Locating the Right Reference Tools: Literary Criticism

Locating the Right Reference Tools: Literary Criticism

Literary criticism makes an in-depth study of a written work or of an author's writings.

Literary criticism is an analysis and judgment of a piece of literature. It may include questioning the author's reasons or motives, and how the work affects the reader. It may be a comparison of two or more pieces of literature.

Sample Literary Criticism Book Sets:

• Contemporary literary criticism. Detroit, Gale Research Co.  REF 801.9

• Twentieth-century literary criticism. Gale Research Company. Detroit, Mich., Gale Research Co. REF 809.94