Libraries Law Libraries Medical Libraries National Libraries Pres. LibrarySpot MuseumSpot PeopleSpot ShoppingSpot TripSpot Studying literary criticism can be a great way to learn more about an author or delve deeper into a work.
Literary criticism describes, analyzes or interprets a literary work, usually in essay form.
If you're just curious to learn more about an author or work, online resources may suffice. But if you're working on an academic paper, you'll probably need to go further. The Web can get you started, but your local school or library will probably be your best resource. This collection offers links to more than 3,000 critical and biographical sites about authors and their works. The IPL's Literary Criticism Pathfinder guides students through literary criticism searches both on and off the Web.