Reference Books for Professor Gill's class, 3/11/04, 4:10 a.m.
Jenna Freedman, Reference Librarian

The following books are recommended specifically for your class topics. You should also look at the general sources on the BC1201 Class Page.

Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment B802 .E53 2001
American decades E169.12 .A4192 1996g
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History E185 .E54
Literature and its times : profiles of 300 notable literary works and the historical events that influenced them PN50 .L574 1997
World literature and its times PN50 .M625
Encyclopedia of feminist literary theory PN98.W64 E53 1997
The Cambridge guide to literature in English PR85 .C29 1993
The Feminist companion to literature in English : women writers from the Middle Ages to the present PR111 .F463 1990g
Virginia Woolf A to Z : a comprehensive reference for students, teachers, and common readers to her life, work, and critical reception PR6045.O72 Z729 1995
Identities and issues in literature PS153.M56 I34 1997
African American Writers PS153 .N5 A344
Black literature criticism : excerpts from criticism of the most significant works of Black authors over the past 200 years PS153.N5 B556 1992
The Harlem Renaissance : a Gale critical companion PS153.N5 H245 2003
The Harlem Renaissance and beyond : Literary biographies of 100 Black women writers, 1900-1945 PS153.N5 R65 1990
A Langston Hughes encyclopedia PS3515.U274 Z459 2002
Zora Neale Hurston : an annotated bibliography and reference guide PS3515.U789 Z68 1997g
Dictionary of literary influences : the twentieth century, 1914-2000 Z1039.C45 D53 2004

Contemporary Authors http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?ALH6619
Literary Index http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex

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