Literary+Criticism

**What is Literary Criticism?** >
 * [|Literary Criticism as a Tool for Interpretation]
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 * [|Measure for Measure] - The Boston Globe, May 2008

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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|McShain Library list of free search tools]
 * Books:** [|McShain Library]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> General: Subject or keyword Search> lit* criticism. **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">870.9 D152 Roman literary theory and criticism, a study in tendencies.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809 G152l Literary movements for students : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on literary movements
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">822.33 W436 Hamlet and the philosophy of literary criticism.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809.04 G152 Twentieth-century literary criticism.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 820.9 M927 Moulton's library of literary criticism
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809.04 C761 Contemporary literary criticism
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">808.1 R515 Practical criticism : a study of literary judgment
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">809 R283 The nature of literature.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">822.3 K64 Literary criticism from the Elizabethan dramatists; repertory and synthesis
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">880.9 A873 Literary criticism in antiquity; a sketch of its development
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809.04 C397 Nineteenth-century literature criticism
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809.3 G152 Novels for students : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> 791.43 C132 Literature into film : theory and practical approaches
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 803 H314 Characters in 20th-century literature
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809 M194a Masterplots II American Fiction series
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 820.3 D756 The Oxford companion to English literature.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 813 S491 Encyclopedia of pulp fiction writers
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Literary Biography: Keyword Search> lit* biograph* **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 810.9 U57 American writers; a collection of literary biographies.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 810.9 M568 Merriam-Webster's dictionary of American writers.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Drama: Keyword Search> drama criticism **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R M194d Masterplots II. Drama series
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809.2 D763 Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">808.2 B261 Types of drama : plays and contexts
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809.2 M194n Notable playwrights
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809.2 S557 The Crown guide to the world's great plays, from ancient Greece to modern times
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Poetry: Keyword Search> poetry criticism **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 808.1 G151 Poetry for students.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 016.811 B967 Thematic guide to American poetry
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809.1 M194n Notable poets.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Literary Movements: Keyword Search> lit* movement*, name of particular movement or time period **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 810.9 P655 Encyclopedia of the Chicago Literary Renaissance
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 813 S491 Encyclopedia of pulp fiction writers
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809 G152l Literary movements for students : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on literary movements
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809 B724 Encyclopedia of literature and politics : censorship, revolution, and writing
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 810.9 W359 Encyclopedia of Transcendentalism
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 800 L766b Literary topics. Volume 2, Ernest Hemingway and the expatriate modernist movement
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809 P828 Encyclopedia of literary modernism
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809 S673 Encyclopedia of Gothic literature
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Literature in History: Subject Search> lit* history **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809 G152 Literature and its times. Ancient times to the Harlem Renaissance (beginnings-1920s) : profiles of notable literary works
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 860 M913 Spanish and Portuguese literatures and their times : Vol. 5 (the Iberian Peninsula)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809 G152 Literature and its times. Volume 5, civil rights movements to future times (1960-2000)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809 G152 Literature and its times. Volume 3, growth of empires to the Great Depression, (1890-1930s)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809 G152 Literature and its times. Volume 4, World War II to the affluent fifties, (1940-1950s)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809 G152 Literature and its times. Volume 2, civil wars to frontier societies, (1800-1880s)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809 G152 Literature and its times. Volume 1, ancient times to the American and French Revolutions, (prehistory-1790s)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Literature and the World **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 860.9 M913 Latin American literature and its times profiles of notable literary works and the historical events that influenced them
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809.896 M913 African literature and its times profiles of notable literary works and the historical events that influenced them
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 820.9 M913 British and Irish literature and its times : Celtic migrations to the Reform Bill (beginnings-1830s)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 820.9 M913 British and Irish literature and its times : the Victorian era to the present (1837-) / Vol.4
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 860 M913 Spanish and Portuguese literatures and their times : Vol. 5 (the Iberian Peninsula)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 809 M913 Middle Eastern literatures and their times : Vol. 6, profiles of notable literary works and the historical events that influenced them
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 850.9 G152 Italian literature and its times
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">R 880 M913 Classical literature and its times : profiles of notable literary works and historical events that influenced them