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ABSTRACTThis library handbook is a guide for the student

majorinq^in English. It lists some of the%more useful materials andreference books basic to general research and gives'their,location inthe Fogler Library at the University of Maine. Materials are listedin ten categories: (1) dictionaries and handbooks, (2) books ofquotations, (3) style manuals, (4) book reviews, (5) digests, (6)

bidgraphies, (7),indeies, (8) literary criticisms, (9)bibliographies, and (10) collections of early literature. Some itemsare annotated. .(Author /AWP)

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,. *:. TABLE* CONTENTS

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DICTIONARIES, HANDBOOKS, ETC. p.1-5

A. General p:1,2,3B. Poetry. p.3 -

C: Drama p.3,4-D. Englishliterature Is p.4E. Amerki-Can Literature

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II. QUOTATIONS p. 5

III. e, STYLE MANUALS p.6

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IV. BOOK REVIEWS p.6,7

DIGESTS p.7,8

BIOGRAPHY p.8,9,10

II. INDEXES TO WORKS° p.11,12

III. CRITICISM p.12-16

A. Indexes to Criticism p.12,13;14B. Gene-tal p.14,15C. Engligh . p.I5,D. American p.16

X. HISTORY p.16,17,18

BIBLIOGRAPHY p.I8-21

A. English Literature Only p.19,20B. American Literature Only p.20,21

COLLECTIONS OF EARLY LITERATURE p.21, 22

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,LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

Philology and Linguistics ('general)PA Classical Philology and Literature

(Greek-and Latin)PB-PH Modern European LanguagesPJ -PM Languages and Literature of Asia, Africa,

Oceania, America, Mixed Languages,Artificial Languages.

PN-PX Literary History and Literature,PN General

1)9 Romance LiteraturesPR English LiteraturesPS American LiteraturesPT German, Dutch and Scandanavian LiteraturesPZ Fiction and Juvenile Literatures

DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

400's' Language400 Language (general)410 Linguistics420 English and Anglo-Saxon430 Germanic440 French4S0 Italian, Romanian460 Spanish and Portuguese470 Italic480 Classic and Greek490 Other

Literature and Rh6toric,,800 Literature and Rhetoric810 Americah Literature in English.820 English and Anglo-Saxon Literature830 Germanic Languages Literature840 French etc. Literature850 Italian etc. Literature860 Spanish and Portuguese Literature870 Italic Languages Literature880 Classical, Modern Greek Literature890 , Literature of other Languages

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jor in English. It lists some. of the more usefulterials and reference works basic to general-1.erarch and gives their locations in the Pogler Library.

DICTIONARIES, HANDBOOKS, ETC.

'General

f Bosworth, Joseph. An Anglo-Saxon dictionary.London-, Oxford Univ.' Pr., 1972.

9 English words preserved in works written2 before 1100 A.D. ,

Supp.

Addendasupp.

f Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham. Read^r's hand-book of famous names in fiction, allusion,.proverbs, plots, stories and poems.London, Chatto, 1923.

23 Identifies characters; provides briefsynopses of licerary works; identifiessources from which stories are derived:Covers popular dramas, epic poems andyell-known tales.

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Freeman, William. Dictionary of fictionalcharacters. Rev. ed. Boston, The Writer,1974.

Identifies 20,000 fictitious characters(incl. non-human creations) from novels,short stories, poems and plays of BritishCOMmonwealth and-American authors of thelasrt soc centuries.

Holman, C. Hugh. A handbook to literature.3d ed. Indianapolis, Odyssey Pr., 1972.

Brief explanations of words and phraseSpertinent to the study of English andAmerican literature.

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DICTIONARIES, HANDBOOKS, ETC..

A. Genefai (cont',d.)

Ref Magill, Frank N. Masterplots cyclopediaPM of literary characters. ol.Y. Salem Pr.,41 1966. -

M34 Identifies over 16,000 characters from1963a novels, dramas and epics of world Liter,Desk ature, from the Gfceks to the 20th

century. Author and character indexes.

Middle English Dictionary. Ann Aibor,..

Univ. of Michigan Pr., 1952 (Still inprogress)

Based on a collection of Middle Englishquotations, including all those ass--embled for the Oxford Dictionary.

Ref Roget's International Thesaurus. 4th ed. .

PE New York,-Crowell, 1977.

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Ref Oxford classical dictkonarv. 2d. ed. Oxford,DE Clarendon Pr., 1970 4 _

. 5 Encyclopedia dictionary of Greek and09 Roman antiquities, literature, mxthology,1970 biography, geography, religion, kleilee,,

etc. Bibliographies including texti,14translations and criticis- given for 7.

the great writers.

