Biographies of literary figures and overviews of their work; literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines; more than 150,000 full-text poems, short stories, essays, speeches, and plays, from all time periods and from around the world. Partially provided by the Tennessee Electronic Library. Below is a guide to finding more literary criticism resources in the library.

Reference books covering writers and their works, classical literature, phrase and fable, literary terms, and much more. This is a subcollection of Oxford Reference.

Provides literary works throughout history, including more than 150,000 full-text poems as well as short stories, speeches, novels, plays, essays, and classic nonfiction. This is a subcollection of Gale Literary Sources. Provided by the Tennessee Electronic Library.

OverDrive (apps available) is a collection of downloadable ebooks and audiobooks, as well as streaming video. Find extensive online help on the OverDrive site.

RBdigital provides a collection of full-color magazines on a variety of subjects, and downloadable audiobooks in fiction and nonfiction. After setting up your account on the RBdigital website (use the link above and go to Register), you can download to an RBdigital app for your mobile device (Android, iOS, Kindle) or to the MediaManager app on a computer. Magazines will also stream in a browser. (The former magazine site remains available for now.)

Masterplots plot summaries, critical surveys of long and short fiction, plus Critical Insights books on Jane Austen, Albert Camus, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Great Expectations, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the tales of Poe.

Consists of the literature overviews published by Scribner, especially of American and British writers. This is a subcollection of the Gale Virtual Reference Library and Gale Literary Sources. Provided by the Tennessee Electronic Library.

Consists of the books published by Twayne, providing a unique perspective on the most important authors—their works and their lives and times. This is a subcollection of the Gale Virtual Reference Library and Gale Literary Sources. Provided by the Tennessee Electronic Library.

Hundreds of always-available ebooks for in-browser reading, with no downloading needed and no waiting lists. Provided by the Tennessee Electronic Library.