Research guides, encyclopedias, concordances, chronologies, dictionaries, bibliographies such as these can provide important, credible, scholarly foundational information on authors and their works.
This list exemplifies the types of materials at the SPU Library for many authors, styles, time periods, and theories. Please consult the library catalog or a librarian to find exactly what you need!
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism by 
The Age of Milton by 
The Oxford Handbook of Children's Literature by 
Every Thing in Dickens by 
J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment by 
Literary Research and Irish Literature by 
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature by 
Concordance to the Letters of Emily Dickinson by 
All Things Dickinson : an Encyclopedia of Emily Dickinson's World by 
David Mamet a research and production sourcebook by 
The Encyclopedia of African-American Writing by 
A History of Modern Drama, 1960-2000 by 
Icons of African American literature the Black literary world by 
Literary Theory : a practical introduction by 
A Political Companion to Flannery O'Connor by 
The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to South Carolina Writers by 
