Literature & Literary Criticism

This resources features hundreds of Harold Bloom’s essays examining the lives and works of great writers throughout history and the world, and thousands of critical articles published by noted scholars under the Bloom’s Literary Criticism imprint. This accessible database also contains an archive of more than 46,000 characters; extensive entries on literary topics, themes, movements, and genres; almost 170 video segments; and more. Entries can be browsed by time period within American, British, and world literature; by author type; by literary genre; by nationality; by an A-to-Z list; and by subject for images and videos. 

This database of represents a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres. Information comes from the following sources: Contemporary Literary Criticism®, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism®, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism®, Shakespearean Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400–1800, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Drama Criticism, and Children’s Literature Review.