of World Biography (Gale)
  • Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction
  • American Writers Series (Scribners)
  • Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 (Gale)
  • Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism (Gale)
  • Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (Gale)
  • Contemporary Literary Criticism (Gale)
  • Short Story Criticism (Gale)
  • Poetry Criticism (Gale)
  • Drama Criticism (Gale)
  • Novels for Students (Gale)
  • Short Stories for Students (Gale)
  • Nonfiction for Students (Gale)
  • Poetry for Students (Gale)
  • Drama for Students (Gale)
  • Critical Survery of Long Fiction (Salem)
  • Critical Survery of Short Fiction (Salem)
  • Critical Survery of Poetry (Salem)
  • Critical Survery of Drama (Salem)
  • Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography (Gale)
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale)
  • Notable American Novelists (Salem)
  • General collection (800's)

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Recommended Internet Sources

 

 

 

 

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Last update: July 2009
Created by Joyce Caldwell, with assistance from Barb Falkinburg and Ann O'Neill, Library Media Specialists,
BCPS Summer Curriculum Development Workshops, June 2003
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