Ref Oxford English dictionary. Oxford,'Claien-PE don Pr., 1933. 13v.-

1625 ' Gives the history of each word frOm thedate of its introduction into the Eng-

1935 lish, language. Includes quotations fromall writers before the 16th century, and

ti from as many cs possible of the import-ant writers since then.

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rCTIoNARIES,JIANDBOOKS, ETC..

A. General (Cont'd.)

ef Partridge, Eric. A dictionary of slangand uncOnventional'English. 7th ed.

721 N.Y., Macmillan, 1970.3 Colloquialisms, catch - phrases, nick -970 n es, vulgarisms, and some Americanisms.

ef Shal Harry. 'Dictionary of literaryN. terms. 'N.Y., McGraw"-Hill, 1972..5 Definitions of literary terms in current

use.

Wentwor....h, Harold: Dictionary of Americanslang. 2d. suppl. ed. N.Y., Crowell, 1966.-

46 Definition of slang words fromall periodsof American history,, with emphasis on

75 modern slang.

. Poetry.4

Princeton encyclopedia of poetry andpoetics. Princeton, N.J., Princeton Univ.Pre, 1974.

Deals with history, theory, techniqueand criticism of poetry from the earliesttimes to the present. Includes biblio-graphies.

Spendee, Stephen. The concise encyclopediaOf English and American poets and poetry.N.Y., Hawthorne Books, 1963.

Biographical sketches and short articleson literary forms, movements, etc.

. -Drama

Campbell, Oscar J., ed. Readels encyclo7.pedia of Shakespeare.. N.Y., Crowell, 1966.

92 A convenient reference to persons, places,literary works, and other subjects rele-vant td Shakespeare.

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DICTIONARIES, HANDBOOKS, ETC.

Drama (Cont'd.)

aRef Quinn,645sner, John and Edward Quin, eds.PN . Read'er's encyclopedia: of world drama.1625 Treats'the drama as literature, not asG3 theater. Articles of'biography,'on1069 plays, national drama, periods, genes,

dramatic theory,etc.- ' -

Ref -'McGraw -hill Encyclopedia of World Drama'.PN' 1 New.York, McGraw-Hill, 1'972. Av.

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325, Gtitical and biographical material onM3 I - dramatists. For each -major dramatist

there is a biographical sketch, a

- brief critique of his work, a selection,of synopses of hisplays, a bibliographyof'ditions, and usually a list ofcritical and biographical works.

i Ref Spevadk, Marvin. ,Harvard concordance -toFolio Shakespeare. Cambridge, MA., Belknap Pr.PR of Harvard Univ. Pt., 1973.2892 Covers all plays and poems of ShakespearS62 with special added features: pros e-verse

distinctions, statistics, cont9A.

D. English 14Crature

-Ref Chambers, Robert. Chamber's cyclopedia ofPR English literature. London, W.FiR. Chambers,83

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1938. 3v.

Critical andbiographical material onauthors, articles oh literary forms,

oeriods, subjects. Chronologicallyarranged.

Ref -Oxford companion to English literature.PR 4th ed. Oxfora, Clarendon Pr., 1967.19 Handbook of English authors, literaryH3 -works and societies, ch'atra4ers in1967 fiction, drama, mythology,, literary

allusions, .brief summaries _of plots infiction, poetry, drama,-

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DICTIONARIES,. HANDBOOKS, ETC.

E.' American Literature

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Oxford companion to AMerican literature.4th ed., rev. and enlarged. 'N.Y., OxfordUniv. Pr., 1965.

H3 Includes short biographies and biblio-1965 graphics, summaries of .important works,

histprical outlines of literary schOols.and movements, literary prizes, etc.

Ref The reader's encyclopedia of AmericanPS literature. 'N.Y., Crowell; 1962:21 7Comprehensive dictionary of AmericanR4 authors,-critics, literary characters',

synopses of books, etc..

II. QUOTATrONS

Ref t Bartlett, John. Familiar quotations.PN. Boston, Little, Brown; 1968.6081 Standard, comprehen'Sive collection.B27 . Arranged chronologically by author.1968 Keyword index.

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of Evans, Bergen. Dictionary of quotations.N New York, Delacorte Pr., 1968.081 Comprehensive, easy to use. Subject,9 author, topical indexes.

