LibGuides: ENC 1102 (Brandon): Books in the Library

Books in the Brandon Library

General Research, Writing, and Literature guides:

Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
Call Number: REF PN41 .M42
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism by Michael Groden (Editor)
Call Number: REF PN81 .J554
The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory by Michael Ryan (General Editor)
Call Number: REF PN81 .E435 2011
Writing Essays about Literature by Kelley Griffith
Call Number: PN83 .G72
Patterns for College Writing
Call Number: PE1417 .P36
ISBN: 0312408560

Criticism & General Literature Books in the Library

Books of criticism and interpretation of an author's work use the library catalog (PRIMO) and put in your author as a SUBJECT. You want books ABOUT your author.

Other search terms that can be useful:

AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE

DECONSTRUCTION

EPIC LITERATURE

FEMINIST CRITICISM

See also: Using the Gale Literary Indexes tab above

If you need a copy of a literary work

If a literary work is not in your textbook, before you go out and buy a copy, try one or more of these resources:

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LitFinder (Gale) Full text of thousands of poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays.

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Google Books (Google) Google Books lets you search inside of millions of books. Use the "find in a library" link to discover if HCC owns a book. Funding source: Other, free. Here is more about Google Books and how to use it.

Project Gutenberg Provides e-texts of books in the public domain (including classic literature) available to download in plain text or ZIP files. The site is searchable and browsable by title and author.
The Poetry Foundation Find poems, guides to poems, author information.
Poets.Org Thousands of poems plus hundreds of poet biographies, essays, interviews, and poetry recordings

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eBooks

HCC ID required for eBooks.

Literary Criticism and Theory by Pelagia Goulimari
Call Number: ebook
HCC ID required; includes Psychoanalytic Criticism, Postcolonial Studies, and Feminist Criticism
Modern North American Criticism and Theory
Call Number: eBook
HCC ID required; includes Multiculturalism, Postcolonial Studies, Queer Theory, Feminist Criticism, Marxist Criticism, and Psychoanalytic Criticism
An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory
Call Number: eBook
HCC ID required; includes Queer Theory, Feminist Criticism
Modern British and Irish Criticism and Theory
Call Number: eBook
HCC ID required; includes Feminist Criticism, Postcolonial Studies, Queer Theory, and Psychoanalytic Criticism