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BRITISH AUTHORS AND THEIR LITERATURE

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REFERENCE SOURCES FOR RESEARCH PAPERS

STUDENT'S NAME___________________________ AUTHOR'S NAME ________________

LITERATURE I WILL ANALYZE _________________

TYPE OF LITERATURE_________________(poetry, novel, etc.)

WHEN AUTHOR LIVED _____________________________

PERIOD OF LITERATURE ______________________

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Scratch out the sources that do not apply to your topic as you read over this sheet. Then, look for the remaining sources. 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. Literary Biographies and Analysis

A. British Authors of the Nineteenth Century R 920 BRI
B. British Authors of the Nineteenth Century R920.03 KUN
C. British Authors R820.9 BRI
D. The Chelsea House Library of Literary Criticism The New Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism R 820.9 NEW (brown books)

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

E. The Chelsea House Library of Literary Criticism The Critical Perspective R 820.9 CRI (grey books)

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

F. The Chelsea House Library of Literary Criticism The Major Authors Edition

R 820.9 MAJ (black books)

1. Vol. 1 - Medieval - Late Renaissance
2. Vol. 2 - Medieval - Late Renaissance
3. Vol. 3 - Caroline - Late Georgian
4. Vol. 4 - Romantic - Victorian
5. Vol. 5 - Victorian

G. Classic Horror Writers (biographical, critical, and bibliographical) R 823.0873 CLA

H. The English Novel Defoe to the Victorians R 823.03.SKI

I. Elizabethan Dramatists R 822.309 ELI

J. English Poets R 821.09 ENG (small green books)

6. Vol. I - Chaucer to Donne
7. Vol. II - Ben Jonson to Dryden
8. Vol. III - Addison to Blake
9. Vol. IV - Wordsworth to Rossetti

K. European Writers R809.894 EUR

L. Magill Surveys English Novel Richardson to Hardy R 823.009 ENG

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

N. Mentor Book of Major British Poets: From William Blake to Dylan Thomas R 821.08 M

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

P. Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors R 810.9 MOU

10. Vol. I The Beginnings to the Seventeenth Century
11. Vol. II Neo-Classicism to the Romantic Period

Q. The Nineteenth Century British Novel R 823.09 KAR

R. Prose of the Victorian Period R820.9 BUC

S. A Reader's Guide to the Contemporary English Novel R 823.09 KAR

T. A Reader's Guide to the Eighteenth Century English Novel R 823.09 KAR

U. A Reader's Guide to Great Twentieth Century English Novels R 823.09 KAR

V. Representative English Novelists: Defoe to Conrad R 823.09 MCC

W. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy R 822.052 MCM

X. Reading Modern Poetry R 821.9108 ENG

Y. Science fiction Writers: critical studies of the major authors from the early nineteenth century to the present day R 823.0876 SCI

Z. Seventeenth Century English Poetry R 821.308 KEA

Z. The Treatment of Nature in English Poetry R 821.9 REY

III. Plot Summaries and Criticism

A. Novels for Students R 808.3 NOV ****Very Good****
B. Masterplots R 803 MAS
C. 1,300 Critical Evaluations of Selected Novels and Plays R 809 MAG
D. Critical Survey of Poetry: English Language Series R 809.591 C
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. Eighteenth-Century British Fiction R 823.509 EIG
K. English Literature - Romanticism to 1945 R820.9 ENG
L. English Novel Conrad to Wolfe R 823.912 MAG
M. English Novel, Richardson to Hardy R 823.009 ENG
N. English Poetry 821.009 BAT, R 820.9003 ENG
O. Magill Surveys English Literature Middle Ages to 1800 R 820.9 En3e
P. Magill Surveys English Literature Romanticism to 1945 R 820.9 En3e
Q. Contemporary Literary Criticism R 809 CON (38 Volumes - USE THE CUMULATIVE INDEX IN VOL. 38)
R. Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism R 809 TWE (30 volumes) Look at cumulative indexes.

IV. 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

V. Handbooks and Companions

A. Cambridge Guide to English Literature R 820.9 CAM
B. Cambridge History of English Literature R 820.9 CAM

1. Vol. II The End of the Middle Ages
2. Vol. III Renascence and Reformation
3. Vol. IV - North and Drayton
4. Vol. V - The Drama to 1642 I
5. Vol. VI - The Drama to 1642 II
6. Vol. VII - Cavalier and Puritan
7. Vol. VIII - The Age of Dryden
8. Vol. IX - Steele and Addison to Pope and Swift
9. Vol. X - The Age of Johnson
10. Vol. XI - Period of the French Revolution
11. Vol. XII - Nineteenth Century I
12. Vol. XIII - Nineteenth Century II
13. Vol. XIV - Nineteenth Century III
14. Vol. XV - General Index

C. Crowell's Handbook of Elizabethan & Stuart Literature R 820.9003 RUO
D. The New History of Literature English Poetry and Prose 1540-1674 R 820.9003 ENG Vol. 2
E. The New History of Literature Dryden to Johnson R 820.9005 DRY Vol. 4
F. The New History of Literature The Victorians R 820.9008 Vol. 6
G. Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary R 920 MER
H. British Literature Blake to the Present Day R 820.8 SPE

VI. Novell Applications - Destiny - Catalog- search for author and what he wrote, the use Destiny WebPath Express.

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. Home Page of Destiny - Gale -

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