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ENGL 257G: 20th Century Literature by Women: Books

Books

Reference books offer more in-depth and critical information. Many of them contain literary criticisms needed for assignments.

Encyclopedias are a great source for finding background information.

Reference Books and Encyclopedias - Located on Campus

Black Literature Criticism

Location: Bethlehem and Monroe
Call number: PS153 .N5 B556 V.1-4

Black Writers

Location: Bethlehem & Monroe
Call number: PS153 .N5 B57 1994

Contemporary Literary Criticism

Location: Bethlehem and Monroe
Call number: PN771 .C59 V.1-260

Drama Criticism

Location: Bethlehem and Monroe
Call number: PN1625 .D72 V.1-34

Poetry Criticism

Location: Bethlehem and Monroe
Call number: PN1010 .P62 V.1-98

Poetry for Students

Location: Bethlehem & Monroe
Call number: PN1101 .P756

Short Story Criticism

Location: Bethlehem and Monroe
Call number: PN3373 .S56 V.1-122

Short Stories for Students

Location: Bethlehem & Monroe
Call number: PN3373 .S3845

World Literature Criticism, 1500 to the Present

Location: Bethlehem
Call number: PN523 .W67 1992

Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature

Location: Bethlehem & Monroe
Call number: PS 153 .M56 G74 2005

Irish Women Writers: An A-Z Guide

Location: Bethlehem & Monroe
Call number: PR 8733 .175 2006

Latina and Latino Voices in Literature

Location: Bethlehem
Call number: PS 153 .H56 D39 2003

Library Catalog

To locate books on literary criticism in the NCC Library, start with the Library Catalog (SpartaCat). The catalog will point you to items that you can borrow from the STACKS, as well as items available from our REFERENCE area.

TIP 

  • To search for works about an author, including criticism of an author's works, search author's name as "subject."

EXAMPLE:     

  • In the catalog, next to "subject," enter Flannery O'Connor.

TIP 

  • To search for works by an author, search by authors name as "author."

EXAMPLE:    

  • In the catalog, next to "author," enter Virginia Woolf.

Books to Check Out from the Library

Writing Women's Lives

Location: Bethlehem (Stacks)
Call number: PS 151 .W75 1994

Contemporary American Women Poets

Location: Bethlehem (stacks)
Call number: PS151 .C665 2002

Of Women, Poetry, and Power

Location: Bethlehem (Stacks)
Call number: PS151 .B87 2002

Contemporary Arab American Women Writers

Location: Bethlehem (Stacks)
Call number: PS153 .A73 A36 2007

A Jury of Her Peers

Location: Bethlehem & Monroe (Stacks)
Call number: PS147 .S46 2009

The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers

Location: Bethlehem & Monroe (Stacks)
Call number: PS508 .N3 P596 2017

Arab Women Writers

Location: Bethlehem & Monroe (Stacks)
Call number: PJ7525.2 .D43 2008