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Literature Databases

Literature Notebooks Online

A database developed here at TCTC; provides a finding guide to literary analyses in our reference sets and offers full-text online access to most of the referenced articles.  Probably the best starting point for finding analyses and interpretations of literary works, with special emphasis on the historical and cultural background of each work.
Literary biography and criticism; another good starting point for the literatures of all countries and time periods
Huge database of literary criticism covering the works of authors now living or who died after 1900
Basic biographical & critical material on standard authors
Contemporary Authors Biographical and critical surveys of twentieth-century and current authors, both literary and general nonfiction
Comprehensive listing of the scholarship relating to languages and literature (Citations only)

 

Best General Databases for Literature
Extensive coverage of literary scholarship, as well as popular reviewing journals; all time periods and countries
Literary scholarship covering authors from all countries and time periods
Excellent source for biographical materials relating to authors from all countries and time periods

 

Author Surveys (Profiles of Authors' Lives and Works)

Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of World Literature Comprehensive new set that places non-American authors and their principal works in historical and cultural context
Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature Comprehensive new set that places American authors and their principal works in historical and cultural context
Literary biography and criticism; good starting point for all countries and time periods
Surveys of the life and works of hundreds of authors from around the world; all time periods
Basic biographical & critical material on standard authors
Contemporary Authors Biographical and critical surveys of twentieth-century and current authors, both literary and general nonfiction
Excellent source for biographical materials relating to authors from all countries and time periods
Oxford Reference Online Enter author's name in the Quick Search box
Links to websites devoted to individual authors

 

Electronic Versions of Literature Reference Sources

Surveys of the life and works of hundreds of authors from around the world; all time periods
Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of World Literature Comprehensive new set that places non-American authors and their principal works in historical and cultural context
Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature Comprehensive new set that places American authors and their principal works in historical and cultural context
Profiles milestones and movements in the arts, literature, music, and religion; good for background of the culture during various time periods
Recommended titles and plot summaries
Search about twenty of the standard Oxford literary reference works; good for quick look-ups on wide variety literary topics
Excellent coverage of authors, literary works, topics, and themes
Historical and cultural background relating to authors, topics, and literary works
Definitive articles on authors, literary works, themes, and topics
All aspects of children's literature from around the world
Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of contemporary novelists from around the world, written by subject experts
Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of poets from around the world, written by subject experts
 

Best Websites for Literature

Extensive directory of useful links to websites dealing with authors, literary works, and literary themes/topics; these sites tend to be more popular than scholarly

Literature (from the Clemson Best Websites page)

 Links to websites dealing with various aspects of literature
Literature (Google Web Directory) Links to vast number of websites for literary genres, national literatures, festivals, awards, etc.
Links to websites devoted to individual authors

 

 

Literary Texts Online

Here are links to sites that provide access to the complete texts of literary works that can be downloaded. For the most part these are older literary classics and/or works not covered by copyright.

The On-Line Books Page

Great Books Online (Bartleby)

University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative

Internet Public Library Online Texts

Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts

Project Gutenberg

Google Electronic Text Archive

 

 

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