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of Stevenson, Burton. The home book ofN proverbs, maxims and familiar phrases.-405 N.Y., Macmillan, 1948.8

g Adler, Mortimer J. Great Treasury of WesternN Thought. New York, BoWker, 1977.331 A compendium of important statements on675 Man and his institutions.

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IIII., STYLE MANUALS

Ref Chkcago Uniyer.Sity PreSs. A. manual ofstyle. . - .,

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253 - Comprehensive. Covers bookmaking andC57 . pri,ntirii as well as format, footnotes;"Desk and bibliographies:

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Ref Modern Language Assoc. of America. TheZ MLA style sheet.25.3 Directions for preparation of books and 'M73 articles, generaPy'adoptod by mostDesk journals of English and American litera-

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ture.

. 0Ref Turabian, Kate.. Manual for writers ofLB ., theses, dissertatiOns:4th ed. Chicago,4369 University of Chicago Pr., 1973.TS Designed for undergraduates. Includes .

'1973 forms (and 'examples). for footnotes andDesk bibliographies, etc.

IV. BOOK REVIEWS

Ref An index to bOok reviews in the humanities.Z Detroit, P. Thomson, v.1-Jan/Mar 1960.1035 Reviews of books on art, architecture,A1163 biography, dance, drama,. folklore,'"

history, language, literature, music,'philosophy, etc., listed alphabeticallyby the author of thejwork reyiewed.

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Ref 'Book review digest. Minneapol is.,Z N.Y., 11.W. Wilson, 19ps-

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1219 ' Includes fiction and non-fiction,C96 arranged alphabetically by author, 6

with excerpts from selected reviews.Title and subject indexes':

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BOO} REVIEWS (Cont'd.)

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Ref , Biok review index.. DetroiX, Gale,

Z v. 1 - Jan. 1965 -

1q5-/ 'Fiction, non-fiction, popplai and

1136 technical books. Arranged alphabetically

by author.

Ref Guriant book review citations. N.Y.,

Z - Wilson, 1976-Indexes reviews published/in ovel. 1,000

C87 periddicals, cumulating all reviews n-dexed in all other Wilson indexes.CoverS fiction and non - fiction, includingscience, childrOn' and young adulttitles, foreign language books and new

editions.

Ref' The NewYork Times book review. N.Y.,

Folio Arno Pr., 1973. Oct. 10, 1896-1970. 5v.Book reviews from the Times, indexed

1035 by author, title,,by -line, subject

N658 and category, //

V. ,DIGESTS

,/Ref .. Magill /Prank N., ed. Masterpieces of

PN . worl literature in digest form. 1st ser.-

44 4th'ser. N.Y., Harper, 1952-1960.4 v.

M3 Brief critiques and summarie§r of noVels,

1952 plays, epic poems, tales, etc. from

Desk Homer to the present.

Ref Masterpliits. N:Y., Salem Pr., 1957.

Z Annual. .

1219 Essay-reviews of 100 outstanding books

M33 published in the U.S. each year.

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DIGESTS (Cont'd.)a

Ref Shank, Theodore, ed. A digest of 500PN plays. N.Y! Crowell-Collier Pr., 1963._6112.5 Significant plays from all periods andS42 countries. Arranged by country, in

'chronological order. Author, titleindexes.

-Ref Sprinchorn, Evert, ed, 20th-Century:PN plays in synopsis. N.Y., Crowell, 1965.6112.5 Act by-act summaries of 133 plays.

VI. BIOGRAPHY

Ref Allibone, Samuel Austin. A critical dicta.Z' nary of English literature and British and1224' American authors... Phil; -J.B. Lippin-,A43 cott, 1897.

A standard older work. Arranged alpha-betically by author. Includes shortbiographical sketch, list of works andreferences to critical comment or re-'

views.

ConteniPorary authors..

Major and minor authors (the only re-1224 quirement 'for'inclusion is that one hasCYO published). Biographical sketch, lists

of writings, works in progrest criticalsources. '(Ref Z 1224 C59 - 1st revision(Ref Z 1224 C62 - Permanent series.)

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Ref ContemoOtary poets. 2d. ed. London,'PR St. JateS Pr., 1975.106 For each poet::.'biography, full biblio-C62 graphy, signed critical essay, comment1975 by,the,poet (ik.the poet chose to make

one).

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BIOGRAPHY (Cont'd.)

Z Contemporary poets of the English language.7155 Chicago, London, St. James Pr., 1970.CS Biography, publications and some criticism

for 1100 poets now writing in the Englishlanguage.

