Olin C. Bailey Library

Jane Austen Senior Seminar

Jane Austen

Reference


Bibliographies
Literature of the Romantic Period: a Bibliographical Guide  
          R 016.8209 L712o
An Annotated Bibliography of 20th Century Critical
          Studies of Women and Literature, 1660-1800          
          R 016.80989287 B128a

Handbooks & Guides
The Bloomsbury Guide to English Literature                       R 820.3 B623w
Oxford Companion to English Literature                             R 820.3 H262o6
An Atlas of English Literature                                            R 820.84 G613a
Guide to British Prose Explication                                      R 823.09 B392g

Criticism & Biographical Information
Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism (NCLC - brown books)      
          v. 1, 13, 19, 33, 51, 81, 95, 119                             R 809.04 (v.119 © 2003)
British Writers v. IV                                                         R 820.9 B777             v. 4
The Critical Perspective:  Late Georgian-Romantic              R 820.9 C869b
Magill’s Critical Survey of Long Fiction                                R 823.09 C869m2      v. 1
Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB - blue books)
          British Romantic Novelists, 1789-1832                     R 823.709 B777d        v. 116

Online Catalog (http://baileylib.hendrix.edu)

Some tips:

  • Keyword:  most flexible, most results, relevance is questionable.
  • Subject:  more restrictive, categories, works like an index, idea farm.
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Online Databases

Literature Resource Center 

  • Search “Authors by Type” if you want to see authors in different categories such as lifespan, ethnicity, nationality, genre, etc.
  • Pay attention to the tabs –results display by type of document (biography, criticism, etc.)
  • Use the Literary Encyclopedia to look up subjects.
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MLA (1963 - present)

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Literature Online (Primary & Secondary Resources)

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Humanities Full Text (1983 - present)

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Journals, UCA, & Interlibrary Loan

Check our Journals List to see what journals Bailey Library has.  If we don’t have the journal you need, please check UCA’s catalog, BearCat.  If they don’t have what you need, you can always order your article through interlibrary loan.  See a librarian for more information.

Documentation 

For help in citing electronic resources, see our online guides. 

Last and Least...Websites

Jane Austen 
Critical essay from a professor at Brandeis University.

Hampshire, the Inspirational Home of Jane Austen 
The Hampshire County Council gives tourism information about the locations associated with the life and works of Jane Austen.

Letter of Jane Austen (Brabourne Edition)

The Republic of Pemberley 
Comprehensive site on Jane Austen's writings and movie adaptations from her novels.

Victorian Literary Studies Archive: Hyper-Concordance 

 

Last Modified on 11/17/2009