British Literature since 1900: Reference Materials

This standard reference work is its 6th edition, most recently edited in 2008.

Publication that specializes in providing overview of what was published in subfields of English Literary Study. Good source to have a sense of where current critical discussions focus.

Publication that specializes in providing overview of what was published in subfields of Critical and Cultural Theory. Again, good source for understand where current theoretical discussions focus.

The Encyclopedia provides comprehensive coverage of literature from the Abbey Theatre to Israel Zangwill, covering the entire 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). It includes substantial accounts of individual authors (e.g., Spenser, Pope, Austen) and detailed histories of particular themes, movements, genres, and institutions, whose impact upon the writing or the reading of literature was significant (e.g., The Stationers' Company, the sonnet, the ‘School of Night, ’ or the Sublime).

The database is comprised of sixteen titles, among them The Encyclopedia of the Novel, The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction, and The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory. The items can be searched and browsed separately, or together as a whole.

Provides students and researchers with a much-needed, comprehensive resource on the subject of colonialism and expansion. From a global perspective, the set traces many facets of colonial growth and imperialism, and much more.

A six-volume survey of European history from 1450, the beginning of the print revolution, to 1789 and the French Revolution. Presents over 1,000 alphabetically arranged entries covering the period's most significant personalities and meaningful developments in the arts, religion, politics, exploration, and warfare. For students, scholars, and general readers.