Ref Dictionary of American biography. N.Y.,E Scribner's Sons,_1928. 20 v. + suppls.176 Includes deceased noteworthy AmericansD56 of all periods who have lived in the U.S.

Scholarly, signed articles. Bibliographies.

Ref Dictionary of national biography. 1908-09DA (1938 repr.) 22 v. + suppls.28 All deceased noteworthy inhabitants of theD4 British Isles and colonies, incl. noteworthy

Americans of the colonial period. Signedarticles by specialists.' Excellent biblio-graphi'es. post important reference work forEnglish biography.

Kunitz, Stanley J. American authors-, 1600 -PS 1900. N.Y., Wilson, 1938.

.21 Articles and brief bibliographies ofK8 works by and about authors.

Ref Kunitz, Stanley J. British authors before.PR 1800. N.Y. Wilson, 1952.105 Informal sketches of the authors withK9 bibliographies of their principal works

and brief citations for works about theauthor.

Ref Kunitz, Stanley J. British authors of thePR nineteenth century. N.Y, Wilson, 1936.451 Biographies and portraits with briefK8 bibliographies.r936

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BIOGRAPHY (Cont'd.)

Ref Kunitz, Stanley J., ed. European authors,1000-1900. N.Y., Wilson, 1967.

451 Biographies of authors of continentalK8 Europe with bibliographies which include

listing and evaluation of translations.

Ref Kunitz, Stanley J. Twentieth centuryPN authors.. N.Y., Wilson, 1942.

.771 Writers of this century from allK86 countries. Includes principal works

and additional sources of information.1st suppl-. Ref PN 771 K86s

Ref New century cyclopedia of names. N.Y.,'PE Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1954. 3v..1625 Identifies more than 100,000 proper-C43 names: perSons, places, historical

events, mythological' and 1,egendary

persons and places, works of art, etc.

Ref Vinson, James. Contemporary dramatists.PR London, St. James Pr., 1973.106 For each poet: biography, full biblio-V5 graphy, signed critical essay, comment

by the dramatist (if he chose to makeone).-

Ref Vinson, James. Contemporary novelists.PR London, St. James Pr., 1972737 For each novelist: biography, fullVS bibliography, signed critical'essay,

comment by the novelist (if he choseto make one).

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VII. INDEXES TO WORKS

These indees will lead you to copies of individualpoems, plays, short stories, etc., most of which appearin anthologies.

Ref Chicorel index to short stories in antholo-; Z gies and collections. 1st- ed. N.Y.5917 Chicorel Library Pub. Co., 1974.SSC44

Ref Chicorel theater index to plays in periodi-Z cals. 1st ed. N.Y., Chicorel Library5781 Pub. Co., 1973.,C487 Covers periodicals chiefly from 1900 to

to the present.

Ref Chicorel theater index to plays in antholo-'Z gies, periodicals, discs and tapes.5781 N.Y., Chicorel Library Pub. Co., v.1,C485 1970+

International in scope, from antiquityto the present.

.Ref Firkins, Ina Ten Eyck, comp. Index toZ plays 1800-1926. N.Y., Wilson, 1927..,5781 Index to plays in English, with transla-A1F5 tions of foreign plays.

Ref Grangers index to poetry. 1940+PN Indexes a large number of standard and1021 popular poetry collections, by author,G7 title, first line and subject, for each

poem.

Ref Logasa, Hannah, comp. index to one-actZ plays.. Boston, F.W. Faxon, 1924. 1-

5781 Title, author.and subject indexes toL83 one-act plays written in or translated

into English, published since 1900.Covers 19006-1964, with supplements.,

INDEXES TO WORKS*(Cont'd:)

Ref Ottemiller, John H. Ottemiller's index toZ plays in collections. 5th ed., eev. and .

5781 enl. Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow Pr., 1971.08 Author and title index to plays appearin

in Collections published between 1900and mid-1970. Includes plays fromancient to modern times.

Ref Short story index. N.Y., Wilson, 1953-Z 5v. supp.

5917 Author, title and in many cases, sub-S5C6 ject index to short stories published

.in 1949 or earlier. Supplements bringit up to 1973.

Ref Sutton, Roberts. Speech index. N.Y.,AI Scarecrow Pr., 1966 ( +supp. 1966-70)

3 Index to 259 collections of world famousS85 orations and speeches for various

occasions. Indexed. by author, subject,-and type of speech.

