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Subject guide for research in English literature

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Introduction to By Region page

Looking for a specific geographic area? You’ll find this page divided into British Literature, American Literature, and World Literature, each with critical resources that highlight the region you are studying.

British Literature

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to British Literature that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Milton Studies
  • Bronte Studies
  • Dickens Quarterly
  • D.H. Lawrence Review
  • Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works: 

  • English Literature – History and Criticism
  • English fiction – History and Criticism

American Literature

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to American Literature that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Studies in American Fiction
  • Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers
  • The Harvard Advocate
  • John Updike Review
  • Journal of Ethnic American Literature
  • Steinbeck Review

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works: 

  • American literature – History and criticism
  • American fiction – History and criticism

World Literature

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to World Literature that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Fiction International
  • Trinity Journal of Literary Translation
  • Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies
  • Perspectives: Studies in Translatology
  • Translation and Literature

These resources cover literature that originates outside of Britain and the U.S., but is either English-language or an English translation. For other types of World Literature, see the Modern Languages & Literatures guide

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