Explication Sources
- The English Novel. 1578-1956: a Checklist of Twentieth Century CritiicismCall Number: Library Annex Z 2014 F4 B43Publication Date: Swallow, 1958This bibliography includes criticisms (from books as well as journals) of works by English novelists. Arrangement is alphabetical by author and then by title under each author. Continued by Helen Palmer's English Novel Explication: Criticisms to 1972 (Olin Ref Z 2014 F4 P17) and its supplements.
- English Novel Explication: Criticisms to 1972. Plus Supplements 1976, 1981, 1986, 1990, 1994.Call Number: Olin Library Reference Z 2014 F4 P17Publication Date: Shoe String, 1973, etc.Palmer's book is a comprehensive listing of criticism appearing in books and periodicals from 1958 to 1972, updating an earlier work by Bell and Baird. Supplements to Palmer's work were published in 1976 (comp. by Abernethy, Kloesel and Smitten), in 1981 (comp. by Kloesel and Smitten), and in 1986 (comp. by Kloesel). Arrangement in all volumes is alphabetical by author and then by title under each author. The volumes include cross-references for pseudonyms and joint authors.
- Explicator CyclopediaCall Number: Olin Library stacks PR 401 E96Publication Date: Quadrangle, 1966, 3 vols.A compilation of essays written by more than 200 scholars. These essays are drawn from The Explicator, ca. 1942, and provide interpretations of major poems. Volume I is Modern Poetry, Volume 2, Medieval to Late Victorian, and Volume 3, Prose. Arrangement is alphabetical by author.
- Modern British LiteratureCall Number: Olin Library stacks PR 473 T28, vols. 1-4 onlyPublication Date: Frederick Ungar, 1966-1985Included are excerpts from book reviews, periodical articles, collections made by the author and books on a particular author. Authors are listed in alphabetical order, followed by an excerpt from a critical review, the reviewer's name and a complete citation to the book or article. A bibliography is included at the end of the volume.
- Guide to British Poetry ExplicationCall Number: Olin Library Reference Z2014.P7 M39 1991Publication Date: G.K. Hall, 1991-95A four volume bibliography of UK poetry explication sources covering the following periods: v. 1. Old English, medieval, v. 2. Renaissance, v. 3. Restoration-Romantic, v. 4. Victorian-contemporary.
- Poetry explication : a checklist of interpretation since 1925 of British and American poems past and presentCall Number: Olin Library Reference Z2014.P7 A73 1980+Publication Date: G. K. Hall, c1980. 3d ed.Note: the 1950 edition is available online through HathiTrust.