"Presents significant passages from the published criticism of work by well-known creative writers-novelists and short story writers, poets, and playwrights" who are either still living or who have died since 1960 (preface).
In the same series as the above two entries, this resource "presents significant passages from published criticism on authors who died between 1800 and 1900" (preface).
Critical Survey of Drama. 8 volumes. Reference 822.009 C934c2
"Each essay provides ready-reference material such as birth and death dates and a list of the author's major dramatic works" (product description). Also included are literary analyses of the author's major dramatic works as well as information regarding other non-dramatic works the author may have written.
The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women writers from the Middle Ages to the present. Reference 820.9 B57f
Contains information on female authors of all genres from around the world. Includes biographical entries as well as topical entries examining important themes, issues, and movements within literary and feminist criticism.
A Look at Critical Theories (in Print)
Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism
Call Number: Reference 801.95 E56e
Publication Date: 1999
Literary Research Guide
by James Harner
Call Number: Reference 820.9 H22l
Publication Date: 2008
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
Call Number: Reference 809 J61
Publication Date: 1994
Glossaries of Literary Criticism
Call Number: Reference 803s
Several different titles.
Additional Critical Print Resources
Black Literature Criticism: Excerpts from criticism of the most significant works of black authors. Reference 808.8896 B56
This 4-volume set "presents a broad selection of the best criticism of works by twenty-six major black writers of the past 100 years" (product description).
Hispanic Literature Criticism. 4 volumes. Reference 860.9868 H67h
"Compiles many previously published critical essays that examine the essential works of novelists, poets, dramatists and other writers from Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Peru, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina and other countries" (product description). Includes two more recent supplements.
Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them. 6 volumes. Reference 809.93358 M913L
This resource examines the historical setting of three hundred of the most popular and most studied literary works from ancient times to the present. Not only does it consider the historical setting of the work itself, but it also assesses the historical movements and influences on the author during the time it was being written. The six volumes are arranged chronologically, and each entry is organized alphabetically according to title within their respective volumes.
African Literature and Its Times. Reference 809.896 M85a
British and Irish Literature and Its Times. 2 vols. Reference 820.9 M45