Literature and Literary Criticism

Try these sources to find information about an author's life (biographies, memoirs, interviews etc.) and also lists (bibliographies).of their literary works.

                                                               







"Some fifty authors hold up their books in front of a newly opened bookstore on Fifth Avenue in New York on Nov. 14, 1978. Among those pictured here are Jane Howard, Eugenia Sheppard, Chuck Scarborough, Jack Guilford, Lynn Revson, Dan Greenburg and Rona Jaffee. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)" (from AP Images)
 

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  • Try terms such as: Poetry, Short Story, Short Stories, Fiction, Literature, or Drama, and, by nationalities, such as American fiction, English drama, etc. .Combine with subheadings, such as History and Criticism, Bio-Bibliography, or Stories, plots, etc.