Literary Criticism - Italian Literature Research Guide

Listed below are the major print and online resources for Italian research in the Davidson Library. For further assistance, ask a Reference Librarian an the 1st floor Reference Desk or contact the Italian Collection Specialist listed above.

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FINDING BOOKS

MELVYL Catalog (University of California Librarie's online catalog)
     http://melvyl.cdlib.org/

Consult the PEGASUS and MELVYL Catalog guides for searching information.

FINDING ARTICLES

• Online Indexes and Databases (http://www.library.ucsb.edu/databases)
• Arts and Humanities Citation Index
• Biography Resource Center
• Book Review Digest
• Current Contents
• Essay and General Literature Index
• Expanded Academic Index (formerly Magazine & Journal Articles Index)
• MLA International Bibliography
• Periodicals Contents Index (1770-1991)

Electronic Resource

LIRA: letteratura italiana repertorio automatizzato: bibliografia della lingua e della letteratura italiana
su CD-ROM 1986-1995      PC1071.L57 1996

BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature. Main Ref PN 771 C575 1980
Contemporary Authors. Main Ref CT 100 C6
Contemporary Foreign Language Writers. Main Ref PN 771 C585 1984
Dictionary of Literary Biography. (1978-present). Main Ref PN 141 D52
Dizionario della Letteratura Italiana del Novecento. PQ 4057 D62 1992
Dizionario della Poesia Italiana. PQ 4057 C83 1983
Dizionario Generale degli Autori Italiani Contemporanei. Main Ref PQ 4113 D58
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. Main Ref CB 361 E52 1999
Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. Main Ref PN 481 E5 1991
European Writers. Main Ref PN 501 E9 1983
Great Foreign Language Writers. Main Ref PN 524 G74 1984
Index to Literary Biography. Main Ref Z 6511 H38
Italian Women Writers. Main Ref PQ 4063 .I88 1994
New Century Italian Renaissance Encyclopedia. DG 537.8 A1 N48
Who's Who in Italy. Main Ref DG 578 W5
World Authors, 1950-1970. Main Ref PN 451 W3
World Authors, 1970-1975. Main Ref PN 451 W3 1980

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Dante Encyclopedia. Main Ref PQ 4333 D36 2000
Dictionary of Italian Literature. Main Ref PQ 4006 D45 1996
Dizionario Critico della Letteratura Italiana. PQ 4057 D59
Dizionario Enciclopedico della Letteratura Italiana. PQ 4006 D5
Dizionario Generale degli Autori Italiani Contemporanei. Main Ref PQ 4113 D58
Enciclopedia. Reference Encyclopedia Area
Enciclopedia Dantesca. PQ 4333 S3
Ecyclopedia of contemporary Italian Culture. Main Ref DG 450 E53 2000
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century. Main Ref PN 771 E5 1999
Grande Dizionario Enciclopedico UTET. Reference Encyclopedia Area
New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Main Ref PN 1021 N39 1993
Penguin Companion to European Literature. Main Ref PN 41 P43 1971

HANDBOOKS AND GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE

Cambridge History of Italian Literature. Main Ref PQ 4038 C35 1996
Common Knowledge : a ... Guide to Literary Illusions. Main Ref PN 43 G68 1987
L'Esame di Italiano : Lingua, Letteratura, Metodologia. Z 2355 A2 E82
Guide to Contemporary Italian Literature, from Futurism to Neorealism. PQ 4087 P3 1972
History of Italian Literature. PQ 4037 D613 1969
History of Italian Literature. PQ 4038 W5 1974
Key Sources in Comparative and World Literature. Main Ref Z 6511 T47 1982
Letteratura Italiana. PQ 4037 L457 1982
Letteratura Italiana : Otto Secoli di Storia. PQ 4027 D45 1988
Manuale Critico-Bibliografico per lo Studio della Letteratura Italiana. PQ 4037 P8 1968
Storia della Letteratura Italiana. PQ 4037 A84 1985
Storia della Letteratura Italiana. PQ 4037 D68 1991
Themes and Motifs in Western Literature : a Handbook. Main Ref PN 871 D33 1987
Twentieth -Century Literary Movements Index. Z 6514 L57 T9 1991

COLLECTIONS OF CRITICISM

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism. Main Ref PN 681.5 C57
Contemporary Literary Criticism. Main Ref PN 771 C59
Drama Criticism. Main Ref PN 1601 D59
Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800. Main Ref PN 86 L56
Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Main Ref PN 761 N56
Poetry Criticism. Main Ref PN 1010 P499
Short Story Criticism. Main Ref PN 3373 S386
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Main Ref PN 771 T84

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Letteratura Italiana. Z 2354 C8 L47 1988
Literary Criticism Index. Main Ref Z 6511 W44 1984
Materiali per uno Studio della Letteratura Italiana del Novecento. Z 2353 F7
Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. PB 1 Y39