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Literature and Criticism
Literary criticism is the description, interpretation, and analysis of a novel, poem, story, or other written work, or of a group of works as a whole. Use the resources below to find criticism of a work or author.
- Bloom's Literature This link opens in a new window Hundreds of Harold Bloom’s essays examining the lives and works of great writers throughout history and the world. Also contains works of literary criticism, including author biographies, critical essays and character descriptions by other literary scholars.
- Gale Books and Authors This link opens in a new window Answer the age-old question, “What do I read next?” Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres, or topics.
- Gale Literature: LitFinder This link opens in a new window Access literary works and authors throughout history, including full-text poems, plays, short stories, speeches, and more.
- Gale Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window Search for literary topics and works, authors and criticism.
- Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window Encyclopedias and specialized e-book reference sources for business, communications, criminal justice, education, environmental sciences, finance, history, homeland security, literature, political science, psychology, sciences, and sociology. Includes full-text articles in multiple literature encyclopedia series including Drama for Students, Novels for Students, Poetry for Students, and Short Stories for Students
- Salem Press Ebook Collection This link opens in a new window Collection of ebooks in various topic areas including literature, science, history and more.
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How to search for literature criticism?
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- Title of the work
- Title of the work, Criticism
- Author, Criticism
- Author, Review
- Review, Title of the work
- Title of the work, Literary Criticism
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- Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window Encyclopedias and specialized e-book reference sources for business, communications, criminal justice, education, environmental sciences, finance, history, homeland security, literature, political science, psychology, sciences, and sociology. Includes full-text articles in multiple literature encyclopedia series including Drama for Students, Novels for Students, Poetry for Students, and Short Stories for Students
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