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Literary Study Guides

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Index to the Study Guides


Literary Study Guides Index (PDF)
  • Find Cliffs Notes and other study guides in ebook format or on the Web using this handy title index created by San José Public Library staff.



Study Guide Websites


Cliffs Notes Opens in new window

Bibliomania Study Guides : in-depth summaries and more Opens in new window

Classic Notes : summaries, characters, analysis, etc. — Gradesaver Opens in new window

Drama Study Guides (80+ drama classics) — Sparknotes Opens in new window

Literature Study Guides (150+ classics) — Sparknotes Opens in new window

Novel Resource Guide and Literary Analysis (on 70+ works) — Novel Guide Opens in new window

Pink Monkey (300+ works) : summaries by chapter, etc. Opens in new window

Study Guides for Various Works Opens in new window
  • Science fiction, 19th and 20th century European classics, love poetry, world literature in English, etc.



American Literature


Heath Anthology of American Literature Online Opens in new window
  • Articles on American literature, brief biographies on 100+ American authors 1492-present, their works, links to more information, etc.

Perspectives in American Literature : a Research and Reference Guide Opens in new window
  • Brief, student-written biographies and extensive bibliographies on 450+ American authors, arranged by American literary period

American Transcendentalism Web — Virginia Commonwealth University Opens in new window
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, other Transcendentalist authors, texts, roots and influences, ideas, literary criticism, resources, bibliographies, etc.



English and European Literature


English and Other European 18th Century Literature Resources — Rutgers University Opens in new window
  • Bibliographies, poetry, drama, periodicals, satire, Gothic, Romanticism, French Literature, and individual authors including Jane Austen, William Blake, Samuel Johnson, John Milton, and Jonathan Swift


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