Broad resources like the ones in the Exploration tab help to place your topic in the context of the broader discipline that you study, reveal useful search terms, and - best of all - stimulate questions that inspire your writing.
When a reference tool is too broad, it can be useful to seek out a book, and sometimes scholars get together to tackle a subject, breaking it apart into chapters written by experts on that specific subtopic. We call those books anthologies, and they can be very helpful in choosing a rabbit hole, so to speak.
One of the finest resources to this country's rich history of great writers.
Covers contemporary lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer American literature and its social contexts.
Explains and illustrates the literary symbols that we all frequently encounter and gives hundreds of cross-references and quotations.
Defines terms and concepts in literary theory, along with explanations of the major movements and figures in literary and cultural theory and an extensive bibliography.
The first major reference book on monsters for the scholarly market.
Also in our reference stacks at R 423 A51253 2006
