FINDING BOOKS
| Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 |
| Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 - Bibliography |
| Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 - Characters |
| Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 - Criticism and interpretation |
| Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 - Style |
| Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 - Technique |
| Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 (Voyage Out) |
The subject subdivision “Criticism and interpretation” indicates general criticism of an author’s work. Sometimes entire books are written about a single literary work, such as The Voyage Out. Usually, however, criticism of a particular work is found in a brief discussion or chapter in general books about an author’s works. Books about an author’s works are generally shelved together after the works themselves.FINDING ARTICLES
For recent journal articles and books (especially multi-author works), the most comprehensive index/bibliography to use is the MLA Bibliography. This index consists of bibliographic records concerning literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Coverage from 1963 to present can be found in electronic version (library home page: "Find Articles: Resources A-Z"). For articles before 1963, check the paper version, MLA International Bibliography, Z 7006 .M64.
The Humanities Index/Humanities Full Text is also valuable, although less comprehensive. The electronic version, Humanities Full Text, covering 1983 to present, can be found on the library home page: "Find Articles: Resources A-Z." For articles before 1983, check the paper version, Humanities Index, located in the reference collection, (REF) AI 3 .R4912x.BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Bibliographies can save time and effort when doing extensive research projects. Book-length bibliographies, which may contain annotations, are found in the catalog under the subject subdivision “Bibliography.” Shorter bibliographies, printed as sections of books, are often mentioned in the “Notes” area of the online catalog display. Some useful general bibliographies of literary criticism are listed below.CITATION SEARCHING
For advanced literary research, being able to find recent references to earlier criticism is useful. Besides footnotes in books, a systematic tool for finding such references is the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), (compact shelving) NX 1 .A7x (1976-1999). The index, with other citation indexes, is also available from 1987-date in electronic format (UWM Libraries' home page: "Find Articles: Resources A-Z"), under the name Web of Knowledge.The selected titles below are among many in the UWM Libraries' collections.
OTHER INDEXES
| Abstracts of English Studies | [1958-1991] | (compact shelving) PE 1 .A24 |
| British Humanities Index | [1962-date] | (REF) AI 3 .B72x |
| Dramatic Criticism Index (1972) | (REF) Z 5781 .B8 | |
| Essay and General Literature Index | [1900-date] | (REF) AI 3 .E752 |
| Literary Criticism Index | (REF) PN 523 .W45x 1984 | |
BASIC HANDBOOKS FOR LITERARY TERMS, CHARACTERS AND ALLUSIONS
| Allusions: Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical | PN 43 .A4 1982 |
| Bloomsbury Guide to English Literature (2ed) | (REF) PR 19 .B58x 1995 |
| Characters in 19th-Century Literature | (REF) PN 56 .4 .H69x 1993 |
| Characters in 20th-Century Literature | (REF) PN 56 .4 .H37 1990 |
| Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms | PN 44 .5 .Q56 1999 |
| Dictionary of Literary Characters | (REF) PR 19 .L37 2004 |
| Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs | PN 43 .D48 1988 |
| Masterplots Cyclopedia of Literary Characters | PN 44 .M3 1963a |
| Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature | PN 41 .M42 1995 |
| Multicultural Dictionary of Literary Terms | PN 41 .C28 1999 |
| New handbook of literary terms | (REF) PN 41 .M48 2007 |
| Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (2ed) | PA 31 .H69 1989 |
| Oxford Companion to French Literature | PQ 41 .H3 1961 |
| Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature (1978) | (REF) PQ 6006 .O95 |
| Routledge dictionary of literary terms | (REF) PN 41 .D4795 2006 |
