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The English Literature Companion by Julian Wolfreys
Call Number: PR 85 .W65 2011
ISBN: 9780230008137
Publication Date: 2011
Studying Literature in English by Dominic Rainsford
Call Number: PR 83 .R33 2014
ISBN: 9780415699235
Publication Date: 2014
The Oxford Companion to English Literature by Margaret Drabble (Editor)
Call Number: PR 19 .O94 2000
ISBN: 0198662440
Publication Date: 2000
Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature by Seiwoong Oh
Call Number: PS 153 .A84 O37 2007
ISBN: 081606086X
Publication Date: 2007
Literature and Culture in Modern Britain, 1900-1929 by Clive Bloom (Editor)
ISBN: 9780582075481
Publication Date: 1994
The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century English Literature by Laura Marcus (Editor); Peter Nicholls (Editor)
Call Number: PR 471 .C36 2012
ISBN: 9781107609488
Publication Date: 2012
The Oxford Handbook of Early American Literature by Kevin J. Hayes (Editor);
Call Number: PS 185 .O94 2008
ISBN: 9780195187274
Publication Date: 2008
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Dictionaries
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature by Margaret Drabble (Editor); Daniel Hahn (Editor); Jenny Stringer (Editor)
Call Number: PR 19 .D732 2007
ISBN: 9780199214921
Publication Date: 2007
The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms by Chris Baldick
Call Number: PN 41 .C67 2008
ISBN: 9780199238910
Publication Date: 2008
Cambridge paperback guide to literature in English by Ian Ousby
Call Number: PR 85 .O97 1996
ISBN: 0521436273
Literary Research Guide by James L. Harner
Call Number: 2011 .H34 2008
ISBN: 9780873528085
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
World Writers in English by Jay Parini (Editor)
Call Number: PR 9080.5 .W67 2004 2
ISBN: 0684312891
Publication Date: 2004
A Glossary of Literary Terms by M. H. (M. H. Abrams) Abrams; Geoffrey G. Harpham
Call Number: PN 41 .A184 2005
ISBN: 1413002188
Publication Date: 2005
NTC's dictionary of everyday American English expressions : presented according to topic and situation by Richard A. Spears, Steven R. Kleinedler, Betty J. Birner
Call Number: PE 2839 .S65 1994
ISBN: 0844257796
E-references
Shakespeare's Books: A Dictionary of Shakespeare Sources by Stuart Gillespie; Sandra Clark (Contribution by)
ISBN: 1472572920
Publication Date: 2016-02-25
Encyclopedia of literature and criticism [eBook] by Edited by Martin Coyle ... [et al.]
ISBN: 0203403622
Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Literature by Helicon
ISBN: 9781859865613
Publication Date: 2006
Genre Matters by Garin Dowd (Translator); Jeremy Strong (Translator); Lesley Stevenson (Translator)
ISBN: 9781841501079
Publication Date: 2006
Websites
American Verse Project
The American Verse Project is a collaborative project between the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan Press. The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.
bartleby.com
The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students,researchers and intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge.
Cambridge History of English and American Literature
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Luminarium: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)
Luminarium: English Literature: Early 17th Century (1603-1660)
Luminarium:Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485)
Outline of American Literature
The Outline of American literature, newly revised, traces the paths of American narrative, fiction, poetry and drama as they move from pre-colonial times into the present, through such literary movements as romanticism, realism and experimentation.
Poets.org
Launched in 1996, Poets.org is the award-winning website of the Academy of American Poets. Visitors to Poets.org will find thousands of poems as well as hundreds of poet biographies, essays, interviews, and poetry recordings—with new material being added constantly. Also available are resources such as the National Poetry Map, a national events calendar, and poetry lesson plans for teachers.
Greatliterature.org
An Online Library of Literature. find the full and unabridged texts of classic works of English literature. Fiction from authors like Lewis Carroll, the Bronte sisters (Anne, Charlotte and Emily), Jack London, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens and many others, and classic scientific works from Charles Darwin and Rene Descartes.
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century is a digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century black women writers. A part of the Digital Schomburg, this collection provides access to the thought, perspectives and creative abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to 1920. A full text database of these 19th and early 20th- century titles, this digital library is key-word-searchable. Each individual title as well as the entire database can be searched to determine what these women had to say about "family", "religion", "slavery" or any other subject of interest to the researcher or casual reader.
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Literary Awards
The Wiki list of international literacy awards
Among the many ways to find good books to read are the list of award winning authors from some of the prestigious international literary awards. These award winning books may be a great starting point for reading, but you should still read the synopsis and reviews to decide if the title will interest you.
The Man Booker Prize
The Man Booker International Prize is an international literary award given every two years to a living author of any nationality for a body of work published in English or generally available in English translation.
The Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal.
Hans Christian Andersen Award for Childrens Literature
The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are a pair of biennial literary awards by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their "lasting contribution[s] to children's literature". The writing award was inaugurated in 1956, the illustration award in 1966. The former is sometimes called the "Nobel Prize for children's literature". IBBY website -http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=home
The Franz Kafka Prize
The Franz Kafka Prize is an international literary award presented in honour of Franz Kafka, the German language novelist. The prize was first awarded in 2001 and is co-sponsored by the Franz Kafka Society and the city of Prague, Czech Republic. he criteria for winning the award include the artwork's "humanistic character and contribution to cultural, national, language and religious tolerance, its existential, timeless character, its generally human validity and its ability to hand over a testimony about our times.
Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in Arabic
The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature is a literary award for Arabic literature. It is given to the best contemporary novel written in Arabic, but not available in English translation. The winning book is then translated into English, and published by American University in Cairo Press. It was first awarded in 1996 and is presented annually on December 11, the birthday of Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, by the President of the American University in Cairo.
