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Literary Reference Sources

Literary Reference Sources - British
Excluding William Shakespeare

Online Catalog – Author and Subject Searches
General Encyclopedias
Literary Reference Sources
          (Located on low shelving opposite general encyclopedias)
          British Writers – blue and red
          Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) - brown
The Critical Perspective: Twentieth Century Criticism of British and American Literature to 1904 - grey
 
Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB) – blue
Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism (NCLC) – brown
         Twentieth Century British Literature - blue
         Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) - brown
Literary Reference Sources- General
(Located on low shelving outside librarian’s office)
          Ref 820 Dra           The Oxford Companion to English Literature
          Ref 820 Oxf          The Oxford Chronology of English Literature
          Ref 820.3 Har        Oxford Companion to English Literature
          Ref 820.3 New       The New Century Handbook of English Literature
          Ref 820.3 Ref        Reference Guide to English Literature
          Ref 820.9 Bau        A Literary History of England
          Ref 820.9 Bri         British Writers (8 vol.)
          Ref 820.9 Bri         British Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide
          Ref 820.9 Cri         The Critical Perspective
          Ref 820.9 Kun       British Authors Before 1800
          Ref 820.9 Mod      Modern British Women Writers: An A-to-Z Guide
          Ref 820.9 Tem       Modern British Literature
          Ref 820.9 Twe       Twentieth-Century British Literature 
          Ref 821.009 Gla    Thematic Guide to British Poetry          
          Ref 823 Fac          The Facts on File Companion to the British Novel

Literary Reference Sources - American
Online Catalog – Keyword Search; Author Search, Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name; Subject Search
General Encyclopedias - Low Reference Shelves Behind Literary Reference Sources

Periodicals - Online database 
Literary Reference Sources - Low Reference Shelves Behind General Encyclopedias
Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) – brown (52 vol.) (Index vol. 52)
          Novelists, dramatists, poets, short
story writers living or died after
          1959 
Critical Perspective: Chelsea House Library of Literary Criticism – grey (10 vol.) 
Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB) – blue (Index –vol. 110 and 116)
 Literature Criticism From 1400-1800 (LC) - brown (10 vol.) (Index vol. 17)
          1400 – 1799 (excludes Shakespeare)
 Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism (NCLC) – brown (21 vol.)
          Authors who died between 1800-1899
 Twentieth Century American Literature – red (7 vol.)
 Twentieth Century Literary Criticism – brown (31 vol.)
 World Literature Criticism – turquoise (6 vol.)
1500 to the present

Literary Reference Sources – Women  
Ref 809.1 Con Contemporary American Women Poets: An A-Z Guide
Ref 810.9 Nin Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers:
A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
 Ref 813 Con Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers:
An A-Z Guide
 Ref 820.9 Bla The Feminist Companion to Literature in English:
Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present
 Ref 820.9 Bri British Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide
 Ref 820.9 Enc An Encyclopedia of British Women Writers
 Ref 820.9 Mod Modern British Women Writers: An A-Z Guide
 
Literary Reference Sources – African American
Ref 809 Hed Twentieth-Century African American Writers and Artists
Ref 810.9 Afr Afro-American Writers after 1955: Dramatists and Prose Writers
Ref 810.9 Afr Afro-American Writers, 1940-1955
Ref 810.9 Afr Afro-American Writers before the Harlem Renaissance
Ref 810.9 Afr Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940
Ref 810.9 Afr African American Writers
Ref 810.9 Bla Black Literature Criticism (3 Vol.)
Ref 810.9 Enc Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers (2 Vol.)
Ref 810.9 Mod Modern Black Writers (2 Vol.)
Ref 810.9 Not Notable African American Writers (3 Vol.)
Ref 810.9 Oxf The Oxford Companion to African American Literature
Ref 811.54 Afr Afro-American Poets since 1955
Ref 813.4 Afr Afro-American Fiction Writers after 1955
Literary Reference Sources – Short Stories
 Ref 808.3 Sho Short Stories for Students (10 Vol.)
 Ref 808.3 Sho Short Story Criticism (5 Vol.)
 Ref 813 Fac The Facts on File Companion to the American Short Story
 Ref 813 Rea A Reader’s Companion to the Short Story in English
 Ref 813.01 Ame American Short Story Writers, 1910-1945 – First Series (2 Vol.)
 Ref 813.01 Ame American Short Story Writers, 1910-1945 – Second Series
 Ref 813.01 Ame American Short Story Writers before 1880

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