Featured Books & Ebooks
- The Cambridge Guide to Literature in EnglishCall Number: EbookISBN: 9780521440868Publication Date: 1993
- A to Z of Women: American Women Writers byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9781438150086Publication Date: 2016
- Black Literature Criticism: Classic and Emerging Black Authors Since 1950Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781414431741Publication Date: 20083 volumes
Focuses on writers and works published since 1950. The majority of the authors surveyed are African American, but representative African and Caribbean authors are also included.
English Literature
- The Continuum Encyclopedia of British LiteratureCall Number: EbookISBN: 9780826414564Publication Date: 2003
- British Writers This collection of critical essays covers hundreds of writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day. The contributors analyze many individual works and engage the reader withtheir distinctive themes and stylistic. Introductory essays and chronological tables open each volume and provide historical background.Call Number: PR 85 .B688 Reference (8 volumes)ISBN: 0684157985Publication Date: 1979
American Literature
- The Continuum Encyclopedia of American LiteratureCall Number: EbookISBN: 9780826415172Publication Date: 2003
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature The Encyclopedia of American Literature gathers together 350 essays from over 190 leading scholars on the whole of American literature, from European discovery to the present. At the core of the Encyclopedia lie 250 essays on poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists. Figures such as Whitman, Melville, Faulkner, Frost, and Morrison are discussed in detail with each examined in the context of his or her times, an assessment of the writer's current reputation, a bibliography of major works, and a list of major critical and biographical works about the writer. Fifty entries on major works such as Moby Dick, Song of Myself, Walden, The Great Gatsby, The Waste Land, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Death of a Salesman, and Beloved place the work in its historical context and offer a range of possibilities with regard to critical approach. The Encyclopedia also contains essays on literary movements, periods, and themes, pulling together a broad range of information and making connections between them.Call Number: PS21 .E537 2004 Reference (4 volumes)ISBN: 0195156536Publication Date: 2004
American Literature
- The Harlem Renaissance: An Annotated Reference Guide for Student Research byCall Number: EbookISBN: 0585172617Publication Date: 1998
- Native American Literatures: An encyclopedia of works, characters, authors, and themes by An encyclopedia of Native American literatures featuring articles on individual authors, on individual works, on important characters in works, and on terms and events of historical significance that figure in many of the works.Call Number: PS 153.I52 W47 1999 ReferenceISBN: 0874369320Publication Date: 1999
World Literature
- Concise Encyclopedia of Modern World Literature An overview of the most important internationally recognized authors of the firs half of the 20th century. Also includes brief entries on different literary forms (novel, short story etc.) and on various national literatures.Call Number: PN 41 .C64 ReferencePublication Date: 1963
- Encyclopedia of Renaissance Literature byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9781438149752Publication Date: 2014
- Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American LiteratureCall Number: EbookISBN: 9781579582524Publication Date: 2000
Literary Criticism Compilations
Full text access to the complete holdings of Gale literary criticism collections is available through the opens new windowGale Literary Sources database, accessible through the Tulsa City County Library. All ORU students opens new windowmay apply for a TCCL card which entitles access to this and other databases through the opens new windowTCCL web site.