The resources listed herein are merely starting points. The library can provide many more resources specific to a particular topic. Many of the sources below are databases accessible via the Internet.

Catalogs and Union Catalogs

Online Catalog LibCat includes the materials (books, journals, videos, documents and other materials) that the Libraries hold. Be aware that there are groups of materials not included in the catalog: many government documents and microform sets that we own may not appear in LibCat.

WorldCat Catalog of books and journals, the contents of over 14,000 research libraries, mainly in North America. Anything found on WorldCat that is not available in Evans Library can be ordered through Interlibrary Services or Get it for me.

Literature Criticism and Reviews

MLA International Bibliography This database indexes sources on literature, linguistics and drama from 1963 to present. Also available in print back to 1920. While it indexes secondary literature, it may lead to other pertinent information on the topic. PB1 .M46 from 1920 to 1962; from 1963 to present, on the web.

Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature An electronic index of critical articles and book reviews on language and literature in English back to 1892. The print index of article citations on English language and literature covers published articles from 1920 to present. PB1 .A55

Wilson Indexes A collection of databases of article citations, on a variety of subjects from science to business to the social sciences. The web versions of Humanities Index, Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature and Essay and General Literature Index will provide citations to literary criticism articles and book chapters. Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature, AI3 .R48, continues Poole’s Index, AI3 .P7, covering periodical literature from 1800 to present. Essay and General Literature Index includes citations to articles and book chapters from 1900 to present, AI3 .E752. Humanities Index will provide citations to criticism articles in literature, including poetry, short fiction, drama and novels. The print indexes back to 1972. AI3 .H84

EBSCOHost (Academic Search Complete) is a collection of selected full text periodicals and scholarly journals, U.S. and international newspapers, reference books and detailed pamphlets from a variety of disciplines.

(Periodicals Index Online) includes citations and selected full-text from critical articles as well as book and performance review in humanities and social sciences journals from 1770 to 1993. This is the only electronic resource available that indexes back to the 1770s.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index are part of the Web of Knowledge, an online database indexing resources in all areas. It includes citations of critical articles on popular culture, film and television. The online versions go back to 1982 while the paper version of Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Z5931.A78 goes back to 1975, and Social Sciences Citation Index, Z7163 .S6 extends back to 1956.

Author Bio-bibliographical Resources

Dictionary of Literary Biography is a valuable place to start when doing research on an author. It provides personal background, a bibliography, brief critique of the body of their work and contributions to the fields, as well as locations of major collections. PN451 .D53

Contemporary Authors also provides an overview of an author, as well as additional biographical and critical resources to consult. PN451 .C6

Biography and Genealogy Master Index is an index of indices, providing coverage of Biography Index, Who’s Who, Contemporary Authors and other biographical sources. CT120 .B56

Electronic Journals and Full-text Databases

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe is a full-text resource including newspapers as well as popular, trade and scholarly publications in all areas from about 20 years to the present. It will have the full-text of critical articles and reviews from current sources.

Project Muse and JSTOR are packages of electronic journals in the Humanities. They are among the more than 1500 online titles to which the Library has access. Project Muse is a full-text collection of humanities journals from 1995 to present; JSTOR is a full-text collection of history, philosophy, economics, and political science journals from their conception (at times, from the 1700s) to present. These are also accessible via the library’s web page at http://library.tamu.edu.

Selected Resources

Norbrook, David. Writing the English Republic: poetry, rhetoric, and politics, 1627-1660. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. PR545 .H5 N67 1999

Milton and the imperial vision, edited by Balachandra Rajan and Elizabeth Sauer. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1999. PR3592 .I47 M55 1999

Sauer, Elizabeth. Barbarous dissonance and images of voice in Milton's epics. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996. PR3562 .S384 1996

Rogers, John. The matter of revolution: science, poetry, and politics in the age of Milton. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1996. PR435 .R64 1996

Evans, J. Martin. Milton's imperial epic: Paradise lost and the discourse of colonialism. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1996. PR3562 .E89 1996

Critical essays on John Milton, edited by Christopher Kendrick. New York: G.K. Hall, 1995. PR3588 .C69 1995

Milton and republicanism, edited by David Armitage, Armand Himy, Quentin Skinner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. PR3562 .M557 1995

Haskin, Dayton. Milton's burden of interpretation. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994. PR3592 .B5 H37 1994
Milton and the idea of woman, edited by Julia M. Walker. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988. PR3592 .W6 M55 1988

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony. Feminist Milton. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987. PR3587.3 .W58 1987

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony. Interpreting Samson Agonistes. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986. PR3566 .W55 1986

McColley, Diane Kelsey. Milton's Eve. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1983. PR3562 .M34 1983

Milton's Lycidas: the tradition and the poem, edited by C.A. Patrides; foreword by M.H. Abrams. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1983. PR3558 .M54 1983

Corns, Thomas N. The development of Milton's prose style. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982. PR3594 .C6

Danielson, Dennis Richard. Milton's good God: a study in literary theodicy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982. PR3562 .D28 1982 

Lieb, Michael. Poetics of the holy: a reading of Paradise lost. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1981. PR3562 .L52 

Martz, Louis Lohr. Poet of exile: a study of Milton's poetry. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980. PR3588 .M376

Revard, Stella Purce. The war in heaven: Paradise lost and the tradition of Satan's rebellion. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1980. PR3562 .R4

Radzinowicz, Mary Ann. Toward Samson Agonistes: the growth of Milton's mind. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1978. PR3566 .R3

Parker, William Riley. Milton: a biography. Oxford: Clarendon, 1968. PR3581 .P27 v.1; v.2

Empson, William. Milton's God. Norfolk: New Directions, 1962. PR3592 .R4 E55 1962

Lewis, C. S. A preface to Paradise Lost. New York, Oxford University Press, 1961. PR3562 .L4 1961

Waldock, Arthur John Alfred. Paradise lost and its critics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1947. PR3562 .W26

Library Assistance

If you need additional assistance, please don’t hesitate to go the Evans Reference Desk for Help. They are located on the 1^st floor of the Main Library building. You may also contact them via phone at 845-5741 or via email at lib-help@tamu.edu.

If you want specialized help, you may schedule an appointment with me, as liaison librarian to the Department of English, and I will be happy to help you with your research topic, recommend sources and introduce you to searching some of the electronic materials.

Candace R. Benefiel
Associate Professor
979-862-1044
cbenefie@lib-gw.tamu.edu