Literature
Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center contains full text for more than 31,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism, more than 179,000 author biographies (including more than 22,000 in-depth bios), nearly 450 literary journals, more than 644,000 book reviews, more than 71,000 classic and contemporary poems, more than 18,000 classic and contemporary short stories, more than 5,800 author interviews, more than 8,200 classic texts and much more.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
This database includes several e-books that may assist you in your research, especially those papers involving literary criticism. The database includes Novels for Students, Poetry for Students, Short Stories for Students, Shakespeare for Students, Drama for Students, Nonfiction Classics for Students, Literary Themes for Students, and Literary Newsmakers for Students.
Literature Criticism Online
Includes Contemporary Literary Criticism® and
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism®


Includes the following titles:
Critical Insights: Authors (series)
T. S. Eliot
Robert Frost
Stephen King
Arthur Miller
Critical Insights: Works (series)
Canterbury Tales, The
Death of a Salesman
Grapes of Wrath, The
Great Gatsby, The
Red Badge of Courage, The
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directory of works "of and about" fiction
on the internet
full-text editions of classic works of fiction, non-fiction,
poetry, and a small selection of reference titles
provides access to classics and reference books online
The ninth
edition of John Bartlett’s classic collection of quotations contains
over 9,000 selections from Hesiod and Plutarch, through Chaucer and
Thomas à Kempis, up to the contemporary statesmen of the day
searchable by author and/or title
annotated guide to online resources relating to Geoffrey
Chaucer
by Kathryn VanSpanckeren, a Professor of English at the
University of Tampa
"The Online Literary Criticism Collection primarily seeks to
collect evaluative or explanatory writings about works of
literature"
guide to literary criticism on the web
guide to English literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
web companion to the Norton Anthology of English Literature
well-organized, informative guide to William Shakespeare,
including his life, works, etc.
"Compiled over fourteen years, from 1907 to 1921, the Cambridge
History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay
topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history,
theology and political writing."
annotated guide to online resources in the field of English
Literature
database of over 3600 full-text classical poems