Topics

• Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
  The death of Ivan Ilyich.
  Spelling variations: Tolstoi
• Dostoyevsky (1821-1881)
  Notes from the underground.
  Spelling variations: Dostoevsky; Dostoevskii
• Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997)
  Man's search for meaning.
• Eli Wiesel (1928-)
  The trial of God.
• Jean Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
  No exit.
• Jane Austen (1775-1817)
  Pride and prejudice.
• T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
  The four quartets.

Historical Context

• Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)
  The DLB has short literary biographies which touch on historical context and events. With the exception of Frankl, all writers are represented.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
  GVRL includes a number of useful encyclopedias such as The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, The Encyclopedia of European Social History, The Encyclopedia of Russian History, Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire, Europe since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction, The Encyclopaedia Judaica,
  Enter search terms and search the complete virtual library or select an individual encyclopedia.
• Books @ Falvey
  The Library has numerous books about the historical context in which your author lived and worked. Browse the shelves or the catalog to discover book-length biographies or search for books which deal with the historical period and the country in which the author lived.

  
  Examples
  Keyword search: Jane and Austen and (times or world)
  Keyword search: Russia and "intellectual life" and Tolstoy
  Subject search:  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
  Subject search: Sartre and Camus

Bibliography of Complete Works

• Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)
  Each biography includes a complete bibliography of the writer's works.
• Viktor E. Frankl
  Aggregate a complete bibliography of Frankl's writings through respective author searches in WorldCat and PsycINFO.

Contemporary Criticism

• British Periodicals Collection
  Coverage: Late 17th through early 20th centuries
  Example: Austen and "pride and prejudice" (Sort results by earliest first)
• American Periodicals Series, 1740-1900
  Example: Tolstoy and Ilyitch (Note the spelling!)
• Readers' Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982
  Example: Frankl and logotherapy
• Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)
• Books @ Falvey
  Example: The Dostoevsky Archive

Note that research results can be sorted by date.

21st Century Criticism

• Literature Criticism Online
• Literature Resource Center
• Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
• Academic OneFile
  Indexes articles in scholarly journals and popular magazines in all subject areas.
• MLA International Bibliography
  Indexes articles in over 3,000 journals and series in the fields of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
• Philosopher's Index
  Indexes articles in over 550 philosophy journals.

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