LibGuides: Russian Literature and Culture: Literary Criticism & Critical Theory

Literary Criticism & Critical Theory

Voprosy literatury
Authoritative journal of literary criticism offering articles and roundtable transcripts dealing with problems of Russian and world literature, history and theory of literature.

Literary Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
The Literary Encyclopedia takes world literature as its field and publishes biographies of major and minor writers; scholarly descriptions of all interesting texts written by these authors, including those often neglected; and a variety of descriptive and critical essays on literary, cultural and historical matters, which provide a finer understanding of the social contexts in which this writing was produced.
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism This link opens in a new window
Ref PN81 .J554 2005
Compiled by 275 specialists from around the world, the Guide presents a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements and is updated annually.

Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory
Ref PN41 .H36 1992
Essays on seventy concepts of special importance to literary theory.

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms
Ref PN81 .E63 1993

Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism
Ref PN86 .E63 1999
"Guide to literary theory and criticism past and present." Entries cover individuals, theories and concepts in both Western and non-Western theory and criticism. 2 v.

Twentieth-century Literary Movements Dictionary
Ref PN597 .T94 2000
"Entries on major and minor literary movements and schools associated with Twentieth-century world literature." Includes entries on individual writers identified with those movements, such as novelists, poets, dramatists, theorists, etc.