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Library Resources

This list of books held in the library, while not intended to be comprehensive, should help you get started with your snippet research. Works marked with (Ref) are kept in Reference (1st floor) and works marked (Res) have been placed on reserve (2nd floor). Works applicable to a specific author are listed under that author's name.

General Resources

Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. (Ed. Laurence Urdang, Frederick G. Ruffner, and David Gilxon): PN43 .A4 1986 (Ref).

The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. (Ross Murfin and Supryia M. Ray): PN44.5 .M86 1997 (Res).

The Book of Literary Terms: The Genres of Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, and Scholarship. (Lewis Turco): PN44.5 .T87 1999 (Res).

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. (Adrian Room): PN43 .B65 1995 (Res).British Writers. (Ed. Ian Scott-Kilvert): PR85 .B688 v. 1-8 (Ref).

British Writers. Supplement. PR85 .B688 Suppl. 1 (Ref).

Companion to Literary Myths: Heroes and Archetypes. (Ed. Pierre Brunel; trans. Wendy Allatson, Judith Hayward, Trista Selous): PN56.M95 D4813 1992 (Ref).
(Some Suggested Terms: Celtic, Apolo the Mythical Sun, Don Juan, Golden Age, Heroism, Historical Figures and Mythical Figures, Image and Myth, Literary and Mythological Narratives, Literature and Imitation, The Mythopoetic Attitude, From Primitive Myth to Literary Myths, Pyramus and Thisbe, Tales and Myths.)

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. (Chris Baldick): PN41 .C67 2001 (Res).

Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs. (Jean-Charles Seigneuret): PN43 .D48 1988 v.1-2 (Ref).

Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore and Symbols. (Gertrude Jobes): GR35 .J6 v. 1-3 (Ref).

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms. (Ed. Irena R. Makaryk): PN81 .E63 1993 (Ref).

Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature. (Ed. Mary Ellen Brown and Bruce A. Rosenberg): PN41 .E48 1998 (Ref).

European Writers. (William T.H. Jackson): PN501 .E9 1983 v. 1-10 (Ref).

A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory. (Jeremy Hawthorn): PN44.5 .H37 2000 (Ref).

Guide to British Poetry Explication. (Nancy C. Martinez and Joseph G.R. Martinez): PR311 .M377 1991 v. 1-4 (Ref) (See: Renaissance, Restoration-Romantic, Victorian-Contemporary).

A Handbook to Literature. (William Harmon): PN41 .H355 1996 (Ref).

Introducting Literary Theory: A Guide and Glossary. (Julian Wolfreys): PN81 .I58 2001 (Res).

The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism. (Ed. Michael Groden and Martin Kreiswirth): PN81 .J64 1994 (Ref).

Key Concepts in Literary Theory. (Julian Wolfreys, Ruth Robbins and Kenneth Womack): PN44.5 .W65 2001 (Res).

Literary Movements for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Literary Movements. (Ed. David Galens): PN597 .L58 2002 v. 1-2 (Ref).

Literary Terms: A Dictionary. (Karl Beckson and Arthur Ganz): PN44.5 .B334 1975 (Ref).

Literature and its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them. (Ed. Joyce Moss and George Wilson): PN50 .L574 1997 v.1-5 (Ref).

Literature and its Times. Supplement 1: Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them. (Joyce Moss): PN50 .L574 1997 Suppl. pt.1-2 (Ref).

The New York Public Library Literature Companion. (Anne Skillion): PN41 .N49 2001 (Ref).

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. (Elizabeth Knowles): PN43 .O85 2000 (Ref).

Poetry Criticism. PN1105 .P63 v.1- (Ref).

The Poet's Dictionary: A Handbook of Prosody and Poetic Devices. (William Packard): PN44.5 .P3 1989 (Ref).

Poetry Handbook: a Dictionary of Terms. (Babette Deutsch): PN44.5 .D4 1969 (Ref).

Multiple Authors

A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language, Incorporating the F. J. Norton Collection. (Katharine M. Briggs): GR141 .B69 pt. a, vol. 1-2; pt. b, vol. 1 (Ref). (King Cole, Fairies, Wrens) (Pratchett, Shakespeare, Tolkien, Yeats)

A Dictionary of English Folklore. (Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud): GR141 .S573 2000 (Ref). (Pratchett, Shakespeare, Tolkien)

A Dictionary of Folklore. (David Pickering): GR35 .P5 1999 (Ref). (Pratchett, Shakespeare, Tolkien, Yeats)

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. (Ed. John Clute and John Grant): PN3435 .E53 1997 (Ref). (Pratchett, Tolkien, Shakespeare)

Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art. (Ed. Thomas A. Green): GR35 .F63 1997 v. 1-2 (Ref). (Pratchett, Shakespeare, Tolkien, Yeats)

Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs. (Ed. Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, and John Lindow): GR35 .M43 2000 v. 1-2 (Ref). (Some suggested topics: Ballad; Burial Mounds; Celtic Mythology; Chanson de Geste; Christmas; Culhwch and Olwen; Dragon; Druids; English Tradition; Fairies; Fenian Cycle; Festivals and Celebrations; Folktale; Folklore; Frame Tale; Irish Tradition; Knight; Legend; Mabinogi; Maelgwn Gwynedd; Midsummer; Myrddin; Myth; Mythography; New Years; Oral Theory; Orality and Literacy; Patrick, Saint; Tournament; Ulster Cycle; Wizard) (Mitchinson, Pratchett, Shakespeare, Tolkien, Yeats)

Post-War Literature: 1945 to the Present: English Literature in its Historical, Cultural and Social Contexts. (Caroline Merz, Patrick Lee-Browne): PR471 .M47 2003 (Ref). (Mitchinson, Pratchett, Tolkien)

St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers. (David Pringle): PN3435 .S715 1996 (Ref). (Pratchett, Tolkien)

Storytelling Encyclopedia: Historical, Cultural, and Multiethnic Approaches to Oral Taditions Around the World. (Ed. David Adams Leeming, Marion Sader): GR72 .S76 1997 (Ref). (Pratchett, Tolkien)

Terry Pratchett

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: A Selection. (J.R.R. Tolkien; Ed. Humphrey Carpenter): PR6039.O32 Z48 2000 (Res).

The Monsters and the Critics: The Essays of J.R.R. Tolkien. (J.R.R. Tolkien; ed. Christopher Tolkien): PE27 .T65 1997 (Res).

A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faërie. (Verlyn Flieger): PR6039.O32 Z646 1997 (Res).

The Road to Middle-Earth. (T.A. Shippey): PR6039.O32 Z824 1992 (Res).

Tolkien: A Biography. (Humphrey Carpenter): PR6039.O32 Z62 1988 (Res).

J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. (T.A. Shippey): PR6039.O32 Z823 2000 (Res).

Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth. (John Garth): PR6039.O32 Z647 2003 (Res).

Edna St. Vincent Millay

American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. (Ed. Leonard Unger): PS129 .A55 v. 1-4 and supplements (Ref).

Critical Essays on Edna St. Vincent Millay. (Ed. William B. Thesing): PS3525.I495 Z634 1993 (Res).

Edna St. Vincent Millay. (Norman A. Brittin): PS3525.I495 Z62 1982 c.2 (Res).

Letters of Edna St. Vincent Millay. (Ed. Allan Ross Macdougall): PS3525.I495 Z53 (Res).

The Poet and Her Book: A Biography of Enda St. Vincent Millay. (Jean Gould): PS3525.I495 Z64 (Res).

Restless Spirit; The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay. (Miriam Gurko): PS3525.I495 Z67 (Res).

Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay. (Nancy Milford): PS3525.I495 Z72 2001 (Res).

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron

Literature of the Romantic Period: A Bibliographical Guide. (Ed. Michael O'Neill): PR457. L58 1998 (Ref).

The Romantics: English Literature in its Historical, Cultural, and Social Contexts. (Neil King): PR468.R65 K56 2003 (Ref).

William Butler Yeats

Dictionary of Irish Literature. (Ed. Robert Hogan et. al.): PR8706 .D5 1979 (Ref).

The Modernist Period, 1900-45: English Literature in its Historical and Social Contexts. (Patrick Lee-Browne): PR471 .L44 2003 (Ref).

The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. (Ed. Robert Welch and Bruce Stewart): PR8706 .O88 1996 (Ref).

A William Butler Yeats Encyclopedia. (Sam McCready): PR5906 .M44 1997 (Ref).

A Yeats Dictionary: Persons and Places in the Poetry of William Butler Yeats. (Lester I. Conner): PR5906 .A23 1998 (Ref).

Naomi Mitchison

The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. (Joanne Shattock): PR111 .S48 1993 (Ref.)

William Shakespeare

All Things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's World. (Kirstin Olsen): PR2892 .O56 2002 v. 1-2 (Ref).

The Annotated Shakespeare. (Ed. A. L. Rowse): PR2754 .R66 1978 v. 1-3 (Ref).

The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. (Ed. Michael Dobson and Stanley Wells): PR2892 .O94 2001 (Ref).

The Renaissance: English Literature in its Historical, Cultural and Social Contexts. (Patrick Lee-Browne): PR411 .L37 2003 (Ref).

Shakespeare A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Plays, his Poems, his Life and Times, and More. (Ed. Charles Boyce): PR2892 .B69 1990 (Ref).

Shakespeare's Language: A Glossary of Unfamiliar Words inShakespeare's Plays and Poems. (Eugene F. Shewmaker): PR2892 .S447 1996 (Ref).

Shakespeare's World and Work: An Encyclopedia for Students. (Ed. John F. Andrews): PR2892 .S56 2001 v. 1-3 (Ref).

This syllabus is subject to change. Announcements will be made in class and to the course Web site. It is your responsibility to keep track of such changes.