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Find Literary Criticism


Literary criticism is the scholarly evaluation, explanation, and analysis of literature. Book reviews are not considered literary criticism. Keep in mind that literary criticism can be written at any time. For example, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in 1885 and scholars still write articles about it today.

Articles

Literature Resource Center
Find literary criticism of more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers. When searching, limit to "literature criticism." Full-text.

MLA International Bibliography, 1963-present
Find scholarly criticism from journals, books, etc. about novels, short stories, drama, poetry and more. Includes full-text.

ABELL, 1920-present
Find scholarly criticism from journals, books, etc. about English and American novels, short stories, drama, poetry and more. Includes full-text.

Academic Search Complete, 1990-present
Find scholarly criticism from journals, books, etc. When searching, limit to "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals." Includes full-text.

Books

Library Catalog

Find book-length criticism and essay collections.
Tip:
Do a keyword search
Use the author name or title and "criticism"
Example:
William Faulkner criticism
Sound and the Fury criticism

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