English Research Guide: Literary Criticism

Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature. The Bloom's library of literary criticism presents expert analysis, by world-renowned scholar Harold Bloom, of the writers and works most often studied in high schools and universities. Professor Bloom has been an original mind and provocative presence on the international library scene for more than 50 years, and his hundreds of critical volumes illuminate the major achievements of the Western literary tradition.

A large collection of literary criticism eBooks, including several series such as Bloom's Modern Critical Views, Bloom's Major Literary Characters, Writer's of English, and Bloom's How to Write about Literature.

Thousands of critical essays, plot summaries, character profiles, and author biographies for fiction, poetry, drama, essays, and philosophical works.