Literary Criticism

Literary criticism, by definition, involves analyzing, interpreting, and assessing a piece of literature or an author’s entire body of work. It is usually an opinion that delves into the themes, writing style, and settings of a literary work.

Contrary to its literal meaning, criticism can have a positive or a negative connotation. And while it may contain some brief elements of a plot summary and biographical notes about the author, it must not be confused with either of these.

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.

The collection is not inclusive of all the work on the web, nor does it plan to be. The sites are selected with some thought to their overall usefulness.

Browse for Criticism by Author’s Last Name: A-B | C-D | E-F | G-H | I-J | K-L | M-N | O-P | Q-R | S-T | U-W | X-Z | All Browse for Criticism and Works by Title: A-B | C-D | E-F | G-H | I-J | K-L | M-N | O-P | Q-R | S-T | U-W | X-Z | All Need further sources of criticism? Find help and literary criticism links in our Online Literary Criticism Guide Also, be sure and scroll to the bottom of each author and work page in our collection for quick links to searches for that particular author or work on various search engines and reference sites. Need some criticism search help? Get strategy suggestions for finding literary criticism in your library and on the Web from our Literary Criticism Pathfinder

Browse for Criticism and Authors by Literary Period: American Literature 1600-1783 1783-1865 1865-1900 20th Century British Literature Pre-1500 1500-1700 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century Canadian Literature Pre-1900 20th Century French Literature Pre-1500 1500-1600 1600-1789 1789-1900 20th Century Italian Literature Pre-1375 1375-1585 1585-1748 1748-1814 1814-1900 20th Century Irish Literature 19th Century 20th Century German Literature Pre-1517 1750-1900 20th Century Russian Literature 1700-1917 1917- Spanish Literature Pre-1516 1516-1700 1700-1900 20th Century Latin American Literature 1519-1826 20th Century Japanese Literature Pre-1185 1770-1945 1945- Chinese Literature Pre-221 BCE 221 BCE – 618 618-960 960-1912 1912- Other Literatures Greek (Classical) | Latin | Polish | Czech | Romanian | Scandinavian | Middle Eastern | Indian | South East Asian | Caribbean | African | Australian & New Zealandic