Frankenstein
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Read about the author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Use Reference Sources to Get an Overview of your topic
Reference sources help you identify key words that will aid you in searching the online catalog and various electronic databases. Also, reference sources often give suggestions for further reading, which can include books, articles or websites. All of the reference sources listed below can be found in the Garver Room (silent study room).
- Encyclopedia of literary critics and criticism - REF 801.9 EN192 V.1 - V.2
- A history of literary criticism : from Plato to the present - REF 801.9 H14HI
- Columbia dictionary of modern European literature - REF 803 C72
- Cyclopedia of literary characters - REF 803 M27C 1998
- Critical survey of long fiction - REF 823.09 C86 2000
- Encyclopedia of British women writers - REF 820.9 EN19
- Science fiction writers : critical studies of the major authors from the early nineteenth century to the present day - REF 823.08 SC27 1999
- British writers. Volume 3, Daniel Defoe to the Gothic novel - REF 820.9 B77 V.3
- The Oxford companion to English literature - REF 820.3 OX2D 2000
- Gothic literature - REF 809.9 G75
- The novel 100 : a ranking of the greatest novels of all time - REF 809.3 B96NO
- The Encyclopedia of science fiction - REF 809.3 EN19
- The New encyclopedia of science fiction - REF 809.38762 N42
- A Mary Shelley encyclopedia - REF 823 M831M
Find out more by using Circulating Books
Try these subject headings:
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.
- Science fiction, English -- History and criticism.
- Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography.
- Horror tales, English -- History and criticism.
- Frankenstein (Fictitious character)
- Scientists in literature.
- Monsters in literature.
Find additional and specific information using electronic access to full-text materials from Scholarly Journals and Literary Resource Centers
| Title of e-Resource | About the e-Resource |
|---|---|
| Biography Resource Center | Learn more about what Biography Resource Center offers. A great resource for biographical information as well as magazine and journal articles and web sites about a specific person (make sure to click on the various tabs above the main information area after you do your search). |
| Cambridge Collections Online | Learn more about how and why to use Cambridge Collections Online. |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism Select | Learn more about how and why to use Contemporary Literary Criticism Select. |
| Dictionary of National Biography | Learn more about how and why to use Dictionary of National Biography. |
| The Literary Encyclopedia | Learn more about how and why to use The Literary Encyclopedia. |
| Literary Reference Center | Learn more about how and why to use Literary Reference Center. |
| Literature Online (LION) | Learn more about how and why to use Literature Online. |
If you are trying to access these databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to enter your Library Card Number. This is your PA ID Number.
Selected Sites on the Free Web
- Biography of Mary Shelley and discussion of her works - http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/shelleybio.html
- The Literary Gothic: Mary Shelley - http://www.litgothic.com/Authors/mshelley.html
- Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature - http://www.morainevalley.edu/frankenstein/Default.htm
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