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Don't forget to visit our Literature subject page for a listing of all related resources. You can also sign up for the Kistler Library on Canvas course for more interactive tutorials and guides.
Encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries and other reference books can be a great place to start your research. They will:
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature by 
The Oxford Companion to African American Literature by 
Twentieth-century American literature by 
The following featured books are included in the Kistler Library's collection. EBooks will link directly to their source (login may be required).
TIP: Search the eBook Academic Collection (linked below) for an author's name to find many more works of biography and literary criticism.
The Art of Robert Frost by 
The Cambridge Companion to American Modernism by 
E. E. Cummings by Fitzgerald and Hemingway: a dangerous friendship by 
A History of Modern Poetry by The Play of Faulkner's Language by 
The Power of Negative Thinking: Cynicism and the History of Modern American Literature by Three on the Tower: the lives and works of Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, and William Carlos Williams by 
The Whole Harmonium: the Life of Wallace Stevens by Follow these links to search additional eBooks online:
Use the following multi-subject and subject-specific databases to search for detailed research articles on your topic. Login required for off-campus access. Click here for the full list of Rosemont's electronic databases.
