Reference Sources on Censorship and American Literature
- Censorship: A World EncyclopediaCall Number: Olin Reference Z657 C393x 2001 +Publication Date: 4 vols. Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001Covers censorshiop from ancient Egypt to present times in the areas of art, literature, music, newspapers and broadcasting, Also offers country surveys and entries on controversies surrounding specific movies, books, and television shows. Ilustrated and indexed.
- Literature Suppressed on Religious GroundsCall Number: Olin Reference BL65.C45 B35 2011Publication Date: Facts on File, 2011
- Literature Suppressed on Political GroundsCall Number: Olin Library Reference Z658.U5 K37 201Publication Date: Facts on File, 2011
- Literature Suppressed on Social GroundsCall Number: Olin Library Reference Z658.U5 S69 2011Publication Date: Facts on File, 2011
- A Glossary of Literary Terms byCall Number: Olin Reference PN41 A184 2015Publication Date: 11th ed. Wadsworth Cengage Learning,, 2015An essential text for all serious students of literature, fully updated to reflect the latest scholarship on critical theories. Contains a complete glossary of essential literary terms presented as a series of engaging essays that explore the terms, place them in context, and suggest related entries and additional reading.
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and CriticismCall Number: Print copy: Olin Reference PN81 J554 2005+Publication Date: 2004Contains signed, in-depth overviews of the major schools of literary theory. Available online and in print.
- Gale Literature Resource CenterA literature database combining biographical, bibliographical, and contextual information on authors and their works (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism). Draws from Gale Group's core literary databases including Contemporary authors, Dictionary of literary biography, and Contemporary literary criticism. Provides additional search capability for Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of literature and Gale literary index.
- 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, and other topics while inviting trans-disciplinary collaboration with fields as varied as history, cultural studies, politics, and women’s studies.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of American LiteratureCall 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.
Multi-disciplinary Refererence sources
- Oxford Reference Online
- Searchable database of 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works of Oxford University Press. Each topical division contains searchable versions of the latest editions of published dictionaries and encyclopedias.Covers general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, business and professional subjects.
- Reference Universe
- A searchable database of back-of-the-book indexes to subject encyclopedias and other reference works in a wide variety of subject areas. Search the contents of more than 6,000 reference titles.
- Sage Reference Online
- A 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.
- New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
- This thoroughly re-envisioned New Dictionary of the History of Ideas brings fresh intelligence and a global perspective to bear on timeless questions about the individual and society. A distinguished team of international scholars explore new thinking in areas previously covered (communism, linguistics, physics) and present cross-cultural perspectives on more recent topics such as postmodernism, deconstruction and post-colonialism.
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