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Online Reference Books

Need to find more specific literature & drama reference material fast?

You can  use the Literature Criticism Online database.  It provides online access to the full text of:

  • Gale's Contemporary Literary Criticism
  • Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism
  • Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism
  • Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800
  • Shakespearean Criticism
  • Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism
  • Poetry Criticism
  • Short Story Criticism
  • Drama Criticism
  • Children's Literature Review.

as well as author biographical information and work overviews.

Biography & Criticism

  • American Drama Criticism Ref PS332 .A43 1979
  • Classical Greek and Roman Drama Ref PA 3024 .F67
  • Magill's Bibliography of Literary Criticism Ref PN523 .M25
  • U.S. Theatre, A Bibliography from the Beginning to 1990 Ref PN2221 .S54 1993
  • Contemporary Authors Ref PN771 .C621
  • Contemporary Dramatists Ref PR737 .C57
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography Ref PS128 .D54
  • Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism Ref PN681.5 .C57
  • Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC)Ref PN771 .C59
  • Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television Ref PN2285 .C58
  • Critical Survey of Drama (English Language Series) Ref PR623 .C75
  • Critical Survey of Drama (Foreign Language Series) Ref PN1625 .C74
  • Drama Criticism (DC) Ref PN1601 .D59
  • Literature Criticism from 1400-1800 (LC)Ref PN86 .L56
  • Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism (NCLC)Ref PN761 .N5
  • Shakespearean Criticism (SC) Ref PR2965 .S43
  • Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) Ref PN94 .T84

Important Note: Search the author's name in the cumulative author index located at the back of each DC volume.

Reviews & Plot Summaries

  • American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy & Drama,1869-1914 PN2256 .B6 1994
  • American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy & Drama,1914-1930 Ref PN2266.3 .B67 1995
  • Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy & Drama,1930-1969 Ref PN2266 .B64 1996
  • Crown Guide to the World's Great Plays Ref PN6112.5 .S45 1984
  • Ganzl's Book of the Musical Theatre Ref MT95 .G2 1989
  • Masterplots II, Drama Series PN6112.5 .M37 2004 v1-4
  • National Theater Critics Reviews Ref PN2000 .N76
  • New York Times Theater Reviews Ref PN2266 .N48

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Directories

  • American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia Ref ML102.M88 H59 1995
  • Crowell's Handbook of Classical Drama Ref PA3024 .H35
  • Dictionary of Literary Terms Ref PN41 .G73 1984
  • Directory of Doctoral Programs in Theatre Studies Ref PN2078.U6 D571 1999
  • Directory of the American Theatre, 1894-1971Ref PN6112 .B4524
  • Directory of Theatre Faculties in Colleges & Universities Ref PN3175 .D57 1994-95
  • Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre Ref ML102.M88 G3 2001
  • Glossary of Literary Terms Ref PN41 .A184 1993
  • Handbook to Literature Ref PN41 .H6 1992
  • International Dictionary of Theatre Ref PN2035 .I49 1992
  • International Dictionary of Theatre Language Ref PN2035 .I5 1985
  • McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama Ref PN1625 .M3 1984
  • NTC's Dictionary of Theatre and Drama Terms Ref PN2035 .M63 1992
  • Theatrical Directors: a Biographical Dictionary Ref PN2205 .T54 1994
  • World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre Ref PN1861 .W67 1994 v1