Comparative Literature

This guide provides a general introduction to Library resources relating to Comparative Literature.

Encyclopedias, companions and handbooks

Bibliographies

Gale Reference Complete - Literature

The following resources within Gale Reference Complete provides access to hundreds of reference works on world literature:

Contains 63 series titles, several hundred volumes of reference works on literature, including Contemporary Authors Series, Vol. 206 (2003) - 421 (2019), Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, Vol. 114 (2003) - 334 (2019), World Literature and Its Times: Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them Vol. 1 - 8 which examine the relationship between the political/social climate during which books were written and the works themselves. The 8-volume set is cross searchable: