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English & American Literature

Library resources for the undergraduate study of American and English Literature

Reference Books for Backgrounds

British writers

Author: Ian Scott-KilvertBritish Council.
Publisher: New York : Scribner, ©1979-©198

The Cambridge guide to women's writing in English

Author: Lorna SageGermaine GreerElaine Showalter
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

The Spenser encyclopedia

Author: A C Hamilton; et al
Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press ; London : Routledge, ©1990

The Oxford handbook of Tudor literature, 1485-1603

Author: Michael PincombeCathy Shrank
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English

Author: Eugene BensonL W Conolly
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

Virginia Woolf A to Z : a comprehensive reference for students, teachers, and common readers to her life, work, and critical reception

Author: Mark Hussey
Publisher: New York : Facts on File, ©1995.

James Joyce A to Z : the essential reference to the life and work

Author: A Nicholas FargnoliMichael Patrick Gillespie
Publisher: New York : Facts on File, ©1995.

The Oxford companion to American literature

Author: James D Hart
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1983.

American writers : a collection of literary biographies

Author: Leonard UngerA Walton LitzMolly WeigelJay Parini
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 1974-<©2012>

American women writers : a critical reference guide from colonial times to the present

Author: Lina Mainiero
Publisher: New York : Ungar, ©1979-1994.

The Oxford companion to African American literature

Author: William L AndrewsFrances Smith FosterTrudier Harris
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Voices of multicultural America : notable speeches delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans, 1790-1995

Author: Deborah Gillan Straub
Publisher: New York : Gale Research, ©1996.

Afro-American women writers, 1746-1933 : an anthology and critical guide

Author: Ann Allen Shockley
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, ©1988.

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Literary Studies in the Stacks

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1-3576........American literature
126-138......Biography, memoirs, letters, etc.
147-152......Women authors
163-173......Treatment of special subjects, classes
185-228......By period
185-195.....17th/18th century
201-217.....19th century
221-228.....20th century
241-286......Special regions, states, etc
241-255.....North
261-267.....South
271-285.....West and Central
301-325......Poetry
330-352......Drama
360-379......Prose
370-379.....Prose fiction
400-408......Oratory
409..........Diaries
410-418......Letters
420-428......Essays
430-438......Wit and humorsatire
451-478......Folk literature
490..........Juvenile literature (general)
501-688......Collections of American literature
530-536.2...By period
537-574.....By region
538-549....North
551-559....South
561-572....West and Central
580-619.....Poetry
593........By form
601-615....By period
623-635.....Drama
642-659.5...Prose (general)
651-659....By period
660-668.....Oratory
666-668....By period
669.........Diaries
670-678.....Letters
680-688.....Essays
700-3576.....Individual authors
700-893.....17th/18th century (colonial period)
991-3390....19th century authors
3500-3549...Authors 1900-1960
3550-3576...Authors 1961-2000
3600-3626...Authors 2001-
8001-8599.....Canadian literature
PR
1-9680........English literature
1-56.........Literary history and criticism
57-78........Criticism
111-116......Women authors
125-138.5....Relations to other literatures and countries
161-479......By period
171-236.....Anglo-Saxon (Beginnings through 1066)
251-369.....Medieval. Middle English (1066-1500)
401-479.....Modern
421-429....Elizabethan era (1550-1640)
431-439....17th century
441-449....18th century
451-469....19th century
471-479....20th century
500-611......Poetry
521-611.....By period
621-739......Drama
641-739.....By period
750-885......Prose
767-808.....By period
821-885.....Prose fiction. The novel
901-907......Oratory
908..........Diaries
911-917......Letters
921-927......Essays
931-937......Wit and humor
951-981......Folk literature
1098-1369....Collections of English literature
1110........Special classes of authors
1119-1150...By period
1170-1227...Poetry
1241-1273...Drama
1281-1309...Prose (General)
1321-1329...Oratory
1330........Diaries
1341-1349...Letters
1361-1369...Essays
1490-1799....Anglo-Saxon literature
1803-2165....Anglo-Norman period. Early English. Middle English
2199-3195....English Renaissance (1500-1640)
3291-3785....17th and 18th centuries (1640-1770)
3991-5990....19th century, 1770/1800-1880/1900
6000-6049....1900-1960
6050-6076....1961-2000
6100-6126....2001-
8309-9680....English literature: Provincial local, etc.