Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and CriticismPresents a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements and includes alphabetically-arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
Accessible and jargon-free, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory provides lucid, concise explanations of myriad approaches to literature that have arisen since the 1950s. Some 170 scholars from around the world have contributed their expertise to this volume. I. Approaches. Theory and Pedagogy -- 2. Scholars -- 3. Terms -- List of entries.
Contains >500,000 records covering monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews and more, published anywhere in the world on English literature. Also includes full text of over 60 journals.
Contemporary Literary Criticism collects more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors, with biographical, critical, principal works, and further study information.
Represents a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres. Imagine centuries of analysis.
MLA International BibliographyDetailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Subjects consist of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.