Critical
Reading: A Guide
Get the basics on critical reading from this site is by an English professor
at Brock University, CA.
Glossary
of Literary Criticism
From SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics),
an organization devoted to work with language communities worldwide to facilitate
language-based development through research, translation, and literacy. This
site is a brief glossary of terms frequently used in literary criticism. See
the bibliography used
to compile this work.
Gale's
Literary Index
Unlike the other links on this page, this
source is a tool to use with a print resource. Search for citations
in the Gale Literature Series in COM Library's Reference section. Search
by author, specific works or create a custom search. When matched, the
index lists the series, volumes and page numbers where information on
your subject can be found.
IPL:
Online Literary Criticism Collection
From the Internet Public Library (IPL),
this collection is primarily evaluative or explanatory
writings about works of literature. There has been
an attempt to collect only works of some merit. The
collection may be browsed by author's last name, by
the title of a work, or by period of work. Note: A
few of the sites included have restricted access. See
also the IPL
Online Literary Criticism Guide for more Internet
sources of Literary Criticism.
Literary Criticism
from the Dead
From Michael Bryson, a Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University's English
Department. From dead critics and dead authors on authors, the collection starts
with the Ancients and goes through the Twentieth Century.
LSU Libraries:
Author Guides
From Louisiana State University Libraries,
an alphabetical listing of individual author guides
or other cumulative documents that deal with specific
writers. Note: Not all links listed include criticism
of the author's works.