Literature Resource Center Full-text biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 writers from a variety of periods and disciplines. Includes access to the MLA International Bibliographic database. (Scroll down alphabetical list to get to database)
Literature Online Literary Databases (LION)
Provides access to authoritative online editions of some 250,000 texts in the English language through browsing, keyword, and phrase searching. Components include: African-American Poetry (1760-1900); American Poetry (1600-1997); English Poetry (600-1900); Modern Poetry; English Drama (1280-1915); Eighteenth-Century Fiction; The Bible in English; and, Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare. (Scroll down alphabetical list to get to database)
American Poetry
Major American poets prior to 1900 American Poetry includes 40,356 poems from 1,288 works by 209 poets, along with six landmark anthologies of American poetry. The database gathers the works of the most influential American poets, from the Colonial period to the early twentieth century. (Scroll down alphabetical list to get to database)
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL)
1920-present Contains over 750,000 records covering monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world. (Scroll down alphabetical list to get to database)
- JSTOR
The complete text (full back runs) of core scholarly journals in Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies and Sociology. (Scroll
down alphabetical list to get to database)
Project MUSE
Offers 250 journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers. One of the academic community's primary electronic journals resources, it covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, and others. (Scroll down alphabetical list to get to database)
- MLA Bibliography
International in scope, this electronic bibliography, published by the Modern Language Association, uses descriptors to index scholarly works (journal articles, monographs, book chapters, dissertation abstracts, proceedings, bibliographies, book series) on literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore. (Scroll down alphabetical list to get to database)
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Citation indexes allow you to search for periodical citations on a particular subject. They allow you to take a source relevant to your research and to find other scholarly periodical articles that have cited it. (Scroll down alphabetical list to get to database)
Expanded Academic ASAP
Indexes journals (both scholarly and popular) in many subjects, with abstracts and full-text of a subset of the journal titles. Dates of coverage vary by title, with some extending back to 1980. Examples of titles indexed
include: Review of English Studies, African American Review, Comparative Literature, Journal of Modern Literature, James Joyce Quarterly, and The Kenyon Review. (Scroll down alphabetical list to get to database)
The Oxford English Dictionary
The classic dictionary of English. Based on historical principles, it allows you to
see how the definitions of English words have changed over time. (Scroll down alphabetical list to get to database)
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
Locate literary critics, movements, countries, and historical periods. (Scroll down alphabetical list to get to database)
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Unless otherwise started, Call numbers refer to items in the Fenwick Library Reference Collection
Biographies | Dictionaries | Encyclopedias BIOGRAPHIES
Dictionary of Literary Biography
REF PS221. D52
Short critical biographies of authors from all nationalities and eras, including lists of published works and suggestions for further reading.
Contemporary Literary Criticism
REF PN771. C6
Short critical and biographical articles on authors of all nationalities, genres, and eras. Note that while this is a full-text database, the material found here can be quite dated.
Literature Resource Center
[GMU electronic resource]
Good collection of full-text biographical articles on contemporary (twentieth-century) authors, including lists of published works and suggestions for further reading.
The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present
REF PR111. B57 1990
A very thorough biographical dictionary of English, American, and world women writers, including bibliographies of works and standard critical studies.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
[GMU electronic resource]
An index to biographical material in periodicals and books, and especially helpful for finding information on newer and more obscure authors.
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The Oxford English Dictionary
[GMU electronic resource]
The classic dictionary of the English language, providing definitions, etymologies, and historical information.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
REF PN41. C67 1990 Johnson Center Library
Short definitions of literary terms and concepts.
A Glossary of Literary Terms
REF PN41. A184 1993
An excellent one-volume resource with in-depth definitions of literary terms and concepts.
A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
REF PN41. C83 1991
Definitions of terms, concepts, genres, movements, themes, and other aspects of literature, with examples and quotations.
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The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
REF PR19. D73 2003
Brief biographies, plot summaries, and descriptions of major works.
The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature
REF PS21. H32 1986
Brief biographies, plot summaries, and descriptions of major works.
The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English
REF PR85. C29 1993 (Fenwick Library and Johnston Center Library)
Broad coverage of topics in English-language literature, including English, American, and world authors.
Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
PR9080. A52 E53 1994
In-depth articles on the English-language literatures of Canada , Australia , Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean . An excellent starting point for research on world literature in English.
HarperCollins Reader's
Encyclopedia of American Literature
PS21. B46 2002
A one-volume reference for definitions of literary terms and concepts, explanations of allusions, and brief discussions of authors and their works.
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Literature -- English and American Research Guide
(pdf document)
Literature -- Criticism Research Guide
(pdf document)
GMU English Department Information on program requirements, courses, and faculty
George Mason University Writing Center
An Online Writing Lab, workshop schedules, online handouts, and a virtual reference desk.
GMU Creative Writing Department
Information on program requirements, courses, and faculty
GMU Nonfiction Universe
Professor Jim Henry's excellent resource for and about writers.
The Northern Virginia Writing Project (NVWP)
Its purpose is to improve the teaching of writing to all students in all disciplines from kindergarten through university.
://English Matters
GMU e-journal where language meets hypermedia.
Text and Community
Each year, the Text and Community Program conducts a semester long project at GMU to foster exchanges across disciplines and interpretations of a text from multiple perspectives.
Enculturation
is a refereed journal devoted to contemporary theorizations of rhetoric, writing, and culture.
Phoebe
George Mason's literary magazine, which publishes fiction, poetry, and sometimes nonfiction from Mason students and writers across the country.
So to Speak
publishes poetry and fiction with a feminist theme, publishing both the work of Mason students and writers from across the country.
The George Mason Review
is a journal of exemplary writings authored by Mason undergraduates. Submissions are accepted in essay, fiction, and poetry.
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