Literature

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Reading Lists

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Got an assignment? Have you looked at the reading list to see lecturer recommendations?

Key Starters for Essays and Dissertations

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Identify different sources of information and link to ebooks and other top sources

Text Archives

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Finding Articles

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However, if your lecturer has recommended particular sources as a good way of finding articles, or if you just want a smaller set of more focused results to look at, try these sections:

• Why Use Journal Articles?

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• Databases

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• Journals

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• ELH 

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

A long-standing, peer-reviewed journal covering major works in English and American literature.

Internationally recognized as the leading, peer-reviewed journal in the field of Commonwealth and postcolonial literatures

An international peer-reviewed journal covering the latest developments in stylistic analysis, the linguistic analysis of literature

The major, peer-reviewed journal covering English and American literature across the 1800s.

• PMLA 

The most well-known, American, peer-reviewed journal covering all aspects of literature around the world from medieval to modern - very popular with staff and students in Portsmouth.

A long-standing, peer-reviewed journal covering all areas of English literature and the English language from the earliest period to the present.

Britain's principal international, peer-reviewed journal of radical literary studies. Postcolonial literature, queer theory, Gothic and the work of Jean Rhys, Angela Carter and Charlotte Brontë are just some examples of popular articles in this journal.

 

Newspapers and Magazines

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Films, TV, Radio and Drama Productions

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Other Recommended Sources

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Digital Humanities

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Victorian Gothic Recommendations

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If you're on the MA Victorian Gothic, make sure you look here!

Referencing

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Guidance and support for referencing in APA 7, including advice about reference generators

Your Subject Team

 Anne Worden

Faculty Librarian

email Anne.Worden@port.ac.uk

 Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk