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Literary movements and criticism

• Twentieth-century literary movements dictionary REF PN 597 T94 2000 R
• World literature and thought CB 5 W67 1997 R

Dictionaries and encyclopedias

• Dictionary of literary and thematic terms REF PN44.5 Q5 1999 S,R,L
• Dictionary of literary symbols REF PN 56 S9 F47 1999 S, R, L
• Encyclopedia of folklore and literature REF PN 41 E48 1998 S, R, L
• Dictionary of literary characters REF PR 19 D53 2004 S, R, L

• The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations - collection of over 5,000 quotations, representing key voices and events of the last 100 years and the beginnings of the new century.

• The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations - Quotations covering people and events from Cleopatra to J. K. Rowling, and the battle of Marathon to the Hutton Inquiry. Special sections bring together categories such as Misquotations and Film lines.

  New Canadian quotations - REF PN 6081 C65 1987, Surrey, Langley, Cloverdale, Richmond campus

Drama and Theatre 

• The Cambridge Guide to World Theatre - REF PN 2035 C27 , Surrey campus
• Oxford Companion to American Theatre - e-book

Novel

• The seven basic plots : why we tell stories - PN 3378 B65 2004, Surrey and Richmond campus
• Projections : comics and the history of twenty-first-century storytelling - PN 6725 G36 2012, Richmond campus
• Writing fiction : a guide to narrative craft  - PN 3355 B79 2011, Surrey campus
• The writer's journey : mythic structure for writers - PN 1996 V64 2007, Surrey campus
• Routledge encyclopedia of narrative theory - PN 212 R68 2005, Surrey campusPoetry

Poetry

• Canadian Poetry Online
• The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry - REF PN 1021 G7 1990, Surrey, Langley, Richmond campus
• The Columbia Granger's index to poetry in anthologies - REF PN 1021 G7 2007, Surrey, Langley, Richmond campus
• Poetry themes : a bibliographical index to subject anthologies and related criticisms in the English language, 1875-1975 -REF PN 1022 M3 Richmond

Short Story

• Twentieth century short story explication : new series : with checklists of books and journals used - REF PN 3491 Z982 , Surrey and Richmond campus
• The Canadian short story : interpretations - PR 9001 C36 2007. Surrey, Langley, Richmond campus
• The Cambridge introduction to the American short story  - PS 374 S5 S36 2006, Surrey

 Science Fiction and Fantasy

• Science fiction, imperialism and the third world : essays on postcolonial literature and film - PS 374 S35 S335 2010, Surrey campus
• The inter-galactic playground : a critical study of children's and teens' science fiction - PN 3433.8 M46 2009, Surrey campus
• the Oxford dictionary of science fiction

Quick definition: literary criticism (noun) - the art of practice and commenting on the qualities and character of literary works. (From Oxford Dictionary of English)

• The Johns Hopkins guide to literary theory & criticism - REF PN 81 J554 2005, SUrrey, langley, Richmond campus
• The Cambridge companion to feminist literary theory - PN 98 W64 C35 2006, Surrey campus
• Feminisms : an anthology of literary theory and criticism Rev. [2nd] ed.  - PN 98 W64 F366 1997, Richmond campus
• The Cambridge companion to postcolonial literary studies - PN 56 C63 C36 2004, Surrey campus
• Using critical theory : how to read and write about literature - PN 98 S6 T973 2011, Surrey and Richmond campus
• How to interpret literature : critical theory for literary and cultural studies  - PN 94 P37 2008, Surrey campus
• Twentieth-century literary movements dictionary - REF PN 597 T94 2000. Richmond

Find poems/criticism - Library databases

• Literature Resource Center
• MLA Bibliography
• Project Muse
• JSTOR

Find poems/criticism online - Websites

• Poets.org - find full-text poems, literary criticism and poets' biographies.
• Poetry Foundation- Contains hundreds of poems that were published in _Poetry_ magazine. Use the Poetry Tool in the site's Archive to locate them.
• Poetry Archive- The site is run by some of today's most well-known poets and contains an online collection of poets reading their works, ranging from Tennyson to John Ashbery.
• Project Gutenberg - full-text poetry that is out of copyright realm
• Voice of the Shuttle - Literature- A web database that provides access to numerous links relevant to studies in English Literature, Literary Theory and other Humanities disciplines. The Literature (in English) section can be browsed by period, genre and/or academic field.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• The Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics 4th ed.  - e-book
• The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry - e-book
• The Hutchinson encyclopedia of literature