Literature: A Source List
Grayson County College Library References
Most of the sources on this list can be found in the Reference section on the first floor of the G.C.C. Library. To find additional information through BARRCat, type an author's last name and first name (e.g. Shakespeare, William). Press Enter. Click on the "author" tab to retrieve materials written by the author and not books of criticism about the author's work. Click on the "subject" tab to find a list of subjects/books about the author and his/her works.
Literary Criticism of Several Genres
- Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC)
- R 810.904 R57c
- Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)
- R 809 D55
- Humanities Index
- Upstairs in periodical section
- Literary Criticism from 1400-1800 (LC)
- R 809.03 L77
- Magill's Bibliography of Literary Criticism
- R 016.8 M19
- Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism (NCLC)
- R 809 N71
- Twentieth-Century American Literature
- R 810.9.005 T97
- Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC)
- R 809 B91t
Short Story Criticism
- Critical Survey of Short Fiction
- R 809.3 M42
- Masterplots II Short Story Series
- R 809.3 M19c
- Short Fiction Criticism
- R 016.809.31 T54s
- Short Story Criticism (SSC)
- R 808.31 S55
- Twentieth Century Short Story
Explication
- R 016.808.831 W18t
Drama Criticism
- American Drama Criticism
Interpretations
- R 016.792.097 E21a2
- Critical Survey of Drama
- R 809.2 C93
- Drama Criticism (DC)
- R 809.2 D76
- Dramatic Criticism Index
- R 016.792.097 E21a2
- European Drama Criticism
- R 016.809.2 P17e
Poetry Criticism
- Critical Survey of Poetry
- R 809.1 M19c
- Guide to American Poetry
Explication
- R 016.821.09 L57
- Guide to British Poetry Explication
- R 016.821 G94
- Masterplots II Poetry Series
- R 809.1 M19
- Poetry Criticism (PC)
- R 809.1 P74
Other Helpful Sources
- Dictionary of Literary Themes
and Motifs
- R 809.933 S46d
- Elements of English
- R 803 M25e
- Handbook to Literature
- R 803 H74h5
- MLA Style Manual
- R 808.02 A17m
- American Writers
- R 809.89173 U57a
- Book Review Digest
- Upstairs in periodical section
- Bibliography of American Literature
- R 016.81 B64b
- A Chaucer Glossary
- R 821.1 C49
- Masterplots
- R 809 M19m
- Contemporary Authors (CA)
- R 809.04 G15c
- Contemporary Authors New Revision Series (CANR)
- R 809.04 G15c2 (same series as CA)
- Guide to British Poetry Explication
- R 016.821 G94
- The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- R 780.3 N53s
- The Cambridge History of English Literature
- R 820.9 C17
- The World's Best Poetry
- R 808.81 W92
- The Mythology of All Races
- R 398.2 G77m
Encyclopedias
- Academic American
- 031 Aca
- Britannica
- 031 New
- Encyclopedia Americana
- R 031 A51e
Shakespeare
- Concordance to Shakespeare
- R 822.33 GB
- The Essential Shakespeare an Annotated Bibliography
- R 822.33 S52c
- Shakespearean Criticism (SC)
- R 822.33 S52
- Shakespeare for Students
- R 822.33 Y2 S42s
- The Shakespeare Key
- R 822.33 G C59s
English 1302 Students, go to the lab assignment.
Updated 7 February 2000.
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