Where do I find books?
Search your topic in the library catalog to find books related to your research needs.
The Alvin Sherman Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System. Most books related to literature are on the 3rd and 4th floors in the following sections:
- PA - Classical, Greek, and Roman literature
- PG - Russian literature
- PJ - Egypt, Hebrew, and Arabic literature
- PK - Indo-Iranian Literature
- PL - East Asia literature
- PN - Literature (General)
- PQ - French literature
- PR - English literature
- PS - American literature
Selected Books
These are just few recommended books you could try for certain literature topics.
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature by ISBN: 9780810878839Publication Date: 2014-10-01
Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society by ISBN: 9781137284563Publication Date: 2012-10-26
Historical Dictionary of Romanticism in Literature by ISBN: 9780810878853Publication Date: 2014-11-18
The Cambridge Companion to American Poetry Since 1945 by Call Number: PS323.5 .C27ISBN: 9780521766951Publication Date: 2013
Performance and Personhood in Caribbean Literature by ISBN: 9780813938479Publication Date: 2016-01-11
The Routledge Introduction to American Renaissance Literature by
Examining the most frequently taught works by key writers of the American Renaissance, including Poe, Emerson, Fuller, Douglass, Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau, Jacobs, Stowe, Whitman, and Dickinson, this engaging and accessible book offers the crucial historical, social, and political contexts in which they must be studied. Larry J. Reynolds usefully groups authors together for more lively and fruitful discussion and engages with current as well as historical theoretical debates on the area. The book includes essential biographical and historical information to situate and contextualize the literature, and incorporates major relevant criticism in each chapter. Recommended readings for further study, along with a list of works cited, conclude each chapter.　　
ISBN: 9781315751627Publication Date: 2021-09-23
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