English: Literature, Rhetoric, and Composition: Welcome

Find print and online copies of an author's work, or book-length critical analysis of that author.

Large, interdisciplinary collection of journal articles - additional in-depth, scholarly treatments of specific works or themes in that author's output, useful for articles in sociological disciplines not covered by the MLA Bibliography.

The core collection of scholarly information for literature - specialized journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, and conference proceedings for in-depth treatments of your author or work.​

Full-text archive of high-quality scholarly journals in the humanities, including many core journals in literature and cultural studies.

Covers words from across the English-speaking world, tracing their origin and history, including earliest recorded usage, through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of sources.

Virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700, with digital facsimile page images.

Excellent overviews of literary movements, theories, critics, and concepts. Need a quick overview of aesthetics, structuralism, Gramsci, or gender theory? Check here.

Basic reference source - critical overviews and selected criticism on a particular author, giving a grounding in who the author is and what they were known for.

Excellent starting point for authoritative overviews of authors and topics.

Excellent starting point for authoritative overviews of authors and topics

Access to the 'Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection', 'The Literature Collection' and 'The Western Civilization Collection'.

Completely searchable full text of more than 300 volumes in the Cambridge Histories series. Explore American and British history, ancient history, Islamic history, economic history, the histories of philosophy, science, music, literature, religion, social histories, and much more.

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