VIII. CRITICISM

A. Indexes to Criticism

sPerL.R Abstracts of English Studies. Urbana,

National Council of Teachers of English.1958. v.1-,;

Abstracts of articles in American andforeign periodicals on English, Common-wealth, and American Literature. Sketch:

subject index in each issue.

Per-R British humanities index. 1968-72 (incoMr,plete), 1974-,.

Indexes some-275 British periodicals,including mant in local history.

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CRITICISM

A. Indexes to Criticism (Cont'd.)

Ref Essay and general literature index. N.Y.,AI Wilson, 1900 -33-3 Indexes essays and articles in CollectedE752 works by author, subject and some titles.

Useful fol. analytical material on a sub-ject, biographical and critical matter,about persons, criticisms of individual:1books.

s Per-R -Humanities index. 1974-

Formerly, Social sciences and humanitiesindex; International index.Author and subject index to periodica-lsof a more scholarly type than those inReader's Guide: Covers all fields in thehumanities. its counterpart is Social

iSciences_index, 1974-

Per-R International index. 1920-1964.See: Humanities index.

Ref Modern Language Assoc. of America. MLA.Z- international bibliography. N.Y.,, New7006 York Univ. Pr., 1921+M64 Critical selections from books and

approximately 1150 periodicals, inEnglish, French, German,"Spanishi

Italian, Portuguese, Rumanian, Scandi-navian, Dutch, Celtic and 10 EastEuropean languages. 'Annual.

Per-R Poole§-index to periodical literature.1802-1906.

Index to American-and English periodicalsof the 19th century. Arranged by sqbjectfor non-fiction.' Fiction, poetry anddrama are entered under the first distinct-ive word of the title. Book reviews areunder the name of the author or the subjectof the book. ;4.

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CRITICISM

A. Indexes to Criticism (Contd.)

Per-R Reader's guide to periodical literature.1900--

Indexes magazines of a popular nature by,subject, author and title.

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Per-R Social sciences and humanities index.1964-1974.

See: Humanities index.

. General

Ref Contemporary literary criticism. Detroit,'c Gale, CLC 1- 1973-

771 Excerpts from published criticism ofC59 work by well-known writers, writers

considerable public interest and writersabout whose work criticism is hard tolocate.

Ref The explicator cyclopedia. Chicago,PR Quadrangle, 1966-1968. 3v.401 Explains and interprets literature of

E9 , all periods. Index for the first 20volumesof The explicator, arranged byriter.

Ref Kuntz, Joseph. Poetry explication; AsZ checklist of interpretation since 1925 of2014 British and American poems past and present.P7K8 Indexes poetry explications printed

from 1925-1959 in literary periodicalsand books.

Ref Cline, Gloria Stark. An index to Criti-_

PR cisms of British and American Poetry.89 Metuchen, M.; Scarecrow, 1973.CS A ready reference source for criticisms

of poems by British andAmerican poets.

CRITICISM

B. General (Cont'd.)0

Ref Moulton,-Chas. Wells, Library of literaryPR' criticism of English and American authors.,83 N:Y., Ungar, 1966. 4v.

'M73 Biographical data and-selected excerpts1966 from cfiticism,of authors writing be-

: tween 680-1904.

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Ref Coleman, Arthur. Drama Criticism. Chicago,

'..Z, Swallow, 1971. 2v. :-

Chicago,_

,1231 A bibliography of literary criticism that.

'D7C6 has appeared,in journals and books since the .

1940.'s.

Ref Thurston, Jarvis. Short fiction criticism; i

____Z__ A-checklist of interpretatibb singe 19251

5917 of stories and novelettes. 1800-1958. I

-SSTS.

Denver, A. Swallow, 1960. 1.

.Lists critical articles in periodicalsand books on Ailiefican-, British and conti-

'nentarstoTies no longer than 150. pages. 1

GOvers 1800-958.

" Ref Walker, Warren S. Twentieth- Century, Short I

' Z Story Explication; Interpretations 1900-197515917 of short fiction since 180.0. 3rd edition,S5, Hamden, Conn., Shoe String, 1977.

- W33 Lists critical articles on short stories1977 ,, written by over eight hundred and fifty

authors.

English

Ref Temple, Ruth Z., ed. Library of literarY.PR criticism: Modern British literature.473 N.Y., Ungar, 1966. .Supple,. 1975 4v.

T4 A sequel to Moulton's Library of literarycriticism. Excerpts from.critical materialsin popular and scholarly journals, coveringBritish authors-of the 20th century.

