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Reference Sources for Literature
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Gale LiteratureA literature database combining biographical, bibliographical, and contextual
information on authors and their works (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism). Includes both textual and visual material from the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, and Contemporary Literary Criticism.
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Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory
Call Number: Print copy: Olin Reference PN 81 E435 2011Publication Date: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011Arranged in three volumes covering Literary Theory from 1900 to 1966, Literary Theory from 1966 to the present, and Cultural Theory, this encyclopedia provides accessible entries on the important concepts, theorists and trends in post-1900 literary and cultural theory. -
Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Call Number: Print copy: Olin Reference PN41 C67 2008Publication Date: Oxford University Press, 2008.Provides explanations of almost twelve hundred terms as well as coverage of traditional drama, rhetoric, literary history, and textual criticism. -
Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
Call Number: Print: Olin Reference PS21 E537 2004 +Publication Date: Oxford UP, 20044 vols. Contains essays on US poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists. Figures such as Whitman, Melville, and Morrison are discussed in detail and examined in the context of his or her times, with an assessment of the writer's current reputation, a bibliography of major works, and a list of major critical and biographical works about the writer.
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Oxford Bibliographies OnlineDeveloped cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, this cutting-edge resource guides researchers to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects.
Donna Haraway Documentary
We now have streaming access to the documentary Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival. There is no record in the catalog yet, but you can access the video through Docuseek2. Go to the Docuseek2 record in the Library Catalog and after connecting enter haraway in the search box.
Human-Animal Relationships
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Routledge Companion to Animal-Human History
Publication Date: Routledge, 2018Provides an up-to-date guide for the historian working within the growing field of animal-human history. Divided into three parts: Animals and the Practice of History, Problems and Paradigms, and Themes and Provocations. -
Animal Rights: a very short introduction
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Publication Date: Oxford Univ. Press, 2002By presenting models for understanding animals' moral status and rights, and examining their mental lives and welfare, David DeGrazia explores the implications for how we should treat animals in connection with our diet, zoos, and research. -
A Cultural History of Animals in the Modern Age
Publication Date: Bloomsbury, 2011Presents essays on the position of animals in contemporary symbolism, hunting, domestication, sports and entertainment, science, philosophy, and art. -
Routledge Companion to Gender and Animals
Publication Date: Routledge, 2024A diverse and intersectional collection which examines human and more-than-human animal relations, as well as the interconnectedness of human and animal oppressions through various lenses.
Reference Sources for Animals
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Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
Publication Date: Elsevier, 2004Examines a broad array of different species and behavior patterns, using techniques that range from molecular approaches to the study of behavior to analyses of individuals, populations, species, and ecosystems.
