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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 357 362 CS 213 816 AUTHOR Van Noate, Judith, Comp. TITLE Modern British Literature: Sources for Criticism. A Research Guide. INSTITUTION North Carolina Univ., Charlotte. J. Murrey Atkins Library. PUB DATE 1933 NOTE 28p.; Very small print on some pages may affect legibility. For other guides in this series, see ED 329 982-989 and CS 213 815-817. PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom Use (055) Reference Materials Bibliographies (131) EDRS PRICE MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Authors; College Libraries; *English Literature; Higher Education; Library Guides; *Library Materials; Library Skills; *Literary Criticism; *Reference Materials IDENTIFIERS University of North Carolina Charlotte ABSTRACT This handout is a guide to library resources in the J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, intended to help students find sources of criticism on Modern British Literature (long fiction, short fiction, poetry, and drama). The guide explains important reference sources in the Atkins library reference collection and how to find biographical and critical information in books and periodicals. The guide is organized in 11 sections: (1) Reference Books (for any author and all forms of literature); (2) Books (on individual authors and their work); (3) Bibliographies on more than one author (sources of criticism--multi-genre); (4) Short Stories; (5) Poetry; (6) Drama; (7) Book Reviews; (8) Play Reviews; (9) Periodical Indexes; (10) Abstracts; and (11) Essays in Books. (SR) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE: SOURCES FOR CRITICISM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS Office of Educational Rsearch and Improvement MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION A RESEARCH GUIDE CENTER (ERIC) (?kcedic, awc.t, his document has been reproduced as received from the person Or Organization originating it O Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quatity Compiled by Judith Van Noate Points of view oropimonsstatedinthisdocu. TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ment do not necessarily represent officiat Reference Libni,rian OERI position or pdhcy INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Reference Unit, Atkins Library, UNC-Charlotte This guide is intended to help you find sources of criticism on Modern British literature (long fiction, short fiction, poetry, It explains important reference sources in the Atkins drama). library reference collection and how to find biographical and critical information in books and periodicals. is arranged as follows: It REFERENCE BOOKS 1. (may be used for any author 1-5 and all forms of literature) BOOKS on individual authors and their work 6 2. BIBLIOGRAPHIES on more than one author. 3. 6-7 multi-genre (sources of criticism SHORT STORIES - sources for criticism 8 4. 9-12 POETRY - sources for criticism 5. 12-15 sources for criticism DRAMA 6. 17 BOOK REVIEWS 8. 18 PLAY REVIEWS 9. 19-24 PERIODICAL INDEXES 10. co 25 ABSTRACTS 11. er) 26 ESSAYS IN BOOKS 10. REFERENCE BOOKS BACKGROUND INFORMATION about an author and are not If you are looking for information if you need some basic information sure where to begin, or following are good about a type or genre of literature, the sources. Literature The Cambridge Guide to English Ref PR Biographical--a good concise overview if you are 85 having trouble with where to start. C28 1983 Literature The Oxford Companion to English Ref PR This a good source of biographical information 21 Gives an overview of the in dictionary format. H3 Especially useful if you author's life and work. 1983 with a topic. are not sure where to start "encyclopedias" to the There are many other "companions" and literatures of various nationalities in the reference subheading You can look in ALADDIN under the collection. Example: Canadian literature--dictionaries; "dictionaries." Australian literature--dictionaries. BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL INFORMATION Gale Literary Criticism Series This group of reference works provides a comprehensive source Atkins for biographical and critical information on authors. Authors in Library owns all of the titles on this list except The various volumes in the series cover Antiquity to the News. this Use these for all of the authors studied in the present. course. include: Those that may be most useful for your research Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) Ref PN CLC "presents significant passages from published 771 criticism of works by today's creative authors." C59 Citations are given for each excerpt (you can then journal with go to P.A.S.L. or ALADDIN to find the Entries are the full text of the criticism). Use