BIOGRAPHICAL/CRITICAL SOURCES
| American Short Fiction Criticism and Scholarship, 1959-1977 | (REF) Z 1231 .F4 W43 1982 |
| American Writers | PS 129 .A55 1974 |
| Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome | PA 3002 .A5 1982 |
| Black Literature Criticism | PS 153 .N5 B556 1992 |
| Contemporary African American novelists | PS 374 .N4 C658 1999 |
| Contemporary Authors [1962-date] | Find Articles: Resources A-Z |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism [1973-date] | PN 771 .C59 |
| Contemporary Literary Critics | PS 78 .B56 1982 |
| Critical Survey of Long Fiction | (REF) PR 821 .C7 1983 |
| Critical Survey of Short Fiction (1981) | (REF) PN 3321 .C7 |
| Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism | (REF) PN 75 .E53 E53 1999 |
| European Writers | (REF) PN 501 .E9 1983 |
| Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism | (REF) PN 81 .J556 1994 Find Articles: Resources A-Z |
| Latin American Writers | (REF) PQ 7081 .A1 L37 1989 |
| Literary Cultures of Latin America | (REF) PQ 7081 .A1 L525 2004 |
| Literature Lover's Companion | (REF) PN 451 .L58x 2001 |
| Masterpieces of Latino Literature | (REF) PQ 7081 .A1 M29 1994 |
| Modern American Literature | PS 221 .C8 1969 |
| Modern American Women Writers | PS 151 .M54 1991 |
| Modern British Literature | (REF) PR 473 .T4 |
| Modern French Literature (1977) | PQ 306 .M57 |
| Modern Mystery, Fantasy, and Science Fiction Writers | PN 3448 .D4 M63x 1993 |
| Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers | (REF) PR 115 .N55 2000 |
| Reference Guide to American Literature (3ed) | PS 129 .R44 1994 |
| Reference Guide to World Literature (2ed) | (REF) PN 524 .R44 1995 |
| Shakespearean Criticism [1984-date] | PR 2965 .S43x |
| Twentieth Century Literary Criticism [1978-date] | PN 771 .G27 |
| Twentieth Century Romance and Gothic Writers | (REF) PR 888 .L69 T86 1982 |
| Twentieth Century Short Story Explication (3ed/1977 & supps) | PN 3373 .T89x 1977 |
| World Authors 1950-1970 (1975) | (REF) PN 451 .W3 |
| World Authors 1970-1975 | (REF) PN 451 .W3 1980 |
| World Authors 1975-1980 | (REF) PN 451 .W672 1985 |
| World Authors 1980-1985 | (REF) PN 451 .W672 1991 |
POETRY CRITICISM
| American and British Poetry: a Guide to the Criticism, 1925-1978 | PS 303 .A44x 1984 |
| Critical Survey of Poetry: English Language Series | (REF) PR 502 .C85 1982 |
| Critical Survey of Poetry: Foreign Language Series | (REF) PN 1111 .C7 1984 |
| Poetry Explication (3ed) | Z 2014 .P7 K8 1980 |
DRAMA CRITICISM
| American Drama Criticism: Interpretations, 1890-1977 (2ed, supps) | PS 332 .E3x 1979 | |
| Black Drama | Find Articles: Resources A-Z | |
| Drama Criticism (1966-1971) | Z 1231 .D7 C6 | |
| European Drama Criticism, 1900-1975 (2ed) | PN 1721 .P3x 1977 | |
| Major Modern Dramatists | PN 1861 .M27 1984 | |
| National Theatre Critics' Reviews [1943-1996] | PN 1601 .C8 | |
New York Times Theater Reviews [1870-2000]| (compact shelving) PN 1581 .N38 | Find Articles: Resources A-Z |
| P | Philology, linguistics, classical philology |
| PA | Byzantine and modern Greek literature and language; Medieval and modern Latin literature and language |
| PB | Celtic literatures and language |
| PC | Romance languages, e.g., French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
| PD | Old Germanic and Scandinavian languages |
| PE | English language |
| PF | Germanic languages, e.g., Dutch, German |
| PG | Slavic literatures and languages, e.g., Czech, Polish, Russian |
| PH | Finno-Ugarian literatures and languages, e.g., Estonian, Finnish |
| PJ | Oriental literatures and languages, e.g., Arabic, Hebrew |
| PK | Indo-Iranian literatures and languages, e.g., Armenian, Hindi, Urdu |
| PL: | Eastern Asian, African, Oceanic literatures and languages, e.g., Chinese, Japanese |
| PM | American Indian and artificial languages |
| PN | Literature (general), including general criticism, poetry, drama, performing arts, and collected works |
| PQ | Romance literatures, e.g., French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
| PR | English literature |
| PS | American literature |
| PT | Germanic literatures, e.g., Dutch, German, Scandinavian |
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