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Contemporary Literary Criticism Select

A time-honored timesAver for literAry AnAlysis


For 30 years, Contemporary Literary Criticism has been the worlds leading resource for information on modern literature. Now librarians and researchers can access timely critical analysis of key literary works in a comprehensive and convenient online format with Contemporary Literary Criticism Select. This resource not only offers the benefits of online access to literary criticism, but also provides subject-term accessibility and an overall index that extends to every volume in the extensive Contemporary Literary Criticism Series. The objective of Contemporary Literary Criticism Select is to provide access to authors in ongoing volumes of Contemporary Literary Criticism, beginning with Volume 95, encompassing more than 600 significant authors and including more than 260 most-studied authors. The author selection criteria provides researchers with a range of novelists, poets, short story writers, playwrights and other creative writers from established authors to emerging new talent.

offer exceptionAl literAry coverAge online


Contemporary Literary Criticism Select is a unique complement to the awardwinning print series. In addition to providing online access to specially licensed critical essays and excerpts, youll offer students and other researchers links to biographical profiles of todays most-studied authors. A subject/genre search will not only link to online entries, but will cite relevant entries in all volumes of the print series.

A vAriety of ApplicAtions
Literary researchers will use Contemporary Literary Criticism Select to:
Access

biographical/critical introductions to major and new authors full-text criticism on major literary works sources for further research

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Target

The main search page offers a variety of search options

Results lists include biographical introductions as well as full-text criticism

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comprehensive And convenient


Users will enjoy these valuable Contemporary Literary Criticism Select benefits:
Coverage

A vAriety of seArch options provide quick results


Building on the strength of the print series, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select offers many new channels of access to the information you need. Users can search a single parameter or combine several criteria to zero in quickly on the results you target. Researchers can search the database by:
Author

of all authors from Volume 95 forward as well as criticism on 266 most-studied authors culled from earlier volumes online format saves shelf space

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WhAt youll find


Entries provide including:
Introduction

Biographical

details, such as nationality, ethnicity, gender, year of birth or death

extensive

information

Title Subject/Genre Critic/Critical Full-text

to the Author a discussion of the authors life, works and critical importance essays essays and excerpts taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals; interviews with featured authors where available; bibliographical citations for further reading an annotated bibliography of sources for further study

Source

Contemporary Literary Critisism Select is available for a free trial. Please contact your Gale Representative. In the U.S. and Canada: 1-800-877-GALE or visit www.gale.com Outside the U.S. and Canada: Visit www.gale.com/world for a list of Distributors and Sales Offices.

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Search allows you to search for a word or phrase in any Contemporary Literary Criticism Select entry

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In addition, users who subscribe to Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Contemporary Authors, and/or Dictionary of Literary Biography can cross-search the databases simultaneously.

Biographical introductions cover each writers life and career

Users may also specify precise search criteria such as nationality, gender, ethnicity and others

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