the "Cumulative Index to several pages long. Autnors" at the end of the last volume in the series for the fullest coverage of an author. Here is the entry for Tom Stoppard: Stoppard, Tom CLC 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 15, 29, 34, 63 1937- ... See also CA 81-84: DLB 13; DLB-Y 85 Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB) Ref . PN Biographical--a good overview of an author's life 451 Selected Articles are fairly long. and work. D52 volumes of the Dictionary of Literary Biography 1978 deal with authors of specific literary movements Use the index in the back of the and genres. latest volume or the "Index to Authors" in the last volume of CLC. Dictionary of Literary Biography Ref Documentary Series (DLB-DS) PS 129 "Depicting the Lives and Work of Authors- - D48 Including Photographs, Manuscript Facsimiles, 1982 Letters, Notebooks, Interviews, and Contemporary Each volume is Assessments"--from frontispiece. Many devoted to only a few major authors. illustrations. 2 (1 Dictionary of Literary Biography--Yearbook Ref PS literary Each volume of DLB-Y## summarizes "current 221 Entries give an activity" for that year. D5 and update of the author's work, discus new books D5 (with other writings and include a bibliography full citations) of the author's publications, interviews, etc. for the period encompassed by the yearbook. Short Story Criticism Ref PN These first two volumes of a proposed, ongoing 3373 Entries consist of cover twenty-six major authors. S56 excerpts of criticism with full citations (you may the then go to P.A.S.L. or ALADDIN to locate Entries are complete text of the criticism). There is a Story Title Index several pages long. to and a Cumulative Index which cross references the entire Gale series. Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism Ref PN who TCLC is arranged like CLC but covers authors 771 died between 1900-1960 while the latter covers T83 living. authors-who are, for the most part, still citations.:.Entries Excerpts of criticism with full In the case of multiple inclusions of an are long. author, criticism is taken from different sources. 3 Criticism The Chelsea House Library of Literary "the entire A thirty-seven volume series designed to cover Entries include literature." range of British and American extracts and brief biographies and two longer sections of and Works Extracts are grouped into Personal, General, essays. and interview categories and include material from "memoirs, reviews of biographies, short theoretical statements and The essay sections are reserved for more individual works." Full citations are given for both extensive, in-depth studies. There is a list of references for extracts and essays. "Additional Reading" at the end of each volume. Modern British Literature is included in: Twentieth Century British Literature Ref PR .[C]riticism of modern authors from the II 473 . . Includes United Kingdom and its former colonies. T84 excerpts from a variety of sources--magazines, 1985 journals and book length studies, essays, passages list from memoirs, interviews and biographies, and Arranged of sources for additional reading. alphabetically by author in five volumes with a Biographical Supplement and Index. 4 ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES British Women Writers Ref PR This is an important and up-to-date biocritical 111 Entries are source for British women authors. B75 lists of one to several pages long and include 1989 major primary works and references for further Includes many authors not discussed in research. British Writers. British Writers Ref PR This. is an introduction to the work of "Writers 85 who have made a significant contribution to English B688 In spite of the editor's claim, many literature." important contemporary British authors are not The scope is biographical and included. Entries contain a bibliography of the analytical. author's work in chronological order as well as a list of biographical and critical works. The index in Vol. 8 refers to everywhere an author The long articles on authors are is mentioned. located in the volumes which list their names on Entries are arranged chronologically by the back. author's birth date. Magill: Critical Survey of Long Fiction Ref PR It consists of long This is a multi-volume set. 821 biographical and analytical entries with C7 background information on the works and their 1983 sources. 5 BOOKS BOOKS ON INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS Although proper names for people and places, etc. are not included in Library of Congress Subject Headings, they can be Therefore, to used as subjects in ALADDIN or the card catalog. find biographies, books of criticism or bibliographies concerning the works of a specific author, simply type s/ (for the author's a subject search of that author), and then enter At this point, scan the list of last name, first initial. entries until you find the appropriate subheading (for example --bibliography, --criticism and interpretation, --biography) s/auden w h Example: SUBJECTS VTLS/ALADDIN J. Murrey Atkins Library- - YOU SEARCHED: s/auden w h 1907-1973. Hugh), (Wystan 16 Auden, W. H. 1> Aesthetics. 