Literature: Criticism, Reviews and Commentary
Suggested Books
- Literary Theory byCall Number: eBookISBN: 0816654476Publication Date: 2008“This concise and lucid volume offers a satisfying survey of all the major theories, from structuralism in the 1960s to deconstruction today, that have made academic criticism both intriguing and off-putting to the outsider.” —New York Times Book Review
- The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism byISBN: 9780801845604Publication Date: 1993Concise information about the major terms, movements, and critics associated with the field of literary theory and criticism.
- How to Read a Poem byISBN: 9780151004195Publication Date: 1999An exploration of poetry and feeling, introducing poems selected by the author as emblematic because they suggest something crucial about the nature of poetry itself, and offering his insights on how the poems should be read. In this guide, the author encourages readers to focus on a personal, emotional response.
- Play Analysis byISBN: 9780809326082Publication Date: 2005A Student Guide to Play Analysis draws on thoughtful examinations of such dramas as The Cherry Orchard, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Fences, The Little Foxes, A Doll House, The Glass Menagerie, and The Emperor Jones. Each chapter ends with a list of questions that will guide students in further study.
- Being and Time byISBN: 9781438432755Publication Date: 2010Being and Time has long been recognized as a landmark work of the twentieth century for its original analyses of the character of philosophic inquiry and the relation of the possibility of such inquiry to the human situation. Still provocative and much disputed, Heidegger's text has been taken as the inspiration for a variety of innovative movements in fields ranging from psychoanalysis, literary theory, existentialism, ethics, hermeneutics, and theology.
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Databases
- EBSCOhost This link opens in a new windowMagazine and journal articles on many topics. A good starting place for book reviews, short commentaries, articles by literary authors, and literary criticism including from The Explicator. Updated daily. View the EBSCOhost handout Mobile URL: EBSCOhost Mobile
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowAn excellent source of literary criticism and analysis from academic sources. Database includes full text of over 1000 scholarly journals in the arts and sciences, from their earliest issues up until 3-5 years ago. Does not include current issues of the journals. Video tutorials are available.
- U.S. History (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new windowA collection of full text periodicals, reference works, and primary sources as well as scholarly analyses. Images, videos, and audio recordings bring additional perspectives to United States history from pre-colonial times to the present.
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