Below and to the right are reference sources that provide background information on authors, works of literature, and literature related topics. All of these books are located in the Reference Area of the Library located on the 2nd floor of the Moody Learning Center.
To find additional reference sources you can do an Advanced Keyword Search in the Discovery and limit your search to Location: SAC Reference.
Find information about authors:
Ref PN50 .L574 Literature and Its Times
Ref PN451 .D53 Dictionary of Literary Biography
Ref PN1021 .N68 Notable Poets
Ref PN3321 .C7 Critical Survey of Short Fiction
Ref PR502 .C85 Critical Survey of Poetry
Find analysis of poems and short stories:
Ref PN451 .D53 Dictionary of Literary Biography
Ref PN1101 .P64 Poetry for Students
Ref PN3373 .S56 Short Stories for Students
Find literary criticism (excerpts and some full-text):
Ref PN761 .N56 Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism
Ref PN771 .C59 Contemporary Literary Criticism
Ref PN771 .G27 Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism
Ref PN1010 .P6 Poetry Criticism
Ref PN3321 .S5 Short Story Criticism