Helpful Resources for Researching Literary Criticism

							  Helpful Resources for Researching Literary Criticism
Literary criticism is when experts in literature write opinion papers or books about a specific literary
work. You will find links to articles at the following locations:

       1. Public on mvc3 – English – Literary Criticism: these are PDF files (Acrobat Reader is
          required to open them). They are not listed alphabetically so page through to see if your
          author/novel is listed. If you decide to use one, make sure to print it off and open the Word
          document called “Citations” to retrieve the correct information for citing this source. These
          are listed in the same order as the PDF files.
       2. Public on mvc3 – English – Literary Criticism – Links to Author Criticism: This is a
          Word document. Again, these are not alphabetized, but look at the information in
          parentheses after the links to figure out which are related to your author. (This file is also
          available on my web site.)

On the bottom book shelf, against the front wall of the classroom, are some books and/or study guides
for the following novels/authors (remember to leave them in the room if others have the same
novel/author). Please sign out on the clip board any books you wish to remove from the class room.
      Fitzgerald – biography
      Hemingway – biography
      A Farewell to Arms – Cliff Notes
      Willa Cather – biography
      Olive Ann Burns – biography/sequel
      The Awakening – Spark Notes
      Red Badge of Courage – Cliff Notes

If you still need resources, check out the following web links but be sure that you are using something
written by an expert, not just another high school student. Remember to cite all your sources and print
off the portions you actually use in your paper.

Questia.com is a subscription service that I have enrolled in for one month (Mar. 26-Apr. 26).
Username: MsHansen. Password: mvclit09. There are thousands of great articles and/or books at this
location. http://www.questia.com/library

Enotes is another subscription service we have access to. Includes more than 40,000 full-length or
excerpted essays, spanning more than 25 years of literary criticism. http://www.enotes.com/schools

       New users will be asked for an access code. The access code for your class is: mount-vernon

       After entering the access code, new users will be taken to a short sign-up page. The new
       accounts must be verified at a legitimate email address before they are activated. Look in the
       Literary Criticism section.
Literary Movments, American Literature sites, Timeline, American Authors
http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/factulty/campbell/en1311/litfram.html

A selective list of open access literary criticism, links directly to articles, with separate pages for more
than 200 American and British writers. http://www.literaryhistory.com/

The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and
their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature – A Research and Reference Guide
http://www.csustan.edu/enlglish/reuben/palTABLE.HTml

A page of links http://www.libraryspot.com/litcrit.htm

Atlantic Monthly magazine with archives that are searchable (use quotes for author’s full name and
title) http://www.theatlantic.com/fs/esearch.php?source=magazine&words=searchbutton=GO



Available on my web site                                (under American Lit Resources)
      This document (called “Links Lit. Analysis”)
      Lit. Analysis: Quotations (how to incorporate quotes into your paper
       smoothly)
      Lit. Analysis: Topics (ideas for areas of focus)
      Lit. Analysis: Writing (helpful tips)
      Literary Criticism Writing Links
      Critical Reviews Links (same as on Public)