Looking for writings on a contemporary author? Try Contemporary Literary Criticism Select.
Search by author and read full-text essays on your computer.
Besides criticism, entries also include biographical backgrounds, listings of main works by the author, and sources for further information.
Essays also include MLA citations attached at the bottom of each record, which can easily be copied and pasted into your Works Cited page.
Other databases we offer include:
- Literature Resource Center- "Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available."
- Novels for Students- "Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance."
- Poetry for Students- "Features discussion and analysis of poems of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Provides an overview of the poem and discussion of its principal themes, images, form and construction."
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