AP Literature
Sources - Critical Theory
Web-Based Resources
Purdue Online Writing Lab has basic descriptions of the various schools of literary criticism.
University of Toronto Library has an online glossary of literary theory.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy has a section on literary theory with descriptions of some schools of criticism.
Print Resources
The Book of Literary Terms by Lewis Turco.
Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present by M.A.R. Habib.
Dictionary of World Literary Terms by Joseph Shipley.
A Handbook to Literature by C. Hugh Holman.
Anatomy of Criticism by Northrop Frye.
Modern Critical Views: Sigmund Freud by Harold Bloom.
The SAHS Library has numerous volumes of literary criticism that discuss the works of individual writers. These books often contain information about the schools of literary critcism.
Literary Reference Center has a literary glossary that includes schools of literary criticism.
Infobase Publishing has ebooks on literary movements.
Interdisciplinary Resources
Many schools of thought in literary criticism can be applied to other disciplines, especially Psychology, Sociology, Government, Political Science, and Economics. You may have information that can be applied from other courses you have taken.