Important database for locating articles and more on all aspects of: literature worldwide; linguistics; folklore; dramatic arts (film, television, radio, theatre); teaching approaches/methods for literature, rhetoric, and composition, as well as the MLA Directory of Periodicals, which lists detailed information on thousands of journals and book series, all of which are indexed in the Bibliography. *Note: In general, coverage before 1956 was restricted to scholarship by American authors. Includes journals from Project Muse and JSTOR's Language & Literature collection as well as links to full-text articles. Date coverage: 1920s-present. Video Tutorials: MLA International Bibliography Tutorials

This database contains biographical profiles of significant writers worldwide from all eras and literary genres. It also includes full-length or excerpted literary criticism articles and book reviews from scholarly journals and magazines, book chapters, and reference books. It also includes overviews of literary topics and work overviews (plots, themes, characters).

This resource is a searchable multidisciplinary full-text database of scholarly journals primarily in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. It also provides citations to books provided by Project Muse in digital format.

This resource is a searchable multidisciplinary database of the full content of archival issues of scholarly journals. Issues published within the last 3-5 years are generally not covered. It also provides citations to books and pamphlets provided by JSTOR in digital format.

This resource is a searchable database of full-length or excerpted criticism of works in all literary genres and biographical information about significant writers and filmmakers worldwide from all eras. It presents a range of modern and historical views on writers and their works. This is the main interface for cross-searching seven Gale literary resources.

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Contemporary Literary Criticism / Major writers and filmmakers worldwide now living or who died after December 31,1999.

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism / Major writers worldwide who died between 1900-1999.

Short Story Criticism / Major short fiction writers worldwide from all eras.

Drama Criticism / Major dramatists worldwide from all eras.

Poetry Criticism / Major poets worldwide from all eras. Presents a range of modern and historical views on poets and their works.