Literary Theory
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Voice of the Shuttle - UC-Santa Barbara, Dept of English
A searchable database of electronic resources covering all the Humanities. Especially useful are pages covering History, Literary Theory, Cultural Studies , Gender Studies, Literatures (other than English), and Philosophy.
Semiotics - Martin Ryder, University of Colorado, Denver
An excellent searchable database of semiotics and literary theory including : literary theorists, celebrities in semiotics, basics of semiotics, resources, readings and more.
Literary Resources on the Net - Rutgers University
A searchable database of helpful links to works, authors, bibliographies, and themes in literary theory. For more information on literary resources in general see the parent site .
LitLinks - Bedford/St. Martin's Press
Annotated information on authors, theorists, works, periods and genres. Special section on Critical Theory lists authors with biographies and links to key texts as well as to dedicated sites. (note: some important external links on this site are dead).
Introduction to Modern Literary Theory - Mount Mary College - Dr. Kristi Siegel
A basic introductory guide to schools of literary theory including brief descriptions of each school followed by a useful list of print sources. This is followed by a rather heterogeneous collection of external links to: unsigned pieces, academic's/scholar's pages, syllabi or course page descriptions, and descriptions on commercial publishers' sites.
Lexique des Termes Littéraire - Lettres.net
Very useful electronic dictionary of literary terms. (French)
Portals
Fabula
A portal for the community of literary scholars and researchers providing information on research, theory, recent publications, conferences & colloquia , and two on-line courses by Antoine Compagnon, Paris IV, on the author and the notion of genre. (in French)
Miscellany
La clé - l'Université de Montréal
A rather complex study of textual discourse and communication, the site offers a helpful section on literary genres complete with examples. (in French)
Théorie de la Littérature - Memorial University of Newfoundland
Densely packed, on-line course on the theory of literature. (in French)
Contemporary Literary Criticism
CLC Select includes significant published criticism on works of selected novelists, poets, critics, dramatists, short story writers, and other creative writers now living or who died after 1959. Each entry contains a short biography, critical introduction, and excerpts from essays and book reviews taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers, and scholarly journals, and, if available, interviews with the author.
Critical Quarterly (1997-)
This online journal published by Blackwell Publishing and hosted by Ingenta provides access to full text from 1997. Articles are available in PDF.
Criticism (2001-)
This online journal published by Wayne State Press provides access to tables of contents and full text of articles from 2001. Articles are available in HTML and PDF.
Diachronica (2001-)
This online journal published by John Benjamins and hosted by Ingenta provides access to tables of contents, abstracts, and the full text of articles from 2001. Articles are available in PDF.
Diacritics (1996-)
This online journal published by Johns Hopkins University Press and distributed electronically by Project Muse provides access to tables of contents, abstracts, and full text from 1996.
Essays in Criticism (2001-)
This online journal published by Oxford University Press provides access to tables of contents from 1996 and full text of articles from 2001. Articles are available in PDF.
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
The most comprehensive guide to literary theory on the internet. There are no external links or etexts, but the scholarly bios and explanations leave little need to look elsewhere.
Poetics (1995-)
This online journal published by Elsevier ScienceDirect provides full text of articles from 1995. Tables of contents and abstracts may be available for earlier years. All articles are available in PDF, and ScienceDirect is progressively adding HTML format.
Poetics Today (1999-)
This online journal published by Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics and distributed electronically by Project Muse provides access to tables of contents, abstracts, and full text from 1999.
Poetics Today (JSTOR) (1979-1999)
This online journal published by Duke University Press and provided by JSTOR includes access to tables of contents and full text of articles from 1979-1999. Articles are available both in HTML format and PDF.
Yale Journal of Criticism (1996-)
This online journal published by Johns Hopkins University Press and distributed electronically by Project Muse provides access to tables of contents and full text from 1996.
Click here for special page on Italian Critics.
Last updated on September 18, 2007