Comparative Literature
This guide provides a general introduction to Library resources relating to Comparative Literature.
Encyclopedias, companions and handbooks
- The American Novel by Historical treatment of the development of the “Great American Novel.”Call Number: Online access from Bartleby.comPublication Date: NEW YORK: MACMILLAN, 1921 ; NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2000
- The Cambridge companion to British fiction : 1980-2018 byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9781108649865Publication Date: 2019
- The Cambridge companion to fantasy literature byCall Number: Online access & print copyISBN: 9780521429597Publication Date: 2012
- The Cambridge Companion to World LiteratureCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9781108471374Publication Date: 2018
- The Cambridge History of English and American Literature : An Encyclopedia in 18 Volumes by The most important work of literary history and criticism ever published on writings in the English language. The Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing. The set encompasses a wide selection of writing on orators, humorists, poets, newspaper columnists, religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, song writers, and even non-English writing, such as Yiddish and Creole.Call Number: Online access from Bartleby.comPublication Date: NEW YORK: PUTNAM, 1907–21 ; NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2000
- A Companion to Comparative Literature byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9781444342789Publication Date: 2011
- Companion to Comparative Literature, World Literatures, and Comparative Cultural Studies byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9789382993803Publication Date: 2013
- A Companion to World Literature (6-volume set) byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9781118635193Publication Date: 2020
- Comparative literature : theory, method, application byCall Number: Main Library (STANDARD LOAN) - 3rd floor PN865 Tot.ISBN: 9789042005341Publication Date: 1998
- Dictionary of literary biography The series provides reliable information on authors and their works in an easy to understand, engaging format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history. Dictionary of Literary Biography includes the main series, documentary, and yearbook volumes.Call Number: Online access
- Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of World Literature byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9781414448718Publication Date: 2009
- Introducing comparative literature : new trends and applications byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9780415702676Publication Date: 2015
- The Princeton sourcebook in comparative literature : from the European Enlightenment to the global present byCall Number: Main Library (STANDARD LOAN) - 3rd floor PN865 Pri.ISBN: 9780691132846Publication Date: 2009
- The Reader’s Dictionary of Authors : The Library of the World’s Best Literature by The more than 6,800 short biographies of world authors, with particular attention to the 1,000 primary authors in The Library, have been meticulously updated to include accurate years of birth and death—and feature easy-to-read pronunciations, particularly of non-English names.Call Number: Online access from Bartleby.comPublication Date: NEW YORK: WARNER LIBRARY Co., 1917; NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2015
- The Routledge Companion to World Literature byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9780415570220Publication Date: 2012
Bibliographies
- Annual Bibliography of English Language and LiteratureCall Number: Online access
- Bibliography of comparative literature byCall Number: Main Library Closed Stack Ref. .8016 Bal.Publication Date: 1950
- MLA International BibliographyCall Number: Online access
- Oxford Bibliographies : literary and critical theoryCall Number: Online access
- Oxford Bibliographies : Victorian literatureCall Number: Online access
- Oxford Bibliographies Online : American literatureCall Number: Online access
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:
- World Literature and Its Times: Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them. Vol. 1: Latin American Literature and Its Times byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9781414435749Publication Date: 1999
- World Literature and Its Times: Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them. Vol. 2: African Literature and Its Times byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 978141445756Publication Date: 2000
- World Literature and Its Times : Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them Vol. 3 British and Irish Literature and Its Times: Celtic Migrations to the Reform Bill (Beginnings-1830s) byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9781414435763Publication Date: 2001
- World Literature and Its Times : Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them Vol. 4 British and Irish Literature and Its Times: The Victorian Era to the Present (1837-) byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9781414435770Publication Date: 2001
- World Literature and Its Times : Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them Vol. 5 Spanish and Portuguese Literatures and Their Times (The Iberian Peninsula) byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9781414435787Publication Date: 2002
- World Literature and Its Times : Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them Vol. 6 Middle Eastern Literatures and Their Times byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9781414435794Publication Date: 2004
- World Literature and Its Times : Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them Vol. 7 Italian Literature and Its Times byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9781414405131Publication Date: 2005
- World Literature and Its Times : Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them Vol. 8 Classical Literature and Its Times 2006 byCall Number: Online accessISBN: 9781414435800Publication Date: 2006