Finding Literary Criticisms
Literary criticisms are published either as books (entire books or collections of essays) or as articles in scharly journals
FRANCIS
Use FRANCIS, the library catalog to search for books by using the following strategies:
Search for the Subject:
Dostoyevsky Fyodor 1821-1881 Criticism and Interpretation
Search for a particular book as a subject, for example:
Dostoyevsky Fyodor 1821 1881 Bratia Karamazovy
MLA
The
MLA International Bibliography indexes literary criticisms published as articles in scholarly journals or as essays in collections.
Search for
Criticism as a Genre (choose GC/Genre Classification from the pull-down menu) and combine it with your topic.
Literature Criticism Online
Literature Criticism Online (1400-Present)
Scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals. Organized by time the criticism was published (1400-1800, 19th century, 20th century, Contemporary) or subject (Short Story, Shakespeare, Drama).