Check out the Course Reserves.

Dictionary of Literary Biography

The Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature / edited by Philip Ward. Ref. PQ6006 .O95

The Medieval Spains / Bernard F. Reilly. Book stacks: DP99 .R375 1993

A. Use Library Catalogs to find books

1. Tufts Libraries Catalog

2. WorldCat (beyond Tufts)

B. Searches & Results

(note the search pattern; modify to your own needs)

A. by/about Literary Writers & Their Works:

Fernando de Rojas (La Celestina);

Cervantes Saavedra

Vega, Lope de.

Amescua, "El Esclavo del demonio"

Benavente

Caro, Ana

Valle-Inclán

Pardo Bazán

Zayas y Sotomayor

 

Topics

"classical period" and "spanish literature" and women

"classical period" and drama and spanish and (women or gender)

"Spanish literature" and "Classical period" and persecut*

 

History and Criticism

Spanish literature to 1500 -- History and criticism

Spanish literature -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.

Spanish Drama -- Classical Period, 1500-1700 -- History And Criticism.

Spanish Fiction -- Classical Period, 1500-1700 -- History And Criticism.

Spanish Poetry -- Classical Period, 1500-1700 -- History And Criticism.

 

in the Broader Contexts of:

Spanish literature

Spanish literature to 1500

 

Spanish literature -- Classical period, 1500-1700.

 

Politics and literature -- Spain -- History -- 16th century.

Politics and literature -- Spain -- History -- 17th century.

 

Literature and society -- Spain -- History -- 16th century.

Literature and society -- Spain -- History -- 17th century.

 

by Genres:

Spanish Drama -- Classical Period, 1500-1700.

Spanish Fiction -- Classical Period, 1500-1700.  

Spanish Poetry -- Classical Period, 1500-1700.

 

D. Literary Anthologies and Collections

Introductory texts in literary anthologies /collections provide overviews and surveys of an author and his/her works, a literary era, literary style, and so on so forth. The explanatory footnotes enhance an understanding of the works in terms of contemporary culture and literary traditions in which the authors lived and wrote. Hence, the historical significance of the works. For example:

Spanish Drama of the Golden Age: Twelve Plays / Edited with introd. and notes by Raymond R. MacCurdy. (Introd. and notes in English; text of plays in Spanish.) PQ6218 .S63 1971

A Short Guide to Writing about Literature by Sylvan Barnet. Ref: PE1479.C7 B3

Writing about Literature (handout from Writing Center at UNC.)

MLA Style (for citing sources)

A. Use Subject Databases to find Journal Articles:

1 & 2. JSTOR and Project Muse

JSTOR is a favorite with its full texts in core journals of all disciplines. Project Muse does not include exactly the same JSTOR journals, but it has more recent and current articles on many topics.

 

Expand your search into more databases and from various perspectives

3. Academic OneFile
All subjects; a Quick Start. Here are some sample findings:

 

4. Literature (MLA)
MLA is the principal bibliographic tool for literary studies.

 

5. Women's Studies International  

 

6. When use GoogleScholar, set your Library Links to access Tufts full texts.

B. Search by names of literary writers or titles of the literary works.

C. Examine search results for "themes/issues" discussed; evidence examined, and methods applied in the analysis of the literary texts.

Sample literary themes such as witchcraft, magic, desire, female protagonist/character (Melibea)

Common literary elements examined:

imagery

characters/characterization

the plot, events, actions

the settings,

literary devices, e.g. points of view, the narrator, etc.

Other literary techniques, e.g. irony, silence, metaphor, etc.;

and more.

D. Find More Articles like this "perfect" one

How:

Search, in Arts and Humanities Citation Index, for the article you have read. For example the article in your syllabus:

Dunn, Peter N . "'Lazarillo de Tormes' - the Case of the Purloined Letter." Revista de Estudios Hispanicos 22: 1 (1988), 1-14.
References: 25 Times Cited:4

You can, then, look up, in the record, the 25 references that Dunn cited for his article and, in turn, 4 articles that cited his. The assumption is that these articles address related issues.

Note:

1. Not every single article is cited;
2. Influential authors are cited more often;
3. More recent publications take time to be cited.

 

E. Finding Full Texts

1. Click on the button in your search results screen to a window of three sequential options:

a. link to the digital full text when available;

b. link to a Library Catalog search for the print journal;

c. link to ILliad for requesting the article when the above two options are negative.

2. Search for a journal directly here:

a. Tufts Library Catalog (including e-journals)

b. Electronic journals list

c. Use ILliad to request your article, if Tufts does not have your journal.

 

F. Request Articles/Books

Set up for your ILliad account

Use ILLiad, our Interlibrary Loan Service, to request articles, books and other materials that are not available at Tufts.