1907-1973 (Wystan Hugh), 1 Auden, W. H. 2. Bibliography. (Wystan 1907 -1973 Hugh), 3 Auden, W. H. 3. Biography. (Wystan Hugh), 1907 -1973 2 Auden, W. H. 4. Correspondence. 1907 -1973 -- (Wystan Hugh), 1 Auden, W. H. 5. Criticism and (Wystan 6 Auden, W. H. 1907 -1973 Hugh), 6. interpretation. INDIVIDUAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES If you are doing in depth research on an author, the best place to begin your search is with a bibliography devoted to the work Bibliographies will frequently be divided up of that author. by the titles of poems, stories etc. and will direct you to Disadvantages are that criticism on a particular work. bibliographies may not be up to date; you will'fleedto use additional sources if you need recent or .Current criticism. Also, they are not available on every author. Use ALADDIN to find bibliographies concerning the works of a Type s/ (for a subject search for books about specific author. first an author), and then enter the author's last name and At this point, scan the list of the Example: initial. author's name and birth (and death) dates for the subheading --bibliography: s/stoppard,tom SUBJECTS VTLS/ALADDIN J. Murrey Atkins Library- YOU SEARCHED: s /stoppard,tom Stoppard, Tom. 1> Bibliography. 1 Stoppard, Tom 2. 5 Stoppard, Tom Criticism and interpretation. 3. At present, ALADDIN contains records for all books Note: ONLY RECORDS NOT YET processed by the library since 1977. ENTERED INTO THE ALADDIN SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND THROUGH THE CARD THUS, ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE LIBRARY'S CATALOG. HOLDINGS CAN BE FOUND BY USING THE CARD CATALOG. If you need additional help with locating books, please ask a librarian at the 1st floor reference desk. 6 BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON MORE THAN ONE AUTHOR finding information on These will be useful primarily for They consist of lists of references to writers of fiction. criticism in periodical articles, books and essays. The British Novel: Conrad to the Present Ref critical Index to bibliographies, biographies and 2014 Use for in-depth research. works on authors. F55 Published in 1973. W54 The British Novel: Scott through Hardy Ref Conrad to the Same format as The British Novel: 2014 Present. F5 W37 English Fiction, 1900-1950 Ref Briefly annotated. This looks quite useful. 2014 Two volumes. Published in 1979. F4 R5 English Novel Explication Ref 2014 Gives references to Use for major authors. F5 Arranged critical articles in books and journals. P26 alphabetically by author and then by title of Entries are Updated by supplements. novel. This is an excellent source to use for extensive. She is in-depth research on Doris Lessing. included in the original volume and all of the supplements. The English Novel: Select Bibliographical Ref Guides Z 2014 Published in Includes commentaries on works. F5 1979. D94 index to Literary' Biography Ref Use for International in scope, comprehensive. 6511 Symbols listed with less well known authors. H38 entries are explained in the front of volume one. Literary Criticism and Authors' Biographies: An Ref Annotated Index Z 6511 "This index will help you find book chapters about L56 Annotated. the lives and works of authors." Literary Criticism Index Ref This source is useful for finding a large number of 6511 references on an author or on an individual work. W44 However it involves a two step process as most of 1984 the entries are to bibliographies, checklists, etc. and the user must go to the books and journals cited in the second source for the actual Atkins Library has most of the sources. criticism. Use this one if you are having trouble finding sufficient information in other bibliographies. Magill's Bibliography of Literary Criticism Ref This is an excellent source for criticism. 6511 Arranged by author with individual works arranged M25 Four volumes; title index in under author entries. volume 4. BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON WOMEN AUTHORS Bibliography of Women and Literature Ref A comprehensive guide to articles and books 2014 written between 1974 and 1981 on women authors W65 The "Index of Authors" (pp. writing in English. B66 319-342) gives entry numbers for specific writers. 1982 There are several pages of entries on Doris Lessing. This will be useful for finding sources written prior to 1981. 8

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