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How to Research Short Story Criticism

Short story criticism includes explanations and evaluations of the works of individual authors
as well as discussion of the short story as a form of literature.

Introductions to your author can be found in :

Oxford Companion to American Literature Ref PS21.H3
Oxford Companion to English Literature Ref PR19.H3
Cyclopedia of World Authors Ref PN451.W3
Reader's Encyclopedia Ref PN41.B4
Twentieth Century Authors Ref PN771.K86

Biographical and Literary Information can be found in:

Contemporary Authors Ref PN700.C59
Dictionary of Literary Biography Ref PN701.D5
European Writers Ref PN501.ET
American Writers Ref PS129.A55
British Writers Ref PR85.B688
Hispanic Writers Ref PQ7081.3.H58
Latin American Writers Ref PQ7081.A1L37

Criticism can be found in:

Contemporary Literary Criticism Ref PN771.C59
Critical Survey of Short Fiction Ref PN771.S56
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism Ref PN771.G27
Twentieth Century American Literature Ref PS221.7834

Explanatory material and plot outlines can be found in:

Masterplots II: Short Story Series Ref PN3326.M27
Masterplots II: World Fiction Series Ref PN3326.M26

Information on the short story genre can be found in:

Reference Guide to Short Fiction Ref PN3373.R36
Elements of Fiction Writing: Plot Ref PN3378.D5
Elements of Fiction Writing: Characters & Viewpoint Ref PN3383.C4C37

Use the Online Catalog to look for short stories by a specific author. Search by AUTHOR.
(Type: Author's last name, First name).

Short stories are published within a collection or anthology. Look for titles that contain:
Complete Works, Readers, Anthologies, Collections, Other Stories.

For example:

Books about individual authors are found in the Online Catalog.
Search by SUBJECT (Type Author's last name, first name).

Hemingway, Ernest--Criticism and Interpretation

For books containing anthologies of short stories search by SUBJECT. For example:

SHORT STORIES--AMERICAN


Anthologies of Short Stories
American Short Stories of the Nineteenth Century PS653.A5
The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers PS3515.U274B464
Elements of Fiction Writing: Characters & Viewpoint Ref PN3383.C4C37
Birch Lane Press Presents American Fiction PS648.S5B56
Black Short Story Anthology PS647.kN35B561
Contemporary American Short Stories PS648.S5A5
Eco-Fiction PS648.E3T12
Ethnic American Short Stories PS374.S5E67
Fifty Best American Short Stories PS374k.S5B464
Growing Up Latino PS647.H58G76
The Music School: Short Stories PS3541.P41.P47M8
Short Story Masterpieces PN6013.W37
Women & Men, Men & Women PS374.S5W842

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