Prof. Dean Duane Bruce
Spring 2006
This is a guide to selected literary sources in Geisel Library. It is meant as a starting point
for your research. For further research assistance, please take advantage of the reference services
available to you in the Library. Stop by the reference desk in person or online at Ask a Librarian.
The reference librarians have created a group of Web pages named Research Help and a tutorial called Searchpath to help teach you the basics of library research and to introduce you to Geisel Library. On the Research Help pages, you will find a guide on Research Basics and a helpful guide on evaluating Web resources titled, Judging What You Find. Please take advantage of these resources.
Reference books are shelved by Library of Congress call number in the
reference stacks near the reference desk. They may not be checked out, but photocopiers are available
on the lower level of the Library. Online reference sources can be found in the library catalog, or listed
on E-Reference Resources.
Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (Cuddon)
REF PN41 .C83
See page 864, "Short Story."
Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical:
A Thematic Dictionary
REF PN43 .A4
Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs 2 vols.
REF PN43 .D48
See page 96.
Dictionary of Literary Terms (Shaw)
REF PN44.5 .S46
See page 67, "catholicity vs. Catholicity."
The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story
REF PS374.S5 C57
Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
REF PN41 .C83
Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms
REF PN41 .F6
Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory
REF PN44.5 .H37 1998
Critical Survey of Literary Theory
REF PN45 .C74 1988
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Find overviews on a wide variety of topics by searching this online encyclopedia.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Search this dictionary to find the current meanings of words and to trace their development through time.
Search for books and other materials in libraries around the world through WorldCat.
Literature Resource Center-Online
This database combines three literary databases for biographical information, bibliographic
listings of authors' works, plot summaries, and literary criticism for 90,000 novelists,
poets, essayists, journalists and other writers. This resource also provides the full text
of articles from more than 100 literary journals and has links to author's
official web sites. Literature Resource Center includes the following databases:
Contemporary Authors
A bio-bibliographical guide to over 120,000 current authors.
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
Critical essays on contemporary authors.
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Bio-critical essays on 7,000 authors.
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism
Includes authors who died between 1900 and 1959.
New Catholic Encyclopedia
REF BX841 .N44
See Vol. 10, page 547.
Catholicism in Nineteenth-Century American Literature (Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism)
REF PN761 .N56
See Volume 64, pages 1-64.
Encyclopedia of Catholic Literature 2 vols.
REF PN485 .E53
See Volume 2, pages 521-40.
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism
REF PN94 .T83
Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature
REF PN3435 .S58
Critical Survey of Short Fiction 7 vols.
REF PN3373 .C7
Introductory essays provide biographical information and critical
commentary on short-story writers. Also contains general articles on
the development of the short story as a literary form.
Critical Survey of Long Fiction 8 vols.
REF PN3451 .C7
Provides critical analysis of the works of major English language novelists.
Includes a brief biography and bibliography for each writer. The last volume
contains essays on the history of the novel and different types of novels. See pages 2415-21.
Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature 4 vols.
REF PS21 .E537
American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies 13 vols.
REF PS129 .A55
Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States
REF PS147 .O94
Provides short biographical sketch of author's work with publishing
history and social reception of their writings. Also includes timelines
and chronological and geographical surveys.
A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South
REF PS261 .C555
Encyclopedia of Southern Literature
REF PS261 .S515
American Novelists since World War II
REF PS379.A554
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Subject Headings to consider using in the Catalog
- O'Connor, Flannery -- Criticism and interpretation
- American Literature - Southern States -- Criticism
- Christianity and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- Christian fiction, American -- History and criticism
- Catholics -- Southern States -- Intellectual life
- Southern States -- In literature
- Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Christian fiction, American -- History and criticism
Keywords to consider using in the Catalog
- Catholicism
- Redemption
- Existentialism
- Judgment
- Southern religion
- Women writers
- Apocalypse
- Genre
- Short stor*
- Grotesque
- Gothic
- Free Will
Use the * (asterisk) as a truncation symbol to retrieve variant forms of a word root. Use the Boolean OR to expand your search by including synonyms and related terms. When using two different Boolean commands in the same search statement ("and" and "or" in the preceding examples) you must include parentheses to indicate which command is to be performed first.
If you are unable to locate materials in the Geisel Library
Catalog, search libraries worldwide using WorldCat.
Some General Collection Books to Consider:
Flannery O'Connor and the Christ-Haunted South
PS3565.C57 Z97
The History of Southern Women's Literature
PS261 .H534
Catholic Women Writers : A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook
PN471 .C38
Flannery O'Connor, Hermit Novelist
PS3565.C57 Z6794
Prophets without Vision : Subjectivity and the Sacred
PS374.R47 B46
Literature Resource Center
Find biographical information on authors, as well as bibliographies, plot summaries, and literary
criticism of their works. This resource also provides the full text of articles from more than 100
literary journals.
MLA International Bibliography
Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, this electronic
index consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language,
linguistics, and folklore. (1963 - present) Journal list User guide
Academic Search Premier
Gain access to full-text as well as indexing and abstracting for a wide range
of journal titles covering arts, social sciences, humanities, and more.
Project MUSE
"Project MUSE provides online, worldwide, institutional subscription access to the full text of more
than 200 scholarly journals in arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics." Journal List
America: History and Life
Provides abstracts to journal articles, book/media reviews, and
dissertations with a focus on United States and Canadian history and culture
from prehistoric times to the present. (1964 - present) Journal list
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Provides indexing to the world's leading arts and humanities journals and selections from social science
and science journals. Includes articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, and reviews. (1980 - present)
Alternative Press Index
"Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change." (1991 - present)
Catholic Periodical & Literature Index
CPLI is produced by the American Theological Library Association and the Catholic Library Association. It provides indexing to periodicals, books, newspapers, and papal documents dealing expressly with a practice of Catholic faith and lifestyle. (1981 - present)
JSTOR
Geisel Library subscribes to three JSTOR collections: Arts & Sciences I and II and Biological Sciences.
These are large collections of the full text of back issues of major journals in the humanities and
social sciences, including Annual Review of Sociology, Nineteenth-Century Literature,
Philosophical Quarterly, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Coverage is
generally from the beginning of publication to within 5 years of the current issue.
Journal list for: Arts & Sciences I Arts & Sciences II Biological Sciences
Flannery O'Connor: Online Literary Criticism (Internet Public Library)
Flannery O'Connor Page (San Antonio College)
A South Without Myths (Sojourners Magazine)
Article by Alice Walker on O'Connor's influence.
Student's Guide to Flannery O'Connor
See the library's How To Cite Your Sources guide for resources on how to properly cite research materials. Always confirm the style required by your instructor.
Compiled by: Judy Romein
