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Literature Subject Guide
Full-text of biographies, bibliographies, and literary criticism of authors from all time periods. Covers: Novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers.
Covers: Antiquity-present.
Database contains citations for articles, books, and book chapters in literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore. Compiled by the Modern Language Association.
Covers: 1963 - present
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Database of over 10,000 poems from 70 poets of the 20th century.
Covers: 20th century
Database of over 52,000 poems from 300 poets of the 20th century.
Covers: 20th century
Database of over 280 poets and 598 volumes of poems from the 20th century.
Covers: 20th century
"Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature" indexes monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews and collections of essays published worldwide from 1920 onwards with links to the full text of 61 journals.
Covers: 1920-present.
Full-text of more than 700 first editions of American novels and short stories from 1789–1875.
Covers: Works written 1789-1875.
Full text, digital images of every book printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and every book in the English language printed abroad, from 1475 to 1700.
Covers: 1475-1700.
Full text by key writers of more than 200 works from the period 1500-1700
Full-text of 96 works in English prose by writers from the British Isles. Includes scanned versions of Sterne's Tristram Shandy, Richardson's Clarissa and Pamela, and of Swift's Gulliver's Travels.
Covers: 1700-1780.
The complete English poetic canon from the 8th century through the 19th. Full-text of over 160,000 poems by more than 1250 poets.
Covers: 600-1900.
Online version of the Contemporary Authors Cumulative Index to the print Gale literary series.
Full-text library of poetry, prose, drama, literary reference texts, and author biographies.
Full-text of prose, poetry, essays, and drama composed by women writing in Mexico, Central America, and South America. In Spanish and Portuguese.
Searchable and browsable full text database of poetry, fiction, and drama written in English and Spanish by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latin authors working in the United States. Also includes audio files of selected poems and plays.
Directory of journals and periodicals indexed by MLA. DOES NOT include journals articles.
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Searchable text of plays by authors from Britain, Ireland, and Australia, chiefly from the period of 1890 to 1920. Includes supplementary matter such as dramatis personae and relevant illustrations.
Citations for books, articles, reviews, and dissertations about Shakespeare. Also included are films, adaptations, and stage productions of Shakespeare's works.
Covers: 1995-current.
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