How to Research Short Story
Criticism
Short
story criticism includes explanations and evaluations of the works of individual
authors as well as discussions 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]
- Benet's
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]
- Short
Stories for Students [Ref PN771.S57]
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]
- Short
Story Criticism [REF PN771 .S56]
- Short
Stories for Students [Ref PN771.S57]
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]
- Short
Stories for Students [Ref PN771.S57]
Information
on the short story genre can be found in:
- Reference
Guide to Short Fiction [Ref PN3373.R36]
-
Plot [Ref PN3378.D5]
-
Characters & Viewpoint [Ref PN3383.C4C37]
Use
the On-Line 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: The Awakening and Selected Stories, Edgar Allan Poe Reader, Complete
Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Books
ABOUT individual authors are found in the On-Line Catalog.
Search by SUBJECT
(Type Author's last name, first name). Author's last name, First
name--Criticism and Interpretation
For
books containing anthologies of short stories search by SUBJECT.
For example: SHORT STORIES--AMERICAN
Anthologies of Short Stories
- 47 tales of a lifetime
[PN6071.L6 G46 2007 ]
- Afrikaans Short Stories
[PT6555.L343 1966 ]
- American Short
Stories of the Nineteenth Century [PS653.A5]
- The Best Short
Stories by Negro Writers [PS3515.U274B464]
- Birch Lane Press Presents
American Fiction [PS648.S5B56]
- Black Short Story
Anthology [PS647.kN35B561]
- Contemporary American
Short Stories [PS648.S5A5]
- Eco-Fiction
[PS648.E3T12]
- Great Tales of Terror
and the Supernatural
[PN6071.H6 W5 1994]
- The Music School:
Short Stories [PS3541.P41.P47M8]
- The Progress of Love
[PR9199.3.M8 P7 2000]
For more titles do a catalog
search under the subject "short stories."
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