Literary Criticism
Literary Criticism
What is literary criticism? How do I find it?
Literary criticism is the evaluation, analysis, description, or interpretation of literary works. It is usually in the form of a critical essay, but in-depth book reviews can sometimes be considered literary criticism. Criticism may examine a particular literary work, or may look at an author's writings as a whole. Finding literary criticism can be challenging. This pathfinder is designed to help you in researching and writing a paper that requires sources of literary criticism.
This pathfinder suggests some online and print sources, to show you what kinds of things are available on the Web and in the library.
Databases and E-Books (you need your password to access these)
LearnAlberta - Proquest Learning Literature from the Online Resource Centre.
Infotrac Literature Resource Centre
Infotrac Conceptual Encyclopedia of World Literature from E-Books
Author Information
Want to read more about the author of the book you are researching, or the historical context in which it was written?
Literary Criticism Collection
Many author biographies are listed in this IPL collection. You can browse by your author's last name.
Yahoo's Literary Authors Listing
A large listing of sites about particular authors.
Criticism and Summaries
Literary Criticism Collection
This IPL collection provides links to online sources of biography, bibliography, and criticism about major authors and works written worldwide. The most comprehensive coverage is in American and British authors.