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Handbooks
A handbook is a single-volume reference book of compact size that provides concise factual information on a specific subject, organized systematically for quick and easy access. The following lists just a few of the handbooks useful for English Literature research.
General
- Oxford Reference Online
- The Oxford companion to American literature
- The Oxford companion to Canadian literature, and
- The Oxford companion to English literature
- A handbook to literature [print]
- The poetry handbook: a guide to reading poetry for pleasure and practical criticism
- A Handbook of critical approaches to literature [print]
- The Cambridge guide to literature in English [print]
- The Cambridge companion to Canadian literature [print]
Time Period
- Classical myths and legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance [print]
- A companion to English renaissance literature and culture [print]
- Romanticism: an Oxford guide [print]
- The Victorian literature handbook [print]
- The Oxford companion to twentieth-century literature in English [print]
- A concise companion to modernism [print]
Theme
- The handbook of African American literature [print]
- A critical handbook of children's literature [print]
- The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare [print]
- The feminist companion to literature in English: women writers from the Middle Ages to the present [print]