Criticism

Sub-headings:

Literary Criticism Blogs

Web logs devoted to criticism of literature from classical to contemporary.

Resources in this category:

A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism, and Philology
http://www.unizar.es/departamentos/filologia_inglesa/garcial...

Bibliography with over 20,000 entries dedicated to the study of literary theory and criticism of authors writing in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Also covers linguistics, cultural studies, discourse analysis, and general philology.

BookRags.com
http://www.bookrags.com/

BookRags.com provides free classical study guides, book notes, eBooks and essays. It covers the subject areas of English, History, and Math & Science in an easily-searchable format.

bookreporter.com
http://www.bookreporter.com/

Browse by category or search for recent book reviews, excerpts, and author interviews, done just for the Bookreporter. Reviews range from a paragraph to a page with the longer reviews being signed.

Bookslut
http://www.bookslut.com/

Proclaiming a deep love of books and promising to judge judiciously, this site is both a monthly web magazine and a daily blog, providing news, reviews, and commentary. The site was created by the magazine's editor-in-chief, Jessa Crispin.

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/

"The Cambridge History of English and American Literature is considered the most important work of literary history and criticism ever published on writings in the English language. Compiled over fourteen years, from 1907 to 1921, the Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing. The set encompasses a wide selection of writing on orators, humorists, poets, newspaper columnists, religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, song writers, and even non-English writing, such as Yiddish and Creole."

FreeBooknotes.com
http://www.freebooknotes.com/

"FreeBooknotes.com is dedicated to finding all of the sites with free book notes (similar to "cliff notes") and indexing all the individual free study guides and free book summaries for you on one easy to navigate site. What we've done is gone through all these reputable book summary sites and added a link to each individual guide on our page for that book."

The Gothic: Materials for Study
http://mural.uv.es/maseja/The%20Gothic%20Materials%20for%20S...

Includes several critical essays about the Gothic literary period. Links and an annotated bibliography point to additional resources.

Literary Criticism
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/

The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.

Literary Criticism
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48496

This IPL pathfinder is designed to help students in researching and writing a paper that requires sources of literary criticism. Literary criticism is the evaluation, analysis, description, or interpretation of literary works. Both print and Internet resources are provided.

LitLinks
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/Pages/Main.aspx

Includes short biographies and web links to resources for a multitude of authors, past and present. Search for authors or browse alphabetically by last name.

Love to Read: Finding Books & Book Clubs
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48523

This IPL pathfinder is designed for people who love to read. The focus is primarily on fiction, although many of the sources are also useful for finding nonfiction and other genres. Both print and Internet sources are included.

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
http://www.luminarium.org/

Medieval, Renaissance, 17th Century and Restoration and 18th Century literary texts. Entries for each author include: works, biography, criticism, quotations and links. Texts are from The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 6th ed.

Modern American Poetry
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets.htm

Modern American Poetry is a collaborative effort that aims to provide "a single clearinghouse for some of the best criticism on the best poets of our time." One can find biographical information, bibliographies, criticism, commentary, and links to online copies of works on major modern American poets.

Modern American Poetry
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/

Aims to provide "a single clearinghouse for some of the best criticism on the best poets of our time." Includes biographical information, bibliographies, criticism, commentary, and links to online copies of works on major modern American poets.

The Modern Word
http://www.themodernword.com/default.aspx

Provides biographical and critical essays, bibliographies, and links relating to experimental twentieth century authors, such as Pynchon, Kafka, and Joyce.

The New York Times Books
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

Thousands and thousands of book reviews from the famed New York Times Book Review are archived along with reviews of current writing, plus special Web-only features. Registration is free.

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/TABLE.HTML

Detailed guide to finding literary criticism and commentary about American authors. Arranged by literary periods and includes introductions and general bibliographies for each period.

PinkMonkey
http://www.pinkmonkey.com/

Pink Monkey is a study resource targeted for junior high, high school and college students. It offers a library of free online literature summaries with a number of study guides and book notes.

Romantic Circles
http://www.rc.umd.edu/

Scholarly, peer-reviewed website focusing on Romanticism in literature and culture. Includes a blog, links to electronic texts, and links to other scholarly resources.

Shmoop: Study Guides, Teacher Resources
http://www.shmoop.com/

Find comprehensive and fun study guides for major works of literature, poetry and major events in US History. Also includes lesson plans and ideas for teachers.

T.S. Eliot: The Sacred Wood : Essays on Poetry and Criticism
http://www.bartleby.com/200/

A volume of literary criticism by the landmark modernist poet, T.S. Eliot. Although Eliot writes about literature, his thinking is strongly influenced by his philosophical training. To grasp Eliot's philosophy would require a lifetime of study. However, one can begin to get a feel for his ideas through a study of this famous work of criticism.

Undergraduate Guide to Critical Theory
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/engl/theory/index.html

A guide to some major schools of critical theory; provides examples of their usage. Features links to other critical theory sites.

Voices from the Gaps
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/

Promotes women writers and artists of color. Designed and maintained by University of Minnesota and contains biographies and literary analysis of the artists' work. Also has blogs from the artists and recorded interviews. A good place to start research about these artists and writers.

Writing Book Reports & Reviews
http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/bookreportFARQ.html

How do I write a book report?