Research Guides: Comparative Literature: Find Background Sources

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These sources provide background information on authors, theories, texts, genres, trends in scholarship, and literary movements.

The Dictionary of Literary Biography is an extensive set of over 300 reference books covering all aspects of literary history, with a specific focus on literary biographies.

The following is a small sample of volumes related to comparative literature:

Arabic Literary Culture, 500-925 / Knight Reference PJ7521 .A73 2005
Contemporary African Writers / Knight Reference PR9341 .C66 2011
Modern French Poets / Knight Reference PQ441 .M63 2002
Modern Latin American Fiction Writers / Knight Reference PQ7082.N7 M55 1994
Russian Literature in the Age of Realism / Knight Reference PG3012 .R78 2003
Southeast Asian Writers / Knight Reference PR9570 .S642 S677 2009

The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
Call Number: online
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism presents a comprehensive historical survey of ideas and individuals ranging from Plato and Aristotle to twentieth-century scholars. It includes more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies
Call Number: JV51 .O94 2013
The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the latest scholarship in postcolonial studies, while also considering possible future developments in the field.
The Routledge Companion to World Literature
Call Number: online
The Routledge Companion to World Literature offers covers the history of world literature through significant writers and theorists from Goethe to Said, Casanova and Moretti, the disciplinary relationship of world literature to areas such as philology, translation, globalization and diaspora studies theoretical issues in world literature including gender, politics and ethics.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies
Call Number: P306 .E57 2001 LOCATE
Drawing on the expertise of over 90 contributors from more than 30 countries, this work offers a detailed overview of translation studies.

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