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HON 204 Writing About Literature

Honors class - HON/ENG204

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Online Encyclopedias and Guides

Oxford English Dictionary
An excellent authoritative source on the English language, including the history of words.

Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
Publication Date: 2004
Includes 350 essays encompassing the range and depth of American literary history from the 1600s to the present day. The Encyclopedia includes essays on poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists, as well as major works and essays on literary movements, periods, and themes.

Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
Publication Date: 2006
Online resource
Provides coverage of the history of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the major literary languages (Anglo-Saxon, English, Welsh, Scots, Irish, and Latin). Includes accounts of individual authors and histories of particular themes, movements, genres, and institutions.

Literature Resource Center
Online resource
Biographical and selected critical coverage of the most studied authors & works.

Background Information

Dictionary of American History (10 v.)
Also available in paper copy: E174 .D52 2003
Handbook of North American Indians (13 v., more forthcoming), Ref E 77 .H25
Published by Smithsonian Institution. Excellent, standard references to start with for historical information. Each volume has a regional focus. Some copies also in the circulating collection.
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2006

Biography Reference Bank
Information on half a million people, from antiquity to the present. Includes full-text of 100+ volumes of biographical reference books, images, and citations to additional articles and book reviews.

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