Find books in the duPont Library that contain discussion and criticism of literary works and authors. Tip: do a keyword search for the author plus the word criticism.
You can find examples of scholars reading texts very carefully and writing short interpretations of the texts. Review articles in this literary journal for good models of style and substance to follow for your papers.
1. Go to The Explicator journal
2. At the top of the screen, the search box is ready to search "within this journal."
3. Search the title of the work and the author's name to find examples of these close readings.
This is a selected list of databases that have a focus on English literature. Use them to search for literary criticism from journal articles and other sources related to your Renaissance Literature research.
Provides millions of articles from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources with extensive coverage in key subject areas, such as biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.
A collection of articles on religion and philosophy from popular and scholarly sources. Researchers will gain valuable insight about the impact religion has had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. Updated daily, Religion and Philosophy supports a broad range of topics from theological approaches to social issues. Coverage begins with 1980 for indexing, and 1983 for full text of some of the periodicals.
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