5. Literary Theory and Criticism
Major subject guides are presented here. For other sources, see the Comparative
Literature: Library and Internet Research Guide.
Selected internet sites are also listed in the Literary Theory link on Harvard's Department of Romance Languages and Literatures Spanish Online Resources web page.
Selected Subject Encyclopedias
The Edinburgh encyclopaedia of modern criticism and theory / edited by JulianWolfreys. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2002.
Widener: RR 3005.31.15
"Provides extensive coverage of related and contextual discourses, as well as critical overviews of the work of major figures responsible…for the development of those discourses in the now-related areas of philosophy, poetics, politics, aesthetics, linguistics and psychoanalysis." Three-part arrangement of the contents with collections of articles on Critical Discourse in Europe, Theories and Practice of Criticism in North America and Criticism, Literary and Cultural Studies in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Chapters on types of theory include: Postcolonial studies and Postmodernism, among others.
The Johns Hopkins guide to literary theory and criticism / edited by Michael Groden, Martin Kreiswirth, and Imre Szeman. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 2005.
Widener: RR3005.31.13
Lamont: PN81 .J554 2005
Includes contributions from literary theorists, philosophers, political theorists, anthropologists, psychologists and psychoanalysts. Articles on postmodernism, postcolonial cultural studies and individual authors and theorists; international in scope. Useful entries on types of theory and criticism, such as Latin American, Spanish, Postcolonial studies, etc.
Johns Hopkins Guide to literary theory and criticism
The online resource is searchable by keyword and browsable by an alphabetical list of entries, a listing of ideas, history and theory entries, a topics index and a name index. Each entry has selected hyper-links to other individuals' entries or related topics and themes and the text is updated more frequently than the print edition (above).
The Norton anthology of theory and criticism
/ Vincent B. Leitch, general editor. 1st ed. New York: Norton, 2001.
Widener: RR 3005.31.17
Widener: WID-LC PN86 .N67 2001
A wide-ranging collection of selections from 148 literary theorists and critics (arranged in chronological order), covering developments in theory and criticism over the centuries. An excellent introduction gives an overview of the field of theory through its main historical periods, movements and schools, issues and key terms.
Twentieth-century European cultural theorists. First series / edited by Paul Hansom. Detroit: Gale Group, 2001. (Dictionary of literary biography; v. 242 )
Widener: RR 3129.5 vol. 242
Lamont: REF.ROOM PN451 .D5 1978x v.242
Twentieth-century European cultural theorists. Second series / edited by Paul Hansom. Detriot: Gale, 2004. (Dictionary of literary biography; v. 296 )
Widener: RR 3129.5 vol. 296
Bio-bibliographical articles on prominent theorists including Adorno, Arendt, Cixous, Derrida, Foucault, Habermas, Kristeva, Levi-Strauss, Lyotard, de Saussure and others.
Specialized Encyclopedias and Readers
Encyclopedia of postcolonial studies / edited
by John C. Hawley. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2001.
Widener: WID-LC PN849.U43 E53 2001
Harvard-Yenching PN849.U43 E53 2001
Encyclopedia of postmodernism / edited by Victor
E. Taylor and Charles E. Winquist. London ; New York: Routledge, 2001.
Widener: RR 3005.31.20
Lamont: REF.ROOM B831.2 .E63 2001
Andover-Harv. Theol Ref. B831.2 .E63 2001
Covers academic disciplines, critical terms and central figures relating to postmodern studies. Lists of further readings accompany each entry.
Latin America and postmodernity: a comtemporary reader / edited by Pedro Lange-Churián and Eduardo Mendieta.Amherst, N.Y.: Humanity Books, 2001.
Widener: Harvard Depository F1414 .L277 2001
The Latin American subaltern studies reader
/ edited by Ileana Rodríguez. Durham: Duke University Press, 2001.
Widener: WID-LC HN110.5.Z9 M2643 2001
Tozzer SPAN.AM. L 350.5
Postcolonialism: critical concepts in literary and cultural studies / edited by Diana Brydon. London; New York: Routledge, 2000.
Widener: WID-LC JV51 .P67 2000
A five-volume set of reprinted articles and chapters on a wide range of postcolonial studies. Includes sections of articles on Manifestos, National, Third World and Postcolonial Identities, Colonial Discourse Analysis, Feminisms and Gender Analysis, Internal Colonialisms and Subaltern Studies, Postcolonial Theory and the Disciplines, among others.
Postmodernidad y postcolonialidad: breves reflexiones sobre
Latinoamérica / Alfonso de Toro (ed.). Frankfurt
am Main: Vervuert, 1997.
Widener: WID-LC F1414.2 .P665 1997x
Collected essays with ample bibliographies.