English and Creative Writing - Subject Guide

Language Dictionaries and Thesauri

• Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
• Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
• Macquarie Dictionary (Sixth edition)
• Macquarie Essential Thesaurus
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Oxford Essential Quotations
• Oxford Paperback Thesaurus
• Roget's Thesaurus
• Thesaurus of Old English

Electronic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• Brave New Words : The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction
• Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature
• Critical Survey of Short Fiction
• Dictionary of Shakespeare
• Dictionary of Writers and their Works
• Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
• Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
• Encyclopedia of Postmodernism
• Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition
• Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
• International Encyclopedia of Communication
• New Oxford Companion to Literature in French
• Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections
• Oxford Companion to Australian Literature
• Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature
• Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
• Oxford Companion to English Literature
• Oxford Companion to German Literature
• Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature
• Oxford Companion to Shakespeare
• Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age
• Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English
• Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English
• Oxford Dictionary of Plays
• Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory

Print Dictionaries and Encyclopedias​

• Bibliography of Australian Literature
• Bibliography of Australian Multicultural Writers
• Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English
• Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature
• Dictionary of British Women Writers
• Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers
• Encyclopedia of Fantasy
• Encyclopedia of Literature & Criticism
• Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature
• Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century
• Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy
• International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
• New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
• St James Guide to Fantasy Writers
• St James Guide to Science Fiction Writers
• Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers

​Literary Theory Reference Resources

• Blackwell Guide to Literary Theory
• Continuum Encyclopedia of Modern Criticism and Theory
• Critical Survey of Literary Theory
• Critical Terms for Literary Study
• Dictionary of Critical Theory
• Dictionary of Literary Devices
• Glossary of Literary Terms
• John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
• Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
• Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms
• Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory

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