English : Author Info & Literary Criticism
Context & Background Information
Use these databases to find author information, overviews and reviews of literary works, and literary criticism.
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Gale Literature[From Gale] Provides access to biographies, summaries, and overviews. It also contains full text literary works, journal articles, criticism, and reviews. [Databases searched include Gale Virtual Reference Library, Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, Scribner Writers, and Twayne's Authors Series.]
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Oxford ReferenceSearches multiple Oxford reference sources which contain information about authors, literary works and terms, and more.
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Proquest One Literature[Replaces LION] Contains multiple reference materials such as author pages, book reviews,and historic literary criticism as well as journal articles, ebooks, primary texts and more.
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Guides
Find brief information about literary terms, genres, authors and more.
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Columbia Granger's World of PoetryBiographies, commentaries, and glossaries focused on classical and contemporary poets and poetry, as well as 250,000 poems in full-text.
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Oxford Reference
Encyclopedias, companions, and language dictionaries. Subject references cover a wide range of disciplines. Entries range from short, general reference to more in-depth articles on specialized subjects.