Skip to Main Content

Library Guides & Databases
Research Guides	Databases A-Z	Library Catalog	Ask a Librarian	Library Home Page	SUNY New Paltz

If You Need...Start by Looking at

Guide to Literary Studies

Literary Terms

Gale Literature Resource Center

Literary Terms

The Bedford Glossary of Critical & Literary Terms by Murfin, Ross C.
Call Number: Ref PN44.5.M86 1998
ISBN: 0312115601
Johns Hopkins Guide to literary theory & criticism by edited by Michael Groden, Martin Kreiswirth, and Imre Szeman.
Call Number: Stacks PN81 .J554 2005
ISBN: 0801880106

Etymologies

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) This link opens in a new window
online OR in print
Ref OVR PE1625.O87 1989(20 vols.)

Inventing English:a portable history of the language
Stacks PE1075 .L47 2007 and as an e*book via E*brary
more...less...
Also available in electronic format via E*brary
Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
Reference Collection PE1580.O5

Literary Allusion

Try a dictionary or a concordance

The Oxford Dictionary of Allusions
Reference Collection PE1580 .D45 2001
The Eerdmans analytical concordance to the Revised Standard Version of the Bible
Reference Collection BS425 .W48 1988
The Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare
Oversize PR2892 .S62

Poetic Forms

New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics by Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan, co-editors
Call Number: Reference Collection PN1021 .N39 1993
ISBN: 0691021236
Johns Hopkins Guide to literary theory & criticism
Call Number: Stacks PN81 .J554 2005
ISBN: 0801880106

Last Updated: Jan 30, 2024 11:53 AM
URL: https://newpaltz.libguides.com/ifyouneedstartbylookingat
Print Page

Subjects: English