Literary Reference Plus
Relevant and reliable information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time periods.
Literary Reference Plus combines information from major reference works, books, literary journals, and original content from EBSCO to give users access to:
- Full text for thousands of classic and contemporary poems, short stories and novels
- Informational and reference texts on numerous literary genres, themes and forms
- Essays of literary criticism on specific works and authors, including analyses of film adaptations
- Plot summaries, synopses and work overviews
- Author biographies and interviews
- Full-text literary journals
- Book reviews
- Infographics, including character maps and elements of literature
You can search by keyword for information or browse the most studied authors or works alphabetically. Searches for authors can also be narrowed down by country, genre or movement while author’s works can be narrowed by genre and location. Literary Reference Plus includes access to numerous literary reference works and magazines including Merriam Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature, Beacham’s Research Guide to Biography and Criticism (six volumes), The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature, New Zealand Books, Critical Insights series and more.
