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Reference Books

These are selected sources and not a comprehensive list. Be sure to check the catalog for other helpful items as well as handbooks, dictionaries and guides to researching literature. Look below for lists of resources by Genre.

General Sources:

British and Irish Literature and Its Times: Celtic Migrations to the Reform Bill (beginnings-1830s)
REF PR25 .M67 2001

British and Irish Literature and Its Times: The Victorian Era to the Present (1837 - )
REF PR471 .M65 2001

The Columbia Guide to Irish American History
E184 .I6 M43 2005

Countries and Their Cultures
REF GN307 .C68 2001

Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture (2 vols.)
REF DA912 .E53 2004

Ireland: A Cultural Encyclopedia
REF NX546 .A1 I73 1983

Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them
REF PN50 .L574 1997 v.1-5

Magill’s Bibliography of Literary Criticism (4 vols.)
REF DESK Z6511 .M25

Magill: 1,300 Critical Evaluations of Selected Novels and Plays
REF PN44 .M36

Oxford Companion to Irish Literature
REF PR8706 .O88 1996

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Sources by Genre

Poetry

Alexander: American and British Poetry: A Guide to the Criticism 1925 - 1978
REF DESK Z1231 .P7 A44 1984

The Explicator Cyclopedia REF DESK PR401 .E9
Vol. II: Traditional Poetry: Medieval to Late Victorian

Guide to British Poetry Explication REF DESK Z2014 .P7 M34 1991
Vol. I: Old English-Medieval
Vol. II: Renaissance

Index to Criticisms of British and American Poetry REF PR89 .C5

Magill: Critical Survey of Poetry, English Language Series REF PN1111 .C7
(8 vols. - Index volume at REF DESK)

Kuntz: Poetry Explication REF Z2014 .P7 K8 1980

Poetry Criticism (Title index at REF DESK) REF PN1010 .P499

Drama

Research Guide to Biography and Criticism - World Drama REF Z2011 .R47 1986

Drama Criticism (2 vols.) REF Z1231 .D7 C6

Magill: Critical Survey of Drama, English Language Series REF PR625 C74 1985
(6 vols. - Index volume at REF DESK)

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Fiction

Beacham’s Popular Fiction Update, 1991 (2 vols.) REF PS374 .P63 E433 1991

English Novel Explication: Supplement (2 vols.) REF Z2014 F5 P26

The Explicator Cyclopedia: Vol. III Prose REF DESK PR401 E9

Magill: Critical Survey of Long Fiction REF PR821.C7 2000
(8 vols.--Index at REF DESK)

Wiley: The British Novel: Conrad to the Present REF DESK Z2014 .F55 W54

Short Story

The Explicator Cyclopedia REF DESK PR401 .E9
Vol. III. Prose

Magill: Critical Survey of Short Fiction REF PN3321 .C7 2001
(7 vols./Index at REF DESK)

Short Story Criticism REF PN3373 .S386

Twentieth Century Short Story Explication: Interpretations 1900-1975 of Short Fiction
Since 1800
(+ Supplements) REF Z5917 .S5 W33 1977

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TIPS for Catalog Searching:

  • Be sure to do a Subject search, using the author’s name (last name first) in the library's online catalog, then look for "Criticism and Interpretation" to find more critical materials.
  • Other Subject searches to try are “Irish Americans” and “Irish Literature.”
  • Consider using the library's databases to find more citations and articles. Then check the library catalog to see if we have the book or journal you need.
 

Databases

General Databases

Academic Search Premier Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

Research Library Research Library provides access to full-text journals across a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, literature, political science, and psychology. More than 1,900 titles are fulltext in this database.

Literature Databases

MLA Bibliography thourough LION
Modern Language Association International Bibliography for literature in modern languages. Indexes articles from 1963 to the present.

Literature Resource Center Access three of the world's premier literature resources with a single search. When you simultaneously search Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (CLC Select) and Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB), you'll find in-depth information on the lives and writings of nearly 100,000 authors along with critical reaction to their works. This series includes integrated indexes to both the DLB and CLC print series

JSTOR Contains back issues of scholarly journals. For a list of journals included in JSTOR, visit our E-journal List.

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Web Resources

Irish Centre for Migration
http://migration.ucc.ie/indexpublications.htm
This site from the Migration Studies, Department of Geography, University College Cork
is "promoting the study of historical and contemporary migration, to and from Ireland, within a comparative international framework, using new information and communication technologies."

The Pace University Library has selected Internet Resources in Literature available which include categories for 17th & 18th Centuries, 19th Century, and Criticism & Book Reviews. These web pages have been evaluated by a librarian and include a brief description about each site.

Citation Formats

To complete your paper, you will need Citation resources. The Pace University Library has examples and style guides for MLA and APA online.

 

 
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