Databases & E-Reference Materials

This three-volume set provides an overview of a key century in American historical and literary studies, including analysis of a wide range of classics in American literature.

Provides access to an electronic literary index that covers literary output from 1892-1962, in addition to current records. This database lists monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays, and doctoral dissertations published around the world.

Contains over 1300 Celtic-Latin texts from the period 400-1200 A.D. Topics covered include theology, liturgy, computistics, grammar, hagiography, poetry and historiography, legal texts, charters, inscriptions, and more.

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Provides access to facsimile images of letters, poems, plays, novels, and other literary works of British authors over seven centuries.

Over 500,000 reviews and related information about children's literature.

Compiles analysis of the writings of the world's most renowned novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, scriptwriters, and other creative writers. Each entry includes a set of previously published reviews, essays, and other critical responses from sources such as scholarly books and journals, literary magazines, interviews, and websites. Covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959.

This series offers biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of authors while placing them in the larger perspective of literary history.

A dictionary of nearly 200 symbols found in literature. Emphasis is on English literature and the text also provides cross-references and quotations. Entries range from the Bible and classical authors to modern-day writing, taking in American and European literatures.

A comprehensive guide to the oral and written literatures of Native Americans, produced by scholars of the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures. It features 40 biographical essays on individual authors, as well as essays on the oral traditions of various tribes. Topics such as teaching Native American literature, the relation of the Bible, dreams, oratory, humor, autobiography, and federal land policies are all covered.

An A-to-Z guide with over 500 entries covering feminist authors, literary works, and other related topics from around the world and in a number of fiction and nonfiction genres, including novels, short stories, poetry, plays, and criticism. The entries are supplemented with an introductory essay, authors by genre, major authors and sample listings of their works, a time line of major works of feminist literature, primary and secondary source bibliographies, and an extensive index.