ENG 200: Critical Reading and Writing About Literature

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Most of the available English language and literature materials are assigned call numbers of PN, PR, or PS.

General Literature Subject Headings:

Literature - History and criticism

Literature - History and criticism - Theory

Poetry - History and criticism

Drama - History and criticism

Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Interviews

Authors, American--biography

Authors, English--biography

 

Famous authors and book titles can be searched as Subject Headings Also

For particular authors:

[Last name, First name]
Example:      Poe, Edgar Allan

[Last name, First name, dates] -criticism and interpretation
Example:      Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849, -criticism and interpretation

For particularly famous titles:

[Last name, First name, dates, title] -
Example:      Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 - Fall of the House of Usher

[Last name, First name, dates, title] -
Example:      Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. Red Badge of Courage.

You can find books about the different critical theories you are studying.  The following are subject headings and each is a link to the ASU Online Catalog.