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AMERICAN AUTHORS AND THEIR LITERATURE

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REFERENCE SOURCES FOR RESEARCH PAPERS

STUDENT'S NAME___________________________ AUTHOR'S NAME ________________

LITERATURE I WILL ANALYZE _________________ GENRE _________________ (poetry, novel, etc.)

WHEN AUTHOR LIVED ____________ PERIOD OF LITERATURE ______________________

Put a check by a source as you find information or scratch out the source if it does not have information that you need. You have completed your research when everything is scratched out or checked!

BOOKS

I. General Encyclopedias (World Book, etc.)

II. Women

A. American Women Writers R 809.8109 AME
B. Black Women Writers R 810.9 BLA
C. Modern American Women Writers R 810.9 MOD
D. Women Writers of the Contemporary South R 813.54 WOM

III. African American

A. African American Writers R 810.9 AFR
B. Black Plots & Black Characters R 810.9 SOU
C. Black Writers of America R 810.8 BAR
D. Black Women Writers R 810.9 BLA
E. A History of Afro-American Literature Vol.1 R 810.9 JAC

IV. Science Fiction/Fantasy

A. Science Fiction Writers R 823.0876 SCI
B. Science Fiction Writers : critical studies of the major authors from the early nineteenth century to the present day R 823.0876 SCI
C. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature R 808.8015 SUR vol. 1-5
D. Survey of Science Fiction Literature R 809.387 SUR Vol. 1-5
E. Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers R 813.0876 TWE

V. Poetry

A. Contemporary Poets Second Edition R 821.9 CON
B. Contemporary Poets Seventh Edition R 821.9 CON
C. Critical Survey of Poetry: English Language Series R 809.951 CRI Vol. 1-8
D. Masterplots Poetry Series: 141 Essay-Reviews of the World's Fine Poetry R 808.8 MAG
E. Poetry in Our Time R 821.9109 DEU
F. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry R 821.9109 OXF
G. Survey of American Poetry R 811.08 SUR Vol. I - X (1607-1984)

VI. Western

A. Twentieth Century Western Writers R 810.9327 TWE

VII. Literary Biographies and Analysis

A. 20^TH Century American Authors CS 800 Women
B. Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20^th Century R 803 ENC Vol. 1-4
C. Who's Who in Twentieth Century Literature R 809 SEY
D. Funk & Wagnall's Guide to Modern World Literature R 809.034 SEY
E. American Writers R 810.9 AME
F. Great American Writers: twentieth century R 810.9 GRE Vol.1-13
G. The Cambridge History of American Literature R 810.9 CAM
H. The Norton Anthology of American Literature R 810.8 NOR Vol. 1
I. American Literature to 1900 R 810.9 AME Vol.8
J. Magill's Survey of American Literature Vol. 1-6 R 810.9 MAG
K. The Chelsea House Pre-Twentieth Century Criticism of British and American Literature to 1904 R 820.9 NEW (brown books)

             1. Vol. 3 Elizabethan - Caroline
             2. Vol. 5 Georgian
             3. Vol. 7 Early Victorian
             4. Vol. 8 Mid Victorian
             5. Vol. 9 Late Victorian
             6. Vol. 10 Late Victorian - Edwardian

L. The Chelsea House Twentieth Century Criticism of British and American Literature to 1904 R 820.9 CRI (grey books)

1. Vol. 5 - Georgian
2. Vol. 8 - Mid-Victorian
3. Vol. 9 - Late Victorian
4. Vol. 10 - Edwardian

M. Pre-Twentieth Century Criticism of British and American Literature to 1904 R 820.9 MAJ (black books)

1. Vol. 4 - Romantic - Victorian
2. Vol. 5 - Victorian

N. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography R 920.03 MCG (12 volumes)

O. Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors Vol. I-IV R 810.9 MOU

P. Miriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature R 803 MER

Q. Critical Survey of Short Fiction R 809.831 N27c Vol. 1-7 and Supplement

R. Magill Surveys American Literature Colonial Age to 1890 R810.91 AME

S. Exploring Literary America R 810.9 THU

VIII. Plot Summaries and Criticism

A. Novels for Students R 808.3 NOV ****Very Good****
B. Masterplots R 809 MAS
C. 1,300 Critical Evaluations of Selected Novels and Plays R 809 MAG
D. Characters in 19^th Century Literature R 809.927 HOW
E. Cyclopedia of Literary Characters R 803.MAG
F. Masters of Modern Drama 808.82 BLO
G. The Critical Perspective R 820.9 CRI
H. Critical Survey of drama R 822.009 CRI
I. Critical Survey of Long Fiction R 809.3 MAG
J. Contemporary Literary Criticism R 809 CON (38 Volumes - USE THE CUMULATIVE INDEX IN VOL. 38)
K. Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism R 809 TWE (30 volumes) Look at cumulative indexes.
L. American Literature to 1900 R 810.9 AME
M. American Writers R 810.9 AME (blue and red books)
N. Modern American Literature Vol. IV R 810.9005 CUR Vol. IV
O. American Fiction, 1900-1950 R 813.003 WOO
P. American Fiction to 1900 R 813.008 KIR
Q. Magill Surveys American Novel Brown to James R 813.009 AME
R. Magill Surveys American Novel Crane to Faulkner R 813.009 AME
S. Major Characters in American Fiction R 813.0092 MAJ
T. Magill Surveys Science Fiction Alien Encounter R 813.08 SCI
U. Beacham's Popular Fiction 1950-Present Vol. 1-4 R 813.509 BEA
V. American Fictions 1940-1980: A Comprehensive History and Critical Evaluation R 813.5409 KAR

IX. Literary Dictionaries and Characters (Use to define elements of literature - theme, style, characters, etc.)

A. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms R 803 BAL
B. Cyclopedia of Literary Characters R 803 MAG
C. Major Characters in American Fiction R 813.0092 MAJ

X. Handbooks and Companions

A. Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature R 803 MER
B. The Oxford Companion to American Literature R 810.9 HAR
C. Literary History of the United States R 810.9 LIT
D. Crowell's Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry R 811.5409 MAL
E. A Multicultural Dictionary of Literary Terms R 803 CAR
F. The New History of Literature Dryden to Johnson R 820.9005 DRY Vol. 4
G. The New History of Literature The Victorians R 820.9008 Vol. 6
H. Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary R 920 MER

XI. Novell Applications - Destiny - Catalog- search for author and what he wrote

A. Write the call number and letters.
B. Find the books; check out or make copies.

COMPUTER SOURCES

I. Novell-delivered Applications - Destiny (at home address is http://destiny.centralcss.org/) Catalog - Web Path Express - Type topic.

II. Gale Databases

III. Novell-delivered Applications - Masterplots - File - Open Bookshelf - Books.abs - Open

MLA BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR INTERNET SOURCES

MLA Bibliography for INTERNET SITES

ORDER OF INFORMATION:

If there is one, author's last name, first name followed by period
Title of article in quotation marks with period within quotes
Name of site followed by period
Date of access, military style no period
Internet address in < > followed by period

Rules:
1. Alphabetize
2. Double space
3. Reverse Indent