ENG114: Art of Interpretation

Library Catalogs

MNLINK--Minnesota Library Information Network
A shared catalog for many Minnesota libraries. Click on Search, then make a selection on the next screen. One option (below the map) provides a search of Minnesota college and university libraries. Use the interlibrary loan button to request a book from another library. Use your bar code number as your username, your last name as a password.

Mankato & St. Peter Public Library (Traverse de Sioux System)

Reference Works

• Contemporary Literary Criticism (REF PN771 .C59)
  
• Critical Survey of Short Fiction (REF PN3321 .C7 2001)
  
• Short Story Criticism (REF PN3373 .S56)

Literary History:

• Columbia Literary History of the United States (REF PS92 .C64 1987)
  The most recent in a series of standard literary histories, this work emphasizes contemporary approaches to literature and the rediscovery of literatures previously marginalized. Arrangement is thematic and chronological. (annotation by B. Fister)

Understanding Critical Theory:

• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (REF PN 41 .C67 1990)
  Terms such as "iamb," "imagery," and "new historicism" are defined here. This handbook is notable for its clear and concise discussions of terms used in current critical theory. (annotation by B. Fister)

• The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism (REF PN 81 .J64 1994)
  Excellent overview articles of theory, covering schools of thought such as feminist theory and reader-response, critical history by nationality, and theories developed by important individuals such as Bakhtin, Lacan, or Aristotle. Each essay is written by a specialist and helpful bibliographies are appended. (annotation by B. Fister)

• Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary Theory (REF PN98.W64 E53 1997)

Finding Fairy Tales:

• The complete fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm (Children's Literature LY PT921 .K5613 1992)
• The complete Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales (Children's Literature LY PZ52.4.A544 C65 1996)
• You can also go into WebPALS and try a subject heading search for 'fairy tales.'

Electronic Resources

Contemporary Authors
Provides biographical information, a list of publications, and any awards an author may have received.

JSTOR
JSTOR is an archival database and does not include current journal issues, but provides complete full-text back files for 78 journals from more than 15 academic disciplines. All journals are fully searchable or are available for browsing.

MLA Bibliography
The most in-depth index to literary criticsm. Most of the materials in this database are only available through interlibrary-loan.

Project Muse
Project Muse provides full text electronic access to over 40 scholarly journals in humanities, the social sciences, and mathematics. This joint venture comes from the Johns Hopkins University Press & the Milton S. Eisenhower Library.

Interlibrary Loan

Web Sites of Interest

• The Cambridge History of English and American Literature-online. (http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/)

Citing Your Sources

MLA Style:

• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (REF LB2369 .G53 1999)
  
• MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (REF PN147 .G444 1998)

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