Literary Criticism: Government Publications

The Government Publications department has a handful of documents on literary criticism, mostly in the LC (published by Library of Congress) call number range.  Some titles include:

• George Orwell & Nineteen eighty-four : the man and the book - GOVPUBS. LC1.2:OR9
• "Moonlight dries no mittens" : Carl Sandburg reconsidered - GOVPUBS. LC1.2:SA5
• Robert Frost: a backward look - GOVPUBS. LC 29.9:Un 8
• Children’s literature; a guide to reference sources (published 1966, with supplements in 1972 and 1977) - GOVPUBS. LC2.8:C43

An interesting guide to literature published in Illinois is in the state government publications:

• A reader’s guide to Illinois literature / edited by Robert Bray with John Hallwas ... [et al.] (published 1985) - ILLINOIS. 016.81 READ

• National Endowment for the Humanities
  A federal agency funding humanities programs in the United States.  See especially their Humanities magazine online and links to NEH-funded projects for author information and literary criticism.
• Library of Congress
  The national library of the United States.  Some helpful sections on their site for information about authors and specific works include the Center for the Book site and the Poetry and Literature division site (includes webcasts and audio recordings of interviews with and readings by authors).