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Q: How do I find literary criticism on a book or essay?

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KSU Libraries has many databases devoted to literary criticism.  These can be found using the "Find a Database" link on the library homepage

Recommended databases

Literature Resource Center: Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale's most used literary databases in a single Internet-searchable service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors.

Literary Reference Center: A full-text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, and literary journals.

Literature Criticism Online: A compilation of scholarly and popular literary commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals.

 

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