Literature Reference Resources
Continuum Encyclopedia of Young Adult LiteratureCall Number: Print copy: Olin Library Reference PN1008.5 .C67 2005 +ISBN: 0826417108Publication Date: 2005A collaborative effort by 200 authorities who contribute some 650 original, signed entries on authors, graphic-novel artists, and topics including African American Literature; Asian American Literature; Feminist Fairy Tales; The Graphic Novel; Latina/Latino Literature; Science Fiction,and others.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's LiteratureCall Number: Print copy: Olin Library Reference PN1008.5 .O94 2006 +Publication Date: Oxford Univ. Press, 2006For much of its history, children's literature has been overlooked or looked down on by scholars. But in recent years children's literature has assumed greater importance, as literary 3,200 signed entries It offer comprehensive coverage of children's literature, from medieval chapbooks of moral instruction for children to J. K. Rowling. General essays illuminate prominent trends, themes, genres, and the traditions of children's literature in many countries.
Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult LiteratureCall Number: Ptint copy: Olin Library Stacks PS121 .H22 2011 +Publication Date: Routledge, 2011Describes and analyzes the different aspects of literary reading, texts, and contexts to illuminate how the book is transformed within and across different academic figurations of reading and interpreting children's literature.
Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural TheoryCall 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 bibliographies. American literature.Publication Date: Oxford University Press, 2012 -Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on American literature and the American literary tradition over the past 500 years. Includes perspectives on postmodern theory, debates about the canon, slave narratives, comic books, and other topics while inviting trans-disciplinary collaboration with fields as varied as history, cultural studies, politics, and women’s studies. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable.Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
Call Number: Print copy: 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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Multidisciplinary Reference Tools
- 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.
- Oxford ReferenceContains the texts of more than 100 reference titles published by Oxford University Press.
- Sage KnowledgeA database of reference books published by SAGE covering the social sciences and education, including such areas as African American studies, aging & gerontology, anthropology, business and management, communication and media studies, counseling and psychotherapy, criminology and criminal justice, economics, education, environment, family studies, gender & sexuality studies, geography, health and social welfare, history, politics and international relations, psychology, research methods and evaluation, science, philosophy, and theology, social issues, social work and social policy, and sociology, and urban studies and planning.
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