Online Sources of Criticism
To Find Articles:
General sources for academic articles on literature:
- MLA International Bibliography
- JSTOR - search the full text of articles on all Humanities subjects
- LION - Literature Online
- Academic Search Complete
- The Literary Encyclopedia
- Literature Resource Center
For a focus on the 19th-20th centuries:
- 19th Century Masterfile
- British Periodicals Collection
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO)
- The British Library also makes digital images of manuscripts available online. You can use the date bar to find examples of what was being produced in the 19th/20th century.
- The Center for Research Libraries gives access to a wealth of uncommon books, old newspapers, pamphlets, etc., available for borrowing either electronically or on microfilm.
- Affirmations: of the Modern is a freely available online scholarly journal focused on the Modernist period. Browse for articles on Woolf, Waugh, Wyndham Lewis, etc.
Newspapers, etc.
Bookman 1895-1933
Athenaeum 1830-1921
Saturday Review of Politics, Science, Literature and Art 1855-1938
English Review 1908-1937
Note that Colby does have the Times Literary Supplement 1902 - on microfilm. Articles are available on request. From 1926 on, find citations in MLA International Bibliography. For citations to articles before 1926, use Advanced Search from within OneSearch. Search for: All Fields [author's name] AND Publication Title: Times Literary Supplement.
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Author Guides
Books
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English Literature and Ideas in the Twentieth Century byISBN: 9780841473874Publication Date: 1948-01-01
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Editing Virginia Woolf byISBN: 0333770455Publication Date: 2002-04-20This volume covers a wide range of editorial confrontations with Virginia Woolf's writings, touching on almost every genre in which she wrote: fiction, diary, letter, and biography.
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The Critical Response to H. G. Wells
by Call Number: PR5777 .C69 1995ISBN: 0313288593Publication Date: 1995-02-28Through essays and reviews, this book records critical reception of H.G. Wells. The Introduction with its Notes, as well as the essay following p.75, may be helpful. -
Joseph Conrad's Critical Reception
by Call Number: PR6005.O4 Z784948 2013ISBN: 110703485XPublication Date: 2013-04-29This book provides a thorough overview of Conrad scholarship and criticism. John G. Peters also evaluates Conrad's impact on critical trends such as the belles lettres tradition, the New Criticism, psychoanalysis, structuralist and post-structuralist criticism, narratology, postcolonial studies, gender and women's studies, and ecocriticism.
Background Research
Whistler, Mother of Pearl and Silver, the Andalusian at the National Gallery of Art Wyndham Lewis, Bagdad ; at the Tate
Especially for Modernism: Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism
Background information on Authors (Each of these resources has different strengths. Explore them!)
- Joseph Conrad (Literary Encyclopedia)
- Virginia Woolf (Scribner Writers)
- D.H. Lawrence (Literature Online)
- H.G. Wells (Twayne's Authors)
- E.M. Forster (as a Subject in CBBcat)
Remember also:
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - the online version of the DNB for well-known British subjects who are deceased
- Credo - a general reference source including numerous encyclopedias and subject dictionaries
- Oxford Art Online - includes brief biographies of artists
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CBB Catalog Subject Searches:
More Tips: In the CBB Catalog, look for works BY an author by selecting Author from the dropdown menu. |
Think about what sorts of publications the information you need might be published in.
Biographical? Try Scribner Writers, Credo, monographic biographies, chapters in companions - or for primary material, published letters and diaries.
Contemporary public reactions? Search historical newspapers or databases focused on the 19th century - they cover early 20th century, too.
Literary analyses of an author? Search MLA International Bibliography.
And don't hesitate to ask me questions! Karen Gillum kjgillum@colby.edu
Citation Help
Tips for Using MLA International Bibliography
1. Take advantage of folders and the ability to export citations in MLA format
2. Set search limits before you begin searching
3. Try using Names as Subjects and add terms from critical vocabulary
4. Further refine your search by adding Subject Terms
....Cite articles from online databases (e.g. LexisNexis, ProQuest, JSTOR, ScienceDirect) and other subscription services as containers. Thus, provide the title of the database italicized before the DOI or URL. If a DOI is not provided, use the URL instead. Provide the date of access if you wish.
Formula for an article retrieved from a database on a Works Cited page:
Author. “Title of article.” Title of Journal, vol. #, no. #, year, pp. #-#. Database name, doi:#######/#######. [Accessed day month year. optional]
Example:
Alonso, Alvaro, and Julio A. Camargo. "Toxicity of Nitrite to Three Species of Freshwater Invertebrates." Environmental Toxicology,vol. 21, no. 1, 3 Feb. 2006, pp. 90-94. Wiley Online Library, doi: 10.1002/tox.20155.
Requesting Books in CBBcat
Record for a book as it appears in CBBcat
Click where the arrow points to request. Fill in only the numerals of the barcode on the back of your Colby ID.
