Literary criticism is an analysis of a literary work. This is different from an overview, which describes aspects of a work (such as plot, characters, and theme) instead of analyzing the item. Literary criticism might include the following:
Literary criticism is found in books and journal articles.
Searching for criticism and the name of the author is an effective and quick way to find relevant books either on the shelf or online in our ebook collections.
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The literary databases are also good sources of books with literary criticisms. Since these databases have both books and articles they are included with the recommended databases for articles.
Many library databases have scholarly journals, but our literary databases and JSTOR are your best resources.
When searching for journal articles you can be more specific and search for the title of the work. For example, if you are analyzing Eudora Welty's short story Petrified Man search for
Welty AND "petrified man"
For most article searches in the recommended databases you do not need to include the word criticism.