English and Literature

Full-text database provides a broad spectrum of research information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Includes plot summaries, synopses, literary criticism, book reviews, and more. 

Provides rich content that can help students realize and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills. The database covers over 400 topics, presenting an overview, point, counterpoint, and guide to critical analysis along with related information, including articles and images. 

The Songs Inspired by Literature (SIBL) Project's purpose, by Artists for Literacy, is to collect songs about books to help promote reading. 

The Wright American Fiction project is a compilation by Lyle H. Wright that consists of a part of his three-volume set listing American fiction from 1774 through 1900, and is considered the most comprehensive bibliography of American adult fiction of the 18th and 19th centuries. 

This Robbins Library Digital Project seeks to capture postmedieval illustrated versions of Chaucer’s work.   The project provides annotations for books containing illustrated versions of Chaucer’s writings and organizes these images by character/work for easy accessibility.