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Reference Books

Biography  | Drama |  Literary History  |  Literary Criticism  |  Native American  | Poetry | Women Writers

 

BIOGRAPHY
American Authors, 1600-1900 Ref  PS 21.K8
American Writers Ref  PS 129.A55
Contemporary Authors Ref  PN 453.C66 N49
Contemporary Novelists Ref  PR 883.V55 1972
Dictionary of Literary Biography Series Various call nos.  Check HAL under series title for holdings
Mystery and Suspense Writers Ref  PR 830.D4 M97
Southern Writers Ref  PS  261.S59
Twentieth Century Authors Ref  PN  771.K86

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DRAMA
American Drama from Its Beginnings to the Present Ref  Z  1231.D7 L64 
Contemporary Dramatists Ref  PR 737.V5 1973
Drama Criticism Ref  Z 5781.C65
Drury's Guide to Best Plays Ref  Z 5781.D8
Modern Drama: a Checklist of Critical Literature on 20th Century Plays Ref  Z 5781.A35

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LITERARY CRITICISM
Contemporary Literary Criticism Ref  PN  771.C59
Magill's Literary Annual, 1986-1996 Ref  Z 1219.M33
Magill's Bibliography of Literary Criticism Ref  Z 6511.M25
Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism Ref  PN761 .N56
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism Ref  PN 771.G27
Research Guide to Biography and Criticism Ref  Z 2011.R47 1985
World Literature & Its Times Ref PN 50 .W67 1999

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LITERARY HISTORY
Cambridge History of American Literature Ref  PS 88.C3
Columbia Literary History of the United States Ref  PS 92.C64 1988
Literary History of the United States Ref  PS 88.L522

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NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
Handbook of Native American Literature Ref  PM 155 .D53 1996 
Native American Literatures Ref  PS  153.I52 W47 1999 

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POETRY
Contemporary Poets Ref  PR 603.C63 1971
Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics Ref  PN 1021.E5
Guide to American Poetry Explication Ref  PS 201.G85 1989
New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics Ref  PN 1021.P75 1993
Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry in English Ref  PR  601.O9 1992
Poetry Handbook: a Dictionary of Terms Ref  PN 44.5.D4 1962
Princeton Handbook of Multicultural Poetries Ref  PN 1021.N392 1996

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WOMEN'S LITERATURE
American Women Writers Ref  PS 147.A4
Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature Ref  PN 471.B57 1992
Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the U.S Ref  PS 147.O94 1995

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