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ENGL 201 (Larson)

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LITERARY THEORY EBOOKS 

Introductions and overviews to literary theories.


REFERENCE DATABASES

Introductions and overviews of literary theories, author biographies, and historical events.


HISTORY DATABASES & NY TIMES HISTORICAL

Find out what was happening in the world when your author was writing your piece of literature.

GALE LITERATURE

  • Gale LiteratureLiterary criticism, primary sources, critical articles, literary and cultural analysis, and biographies.

​MAGILLONLITERATURE PLUS

  • MagillOnLiterature Plus - Contains biographical essays that reflect extended coverage of the 2,500 most studied authors and include up-to-date lists of each author's principal works and current secondary bibliographies.  In all, more than 8,500 writers of fiction, poetry, drama, and essays are featured.  There are more than 400 comprehensive essays on specific literary genres, themes and settings round out the collection.  A cross-referenced glossary of terms is also included to provide definitive explanations of more than 1,800 literary words and phrases.

MCC LIBRARY LITERATURE RESEARCH GUIDE!

 

EBSCOhost is a database of millions of news & magazine articles, scholarly journal articles, eBooks, & videos.

 

JSTOR is a database of HIGHLY scholarly journal articles and chapters from eBooks published by universities. â€‹