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Course Material 
Most items in the Short Loan Collection are set texts for course reading.
To find
items in the Short Loan Collection, click the Readings tab in Library Search. On the next screen click on the pull down arrow next to the Course
search box, and highlight the course name, ENGLISH 230. Click Search.
Find Books
Search Tip: You can also use the The Catalogue to find material on the topics discussed in your course, e.g. queer theory or "queer theory". From the results screen, use the options shown in the left hand side bar to refine your results.
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When searching with the following headings, click on the button that shows to the left of the search results. Another screen with a list of narrower and related search terms will show. Scroll down the page and click on any term you wish to search.
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Reference resources
Routledge new critical idiom is series of books that deals with individual theoretical topics.
Beard, Adrian. How texts work. London: Routledge, 2003.
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Bigsby, C. W. E., ed. The Cambridge companion to modern American culture. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Castle, Gregory. The Blackwell guide to literary theory. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2007.
print Edgar, Andrew, and Peter Sedgwick, eds. Cultural theory : the key concepts. London, New York: Routledge, 2008.
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Groden, Michael, Martin Kreiswirth, and Imre Szeman, eds. Johns Hopkins guide to literary theory and criticism.
2nd ed. Baltimor : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
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Kennedy, X. J. Handbook of literary terms : literature, language, theory. 2nd ed. New York : Pearson/Longman, 2008.
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Mikics, David. A new handbook of literary terms. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007.
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Quinn, Edward. A dictionary of literary and thematic terms. 2nd ed. New York: Checkmark Books, 2006.
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Rush, Fred, ed. The Cambridge companion to critical theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Wolfreys, Julian, ed. Critical keywords in literary and cultural theory. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
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_______________. The Edinburgh encyclopaedia of modern criticism and theory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2002.
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Dictionary of Literary Biography Online -
fully searchable collection. Search by keyword or named author, by selecting from the pull down menu in the first seach screen. Typically each author/topic is covered by an extended essay covering background, criticism, commentary, and a list of further reading. Photographs are usually included. Each article can be re-formatted for reading, and e-mailed/printed/downloaded.
Find Articles
Contact the subject librarian if you need help with database searching.
ABELL+FT - indexes articles in scholarly journals, chapters in books, and books. Covers film as well as literature and critical theory.
Literary Encylopedia - a full text reference work on authors and texts with information on their cultural context. The Glossary and Stylebook links are useful for this course.
Literary Theory - A full-text collection of works which have had a significant bearing on English and American traditions of theory and criticism, or which have influenced contemporary theoretical debate in the English-speaking world, from Plato to the
present. Includes The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory.
MLA International Bibliography - the major resource for research in English language and literature. It indexes articles in scholarly journals, chapters in books, books and websites. It also overs film and cultural studies as well as critical theory.
Search Tip: You can also use the Articles & More link in Library Search. To ensure the articles meet academic requirements, click Peer-Reviewed Journals in the left hand panel of the results screen.
You can continue to refine the search further using this panel, e.g. by date, format, online, from the options provided.
Internet Resources
You must be logged on with NetID and Password to access these sites from this page.
Always evaluate these, and other websites you use for academic purposes
Media and Cultural Studies - site from University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Introductory Guide to Critical Theory - from Purdue University
Literary Theory and Cultural Studies - a variety of resources from Jack Lynch's site at Rutgers University
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