Research Guides @ Fordham: English and American Literature: Literary Theory

Select Books on Literary Theory

The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms by Chris Baldick
Call Number: (Westchester) Ref PN41 .C67 2015

New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Also available electronically; authentication is required.
Literary Criticism: A Concise Political History by Joseph North
Call Number: (RH) PN94 .N67 2017

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
A Handbook to Literature by William Harmon
Call Number: (RH) Ref PN41 .H355 2012

Boston: Longman, 2012.
A Companion to Literary Theory by David H. Richter
Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2018.
Electronic resource; authentication required.

Guides and Databases

John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism

Literature Criticism (Gale)
A comprehensive collection of literary criticism from classical to modern times.

Literary Theory LC Subject Terms

To browse the library's holdings, use the Library of Congress Classification Outline as a starting point.

PN - Literature (General)
PN 45-57 - Theory. Philosophy. Esthetics.
PN 59-72 - Study and Teaching
PN 80-99 - Criticism
PN 101-245 - Authorship
PN 1031-1049 - Poetry (Theory)
PN 1110-1279 - Poetry - History and Criticism
PN 3329-3352 - Prose (Philosophy, Theory)

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