Literary Criticism: Books

For criticism on a specific work, find the title of the work as a subheading under the author's name:

• Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. Jane Eyre
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet

"Criticism and interpretation" is a subheading used for criticism on authors' works in general, but you may also find works of criticism (mixed with biography) under just the author's name as a subject heading:

• Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961--Criticism and interpretation
• Achebe, Chinua--Criticism and interpretation
• O'Connor, Flannery
• Molière, 1622-1673

For criticism of literature of a particular country or time period, do a subject browse and look for the subheading "History and criticism".

• English literature--20th century--History and criticism
• German drama--20th century--History and criticism
• American fiction--Southern States--History and criticism
• American poetry--African American authors--History and criticism

For more main subject headings to use, do a subject browse for "... literature" (ex. "English literature") and see the catalog's "See Also" link. (See screen shot in the box to the right.)

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For even more subject headings to use for literary criticism topics, use the subject browse option in the catalog and look for "See Also" buttons to find related and narrower terms:

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