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Articles on literary critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
Dates of Coverage: Comprehensive Historical Survey (Updated Annually)
Provides full-text access to information and background articles about every topic from across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias.
Provides literary criticism with a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works worldwide. Covers all time periods and genres, such as poetry, Shakespeare, Medieval literature, short story, drama, and children's literature.
Dates of Coverage: Classical and Medieval Period - Current