Eglish 292 - 001: Depictions of Childhood in Literature and the Visual Arts, Fall 2018 (Prof. Laurie Langbauer): Background Resources
Encyclopedic Resources for Authors & Artists
Note: Oxford titles are very reliable in terms of scholarship but can be slow to load electroncially.
- The Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature [electronic resource]The first multi-volume set to document and interpret the books read by children in the English-speaking world. It includes brief biographies of every major author and illustrator, and features essays on all genres of children's literature, individual works, and prominent trends and themes, as well as general essays on the traditions of children's literature in many countries in the world.
Information & Library Science Library Reference [4 vols., print] PN1008.5 .O94 2006 - The Oxford encyclopedia of American literatureUse the "Search within Work" box on left. Provides overview articles on authors and major works, literary movements, etc. See essay on Children's Literature.
- Gale Literature Resource CenterOffers a wealth of critical and biographical information about more than 120,000 authors from the Classical period to the present. It provides several hundred thousand full text journal articles and other critical essays, thousands of plot summaries and links to authoritative Web sites, over 100,000 author biographies, several thousand author portraits, and the Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature.
- Oxford Art OnlineProvides a single portal for searching across several major art encyclopedias and dictionaries, including Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Entries include bibliographies for further research, images, and often examples of artists' signatures.
- Oxford African American Studies CenterCombines a rich array of historical and cultural information about the African American experience with selected primary documents, web sites, and maps. The material is compiled by Oxford University Press from their many reference works, such as Africana, Encyclopedia of African American History, various Oxford Companions, and the African American National Biography.
Additional Biographical Sources
- Biography Reference SourceOffers a comprehensive collection of more than 450,000 full text biographies, including the complete full text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine, as well as thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases.
- Biography and Genealogy Master IndexPoints to places to find biographical information for over 5 million people, living and dead. Biography and Genealogy Master Index indexes various editions of over 700 biographical reference sources, both current and retrospective, that cover historical as well as contemporary figures. Examples of sources indexed would include many of the "Who's Who" indexes, a number of the "Oxford Companions," and the Dictionary of Literary Biography. A complete list of sources and editions is given in the appendix accompanying the documentation.
Literary Terminology, MLA Style, & the OED
- Oxford English DictionaryWidely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language, a comprehensive dictionary of the English Language that stresses the historical origins of words, the OED is the world's leading authority on the history and development of the English language since 1150.
The Brownie's Book, Oct., 1921 / U. Mass. Article (with link to The Brownies' Book in Library of Congress)
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Jesse Redmon Fauset (& Brief Bio)
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