LibGuides: ENG 231 Murfee: Locate ArticlesAbout Literature

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Oxford Handbook of Early American Literature
Call Number: Wilm Reference Books PS 185 .O94 2008
ISBN: 9780195187274
Twenty-seven chapters of original scholarship on early American literary works, arranged thematically.
A New Literary History of America
Call Number: Wilm Reference Books PS 92 .N39 2009
ISBN: 9780674035942
Signed articles presented in chronological order can be used as you would a scholarly journal article.
American Writers ; A Collection of Literary Biographies, 4 main volumes and 18 supplements
Call Number: Wilm Reference Books PS 129 .A55
The 4-vol. main set consists of 97 of the pamphlets originally published as the University of Minnesota pamphlets on American writers; some have been rev. and updated. The supplements cover writers not included in the original series
Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature, 4 volumes
Call Number: Wilm Reference Books PS 21 .E537 2004
ISBN: 9780195167245
4 volumes
Topical articles on literary movements, themes, types of publications, major works and authors from colonial times to 1990s.

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Ebooks and journals from renowned scholarly publishers covering the disciplines of history, language, literature, education, philosophy, classical studies, music, art and art history.
Dates of available issues are controlled by a "moving wall"—an agreed-upon delay between the current volume of the journal and the latest volume available on JSTOR—usually 3 to 5 years.
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Articles, critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements.

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