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CRITICISM

Ref Curley, Dorothy -N., comp. ,Library of

PS. literary criticism: Modern American.221 . e literature. 4th enl. ed. N.Y. Ungar, 1969.C8- Same, as above (Temple), for American1969 authors of the 20th century.

Ref Palmer, Helen H. American Drama CriticismZ 40den-, Conn., Shbe String, 1967.1231 A quick source of interpretations publi-D7P3 shed between 1890-1975.

Ref Adelman, Irving. The Coniemporapy Novel;Z a checklist of- -critical literature on the

1231 British and American novel since 1945.F4' Metuchen, Scarecrow, 1972.A34 Includes book materials and periodical-

articles.

Ref Gerstenberger, Donna. The American Novel;Z A checklist of 20th-century criticism.1231 Denver, A. Swallow, 1961-70. 2v.F464 A two-part checklist: Criticism of

authors (individual novels, general,studieg-, bibliographies); generalstudies of the American novel as agenre.

HISTORY

`Ref Cambridge history of American literature.PS N.Y., G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1917-21. 4v.

88 An important history of Atherican litera-ture, from the tolohial period to thelater 19th century.- Extensive biblio-graphies.

HISTORY (Cont'd.)

Ref Cambridge history of English literature.PR N.Y.,,G.P. Putnam's;Sbns. 1907-17. 15v.83 The most important general, history. ofC22 the literature% from the earliest period

to the end of-the 19th century, Ex-

.tensive bibliographies.

Ref Jones, How rd iumford. Guide, to AmericanZ literature and. its background :since 1890.1225 4th ed. rev, and enl. Cambridge, HarvardJ65 Univ. Pr., 11972.

1972 Material covering .political, intellectualand sociologichl backgrounds of Americanliterary histbry, as well as:1*Idinglists on vario s aspects and Schools of,American liter tune.

Ref Kuntz, Joseph M. Poetry explication; AZ checklist of interpretation since 1925 of2014 British and American poems past and present.P7K8 Indexes poetry explications printed from

1925-1959 in literary periodicals andbooks:

Ref Literary history of the United States.PS 4th ed., rev. N.Y.', Macmillan. 1974- 2v.

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88 Comprehensive work covering from colonialL522 times to the present.

v.1- - History ?t

v.2 - Bibliography(See p. 19)

iRef Nicoll, Allardyce. English drama, 1900-PR 1930. Cambridge Uniy.:Pr., 1973.721 dontinuation of entry in next entry '

N45 on next page.

2HISTORY (Cont'd:) -

Ref Nicoll, Allardyce. IC history of EnglishPR drama 1660-1900. 4th ed. Cambridge.625 The Univ. Pr., 1952-59.N52 Comprehensive stage history. Appendixes1952 include hand-lists of all known. plays

of the period, histories of the playhouses,oselected documents. .

Ref Oxford companion to Canadian history and'PR, literature. Toronto, Oxford Univ. Pr.,9106-7- ---1.967.S7 Biographies, historical articles,'biblio-

,

1967 graphics, bibliographic essays.

-Ref -Klinck, 'Carl F. Historyfof Canada;PR Canadian Literature in English. 2nd ed".9184.'3 Torenp,Univ.-of Toronto :1976_ 3v.K5 A comprehensive history of Canadian1976 ' literature in English from earliest

times to 1960.

See Oxford history of English literature.Card Still in progress."Each volume includes;Catalog extensive bibliographies. Each volume

catalogued separately.d

X. BIBLIOGRAPHY. ii

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Ref Altick, Richard D. Selective bibliographyZ for' the study of_English and American2011 literature. 5th ed. N.Y., Macmillan, 1975:A4 A selective guide to research materials.1975

Ref Modern Humanities ResearchAssoc. Biblio-.

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graphy of English language and literature.2011 1920. v.1 = 1920 -

M69 Books, articles, and pamphlets onEnglish and American literature.

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,BIBIAOGRAPHY (Cont"d.)

'Ref Modern,Language Assoc. 1414A,internationalZ .bibliography. ....,.

.--'7006 A 'See page 13.M64- t.

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Ref Bateson, P.W. A guide to English andZ .American literature. 3rd ed. N.Y, i2011: Gerdtana.,1976 . .

B32 Basic editions and commenearies.wbich1976 should be considered first by the stu-

dent beginning a study of English andAmerican literature.

A.,' English Literature Only, _

/Ref Cambridge bibliography of English litera-

-;Z ture. N.Y,.", Macmillan. L941- 5v.201 See: New Cambridge bibliography ofB3 English literature.1941

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