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REFERENCE BOOKS
Reinventing Literary History
BC1201:
First Year English |
Encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference books are useful for: |
- an overview of a topic
- background information
- bibliographies
- factual information
The reference books in this list are
available in the Barnard Library Reference Area on
the second floor. |
| General
Reference Sources |
Call
Number in Reference Area |
| Oxford English Dictionary: OED |
PE1617 .049 1993 &
Online |
| Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery |
BL600 .V74 1976 |
| Oxford Classical Dictionary |
DE5 .O9 2003 |
| Encyclopedia of the Novel |
PN41 .E487 1998 |
| Handbook to Literature |
PN41 .H355 2003 |
| Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs |
PN43 .D48 1988 |
| Literature and Its Times |
PN50 .L574 1997 |
| World Literature and Its Times |
PN50 .M625 1999-2004 |
| Encyclopedia of Allegorical Literature |
PN56 .A5 L44 1996 |
| Encyclopedia of Literary Modernism |
PN56 .M54 E53 2003 |
| Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism |
PN81 .J53 1994 &
online |
| Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary Theory |
PN98 .W64 E53 1997 |
| Critical Survey of Poetry |
PN1021 .C7 2002 |
| Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature |
PQ7081 .A1 E56 1997 & online via CLIO |
| Cambridge Guide to Literature in English |
PR85 .C29 1993 |
| Oxford Companion to Women’s Writing in the United States |
PS147 .O94 1995 |
| Oxford Companion to African American Literature |
PS153 .N5 O96 1997 |
| Benet’s
Reader’s Encyclopedia of American Literature |
PS221 .B46 1991 |
| Oxford
Reference Online (compendium of reference sources) |
Online |
|
Subject Encyclopedias and Handbooks |
Call Number in Reference Area |
| Encyclopedia of Psychology |
BF31 .E52 2000 |
| Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
B51 .R68 1998 &
Online |
| Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment |
B802 .E53 2002 |
| Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation |
BR301 .093 1996 |
| Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World |
D209 .E97 2004 |
| Victorian Britain; an Encyclopedia |
DA550 .V53 1988 |
| Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome |
DE59 .C55 1988 |
| Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies |
E45 .E53 1993 |
| Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History |
E169.1 .E624 2001 |
| Readers’ Companion to American History |
E174 .R43 1993 1991 |
| Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History |
E185 .E54 1996 |
| Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture |
F1406 .E53 1996 |
| Encyclopedia of American Social History |
HN57 .E58 1993 |
| Encyclopedia of European Social History |
HN373 .E63 2001 |
| Women’s Studies Encyclopedia |
HQ115 .W645 1999 |
| Encyclopedia of Women in American History |
HQ1410 .E53 2001 |
| Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850 |
NX452 .R64 E53 2004 |
|
Criticism Series |
Call
Number in Reference Area |
|
LC: Literature Criticism from 1400-1800 |
PN86 .L56 |
|
CMLC: Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism |
PN681.5 .C57 |
|
NCLC: Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism |
PN761 .N56 |
|
CLC: Contemporary Literary Criticism |
PN771 .C59 |
|
TCLC: Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism |
PN771 .G27 |
|
PC: Poetry Criticism |
PN1010 .P499 |
|
SSC: Short Story Criticism |
PN3373 .S56 |
|
SC: Shakespearean Criticism |
PR2965 .S43 |
| Authors:
Biography and Overview |
Call
Number in Reference Area |
| Ancient
Writers: Greece and Rome |
PA3002 .A5 1982 |
| African
Writers |
PL8010
.A453 1997 |
| European Writers |
PN501 .E9 1983 |
| Latin American Writers |
PQ7081 .A1 L37 1989 |
| British Writers |
PR85 .B688 |
| American Writers |
PS129 .A55 |
| DLB: Dictionary of Literary Biography |
PS129 .D5 &
Online |
| American Women Writers |
PS147 .A42 2000 |
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