Key Reference Sources: Literature - Genres
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The following are some of the important print & electronic resources in the area of literary genres. They are particularly valuable for gaining a basic knowledge of a broad subject category, definition of terms and biographies of major figures. |
Drama | Essays | Fiction | Poetry | Rhetoric & Speech
| Author | Title | Call Number |
| POETRY | The Oxford Companion To Twentieth-century Poetry In English | ONLINE: NetLibrary |
| Black American Women Poets And Dramatists | ONLINE: NetLibrary | |
| Riggs, Thomas | Contemporary Poets | Ref. Coll.: PR603
.C6 7th edition on order |
| Drury, John | The Poetry Dictionary | Ref. Coll.: PN1021 .D78 1995 |
| The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics | Ref. Coll.: PN1021 .N39 1993 | |
| Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics | Ref. Coll.: PN 1021 .E5 | |
| National Poetry Association | Dictionary of Poetry Terms | Ref. Coll.: PN 1021 .N3 |
| Packard, William | The Poet's Dictionary : a Handbook of Prosody and Poetic devices | Ref. Coll.: PN44.5 .P3 1989 |
| Bruncken, Herbert | Subject Index to Poetry; a Guide for Adult Readers | Ref. Coll.: PN 1021 .B7 |
| Frankovich, Nicholas | The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Anthologies | Ref. Coll.: PN1022 .G7 1997 |
| Granger, Edith | Granger's Index to Poetry and Recitations | Ref. Coll.: PN 1021 .G7 |
| Hazen, Edith P. | The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry | Ref. Coll.: PN1022 .G7 1990 |
| Hoffman, Herbert H. | Hoffman's Index to Poetry : European and Latin American Poetry in Anthologies | Ref. Coll.:PN1022 .H627 1985 |
| Kline, Victoria | Last Lines : an Index to the Last Lines of Poetry | Ref. Coll.: PN1022 .K55 1991 |
| DRAMA | Contemporary Dramatists | Ref. Coll.:PR106
.V5 5th edition ON ORDER |
| Cambridge Companion to Medieval Theatre | Ref. Coll.: ON ORDER | |
| Drury's Guide to Best Plays | Ref. Coll.: Z5781 .D8 1987 | |
| Firkins, Ina | Index to Plays, 1800-1926 | Ref. Coll.: Z 5781 .A1 F5 |
| Logasa, Hannah | Index to One-Act Plays | Ref. Coll.: Z 5781 .L83 |
| Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections | Ref. Coll.: Z5781 .O8 1988 | |
| Palmer, Helen | European Drama Criticism, 1900-1975 | Ref. Coll.: Z
5781 .P2 Z5781 .P2 Suppl. |
| Play Index | Ref. Coll.: Z 5781 .P53 | |
| Patterson, Charlotte | Plays in Periodicals | Ref. Coll.: Z 5781 .P3 |
| Drama Criticism | Ref. Coll.: PN1601 .D59 | |
| Coleman, Arthur | Drama Criticism | Ref. Coll.: Z 1231 .D7 C6 |
| Rickert, Rita | Major Modern Dramatists | Ref. Coll.: PN1861 .M27 1984 |
| Oxford Companion to the American Theatre | Ref. Coll.: PN2220 .B6 1984 | |
| Bordman, Gerald | Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre | ONLINE: Oxford Reference |
| ESSAYS | Essay & General Literature Index | Ref. Coll.: AI3 .E752 |
| FICTION | Fiction Dictionary | Ref. Coll.: PN3355 .H46 1995 |
| Baker, Ernest A. | Guide to the Best Fiction, English and American | Ref. Coll.: Z 5916 .B18 1932 |
| Eastman, Mary | Index to Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends | Ref. Coll.: Z 5983 .F17 E2 1926 plus supplement |
| Sprug, Joseph | Index to Fairy Tales, 1987-1992 | Ref. Coll.:Z5983.F17 S67 1994 |
| Ireland, Norma Olin | Index to Fairy tales, 1949-1972 | Ref. Coll.: Z 5983 .F17 I73 |
| Contemporary Novelists | Ref. Coll.: PR883
.C64 8th edition, ON ORDER |
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| Kearney, A. J. | The Continental Novel; a Checklist of Criticism in English, 1900-1966 | Ref. Coll.: Z 5916 .K4 |
| Fitzgerald, Louise | The Continental Novel : a Checklist of Criticism in English, 1967-1980 | Ref. Coll.: Z5916 .F57 1983 |
| Tibbitts, John C. | Encyclopedia of Novels Into Film | Ref. Coll.: PN1997.85 .T54 1998 |
| Guerber, H.A. | The Book of the Epic; the World's Great Epics Told in story | Ref. Coll.: PN 6110 .E6 G8 1966 |
| Moorman, Charles | The Arthurian Dictionary | Ref. Coll.: PN685 .M6 |
| Carpenter, Humphrey | Oxford Companion to Children's Literature | Ref. Coll.: PN1008.5 .C37 1984 |
| Modern Mystery Writers | ONLINE: NetLibrary | |
| Classic Crime And Suspense Writers | ONLINE: NetLibrary | |
| Classic Mystery Writers | ONLINE: NetLibrary | |
| Classic Science Fiction Writers | ONLINE: NetLibrary | |
| Science Fiction Writers Of The Golden Age | ONLINE: NetLibrary | |
| Modern Horror Writers | ONLINE: NetLibrary | |
| RHETORIC & SPEECH | ||
| Sutton, Roberta | Speech Index | Ref. Coll.: AI3 .S85 1966 |
| Mitchell, Charity | Speech Index : an index to collections of world famous orations and speeches for various occasions. Fourth edition supplement, 1966-1980 | Ref. Coll.: AI3 .S85 1966 Suppl.3 |
| Lanham, Richard A. | Handlist of Rhetorical Terms | Ref. Coll.: PE1445.A2 L3 1991 |
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