Literary Criticism

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.

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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-
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