Find Literary Criticism
How and where to search the library's holdings for critical articles, books, and essays about works of literature.
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. Search for the author and click on the Literary Criticism tab. 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
- Tip:
- Do a keyword search
Use the author name or title and "criticism" - Example:
- William Faulkner criticism
Sound and the Fury criticism
Find book-length criticism and essay collections.
