eBook collection covering a wide range of subjects.
A comprehensive library covering a broad selection of literary works, their authors and genres.
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Collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks covering a variety of subject areas.
Provides full-text to literature criticism from the series, Critical Insights and Critical Surveys of Long Fiction. Also includes biographies of some important writers.
Key Terms in Literary Theory by 
The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory by 
A Dictionary of Critical Theory by 
The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms by 
Beginning Theory: an introduction to literary and cultural theory by 
A Short Guide to Writing about Literature by 
Literary Theory: the Basics by 
Critical Theory Today by 
A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature by 
Literary Theory: a Guide for the Perplexed by 
How Literature Works: 50 Key Concepts by 
How to Read Literature by Comprehensive list of modernism ebooks in eBooks on EBSCOHost:
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Modernism: a Very Short Introduction by 
Masterpieces of British Modernism by 
The Cambridge Companion to American Modernism by 
Critical Essays on American Modernism by 
Modernism, 1910-1945 by 
Disquiet on the Western Front : World War II and Postmodern Fiction by 
The Cambridge Introduction to Postmodernism by 
The Cambridge Introduction to Postmodern Fiction by Critical Essays on American Postmodernism by 
A History of Feminist Literary Criticism by 
Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman's Place in America by 
Rereading Women: thirty years of exploring our literary traditions by 
Sexual-Textual Politics: feminist literary theory by 
Reading Black, Reading Feminist : a critical anthology by 
The Madwoman in the Attic : the woman writer and the nineteenth-century literary imagination by The New Feminist Criticism: essays on women, literature, and theory by For additional theories, try searching eBooks on EBSCOHost:
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Within the Library of Congress (LC) Classification (or "Call Number") system, Most of the "P's" are literature titles. If you are interested in a detailed breakdown of how the print literature books are organized on the shelves, the LC CLassification for Literature PDF file will provide the details.
An innovative and elegant new biography of John Milton from an acclaimed Oxford professor.
Published in English for the first time, and the only Arabic epic named for a woman, The Tale of Princess Fatima recounts the thrilling adventures of a legendary medieval warrior universally known throughout the Middle East and long overdue to join world literature's pantheon of female heroes.
Fred Daniels, a black man, is picked up randomly by the police after a brutal murder in a Chicago neighbourhood and taken to the local precinct where he is tortured until he confesses to a crime he didn't commit.
This volume about the novel discusses the work from numerous points of view, employing biographical, historical, cultural, mythic, and aesthetic approaches, among others.
In The Writer's Crusade, author Tom Roston examines the connection between Vonnegut's life and Slaughterhouse-Five. Roston probes Vonnegut's work, his personal history, and discarded drafts of the novel, as well as original interviews with the writer's family, friends, scholars, psychologists, and other novelists including Karl Marlantes, Kevin Powers, and Tim O'Brien.
This anthology culls together a half century of powerful American short stories from all genres, including for the first time in a literary anthology science fiction, horror, and fantasy.
In 100 Poems to Break Your Heart, poet and advocate Edward Hirsch selects 100 poems, and illuminates them, unpacking context and references to help the reader fully experience the range of emotion and wisdom within these poems.
In These Fevered Days, Martha Ackmann unravels the mysteries of Dickinson's life through ten decisive episodes that distill her evolution as a poet.
In this new biography, W. Jason Miller illuminates Hughes's status as an international literary figure through a compelling look at the relationship between his extraordinary life and his canonical works. Drawing on unpublished letters and manuscripts, Miller addresses Hughes's often ignored contributions to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, as well as his complex and well-guarded sexuality, and repositions him as a writer rather than merely the most beloved African American poet of the twentieth century.
The highly anticipated new biography of Sylvia Plath that focuses on her remarkable literary and intellectual achievements, while restoring the woman behind the long-held myths about her life and art.
Scott Peeples chronicles Poe's rootless life in the cities, neighborhoods, and rooms where he lived and worked, exploring how each new place left its enduring mark on the writer and his craft.
Thadious M. Davis begins with Walker's biography and her formative experiences in the South and then presents ways of accessing and reading Walker's complex, interconnected, and sociopolitically invested career in writing fiction, poetry, critical essays, and meditations.
