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Gale Literature Criticism Series Guide
Titles, Descriptions, & Locations

Titles, Descriptions, & Locations
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Contemporary Authors Cumulative Index Abbreviation
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Call Number

BLC

Black Literature Criticism
Contains excerpts from criticism of the most significant works by major Black writers from the past two hundred years.

1st Floor, Reference 810.9 B6272b

BW

Black Writers
Black Writers "provides biographical and bibliographical information on more than 400 black authors active during the twentieth century"

1st Floor, Reference
928 B62b

CDBLB

Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography
This series is a compilation of entries on British writers from the Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB) series. The multivolume set contains entries on authors from diverse time periods, starting in the middle ages and continuing until the present.

1st Floor, Reference
809 C61c

CMLC

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism
Furnishes excerpts from criticism of the works of the most-studied authors in the classical and medieval world from antiquity until 1400.

1st Floor, Reference 809.04 C76c

CLC

Contemporary Literary Criticism
Furnishes excerpts from criticism of the works of the most-studied novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, nonfiction writers, and various other creative writers who are now living or who died after December 31, 1999.

1st Floor, Reference 809.04 C76c

DC

Drama Criticism
Contains excerpts from the criticism of the works of the most-studied plays from various cultures and eras.

1st Floor, Reference 809.2 D7631d

DFS

Drama For Students
Contains discussions of the literary and historical background of the most-studied plays from various cultures and eras.

1st Floor, Reference 808.2 D76d

DLB

Dictionary of Literary Biography
DLB furnishes overviews of authors and their work in the larger context of literary history.

1st Floor, Reference
920 D55dt

DLBD

Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series
Intended as a supplement to the Dictionary of Literary Biography, the Documentary Series makes significant literary documents accessible to students and scholars. Each volume concentrates on a particular literary period, movement.

1st Floor, Reference
920 D55dy

EFS Epics for Students
Presents analysis, context, and criticism on the most commonly studied epic literature in high school and college classrooms.
1st Floor, Reference
809.13 E64e
HLC Hispanic Literature Criticism
(Compiles excerpts from criticism of the works of Hispanic writers of the late 19th and 20th centuries.)
1st Floor, Reference
860 H67h
LAIT Literature and Its Times
Contains discussion of the historical and literary context of frequently studied and historically significant novels, short stories, plays, poems, biographies, essays, speeches, and documents.
1st Floor, Reference
809 L77l
LC Literature Criticism from 1400-1800
Furnishes excerpts from criticism of the works of the most-studied novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, nonfiction writers, and various other creative writers who died between 1400 and 1799.
1st Floor, Reference 809.03 L77l
NCFS Nonfiction Classics for Students
Presents literary and historical background of the the most-studied nonfiction essays, books, biographies, and memoirs, as well as author profiles.
1st Floor, Reference 809 N81n
NFS Novels For Students
Contains discussions of the literary and historical background of the most-studied works by novelists of all nationalities and time periods.
1st Floor, Reference 808.3 N9371n

NCLC

Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism
Provides excerpts from criticism of the works of the most-studied novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, nonfiction writers, and various other creative writers who died between 1800 and 1899.

1st Floor, Reference 809.1 P745p

NNAL Native North American Literature
Discusses and analyzes the work of Native North American writers and orators of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
1st Floor, Reference 810.9 N27n

PC

Poetry Criticism
Furnishes excerpts from criticism of the works of the most-studied poets of all eras and nationalities.

1st Floor, Reference 809.1 P745p

PFS

Poetry For Students
Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems from a variety of cultures and time periods.

1st Floor, Reference 809.1 P7451p

SATA Something About the Author
Contains heavily illustrated sketches on juvenile and young adult authors and illustrators of all eras and nationalities.
1st Floor, Reference
920 S69s
SC Shakespeare Criticism
Collection of critical excerpts of Shakespeare plays.
1st Floor, Reference 822.33 DS5279

SFS

Shakespeare for Students
"Collection of essays by Shakespeare scholars which have been carefully selected to be of interest to students at the high school or undergraduate level..."

1st Floor, Reference 822.33 DS5271

SSC Short Story Criticism
Provides excerpts from criticism of the works of the most-studied short story writers from various cultures and time periods.
1st Floor, Reference 809.3 S55s

SSFS

Short Stories For Students
Contains critical analysis and historical background for the most frequently studied short stories from a variety of cultures and time periods.

1st Floor, Reference 808.3 S55s

TCLC Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism
Furnishes excerpts from criticism of the works of the most-studied novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, nonfiction writers, and various other creative writers who died between 1900 and 1999)
1st Floor, Reference 809.04 T96t
WLC World Literature Criticism
Contains excerpts from criticism of major international writers from living from 1500 to the present. The supplement contains entries from more international authors from all eras.
1st Floor, Reference 809 W9276w

WLIT

World Literature and It's Times
Offers historical background on major works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

1st Floor, Reference 809 W92w

 

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Revised (November 17, 2008)
Created (April 2002)
Current Author: Frank Baudino
Links Verified (November 2008)