Literary Criticism
Definitions
Here are a couple of definitions of literary criticism, taken from 42Explore.com
Easier- Literary criticism is a view or opinion on what a particular written work means. It is about the meanings that a reader finds in an author's literature.
Harder - Literary criticism is an attempt to evaluate and understand the creative writing, the literature of an author. Literature includes plays, essays, novels, poetry, and short stories. Literary criticism is a description, analysis, evaluation, or interpretation of a particular literary work or an author's writings as a whole. Literary criticism is usually expressed in the form of a critical essay. In-depth book reviews are also sometimes viewed as literary criticism.
Finding Literary Criticism
Databases
- Literature Resource Center
- Articles from literary magazines and journals, book reviews, biographical essays, full text of poems and short stories, essays on books and literary topics, links to other websites.
- LitFinder
- Full-text literary works, including poems, short stories, novels, essays, plays and speeches.
Websites