English Studies
In brief
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Overview
The Luxembourg Learning Centre has a selection of literature and criticism by major English and American writers (especially authors that are the focus of teaching or research at the University), academic works on the English language and a collection on general linguistics and literature. All print and electronic resources can be found in the a-z.lu catalogue. Current issues of print journals are located on the display shelves at the beginning of each collection, classified alphabetically by title. Older issues need to be ordered – see Journals.
820: Classification codes are as follows:English literature
82/1-92: English authors and their critical apparatus are classified by period in alphabetical order
810: American literature
81/1-52: American authors and their critical apparatus are classified by period in alphabetical order
800: General literature
420: English language
400 and 410: Linguistics
Selected resources in English Studies
Books
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Cox, Michael. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2002. Print.
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Ousby, Ian, and Lessing, Doris. The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Rev. Ed.]. ed. Cambridge New York [etc.: Cambridge U, 1993. Print.
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Osborne, Deirdre éditeur Intellectuel. The Cambridge Companion to British Black and Asian Literature : 1945-2010. Cambridge: Cambridge U, 2016. Print.
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Rainsford, Dominic. Studying Literature in English : An Introduction. London: Routledge, 2014. Print.
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Fowler, Roger, and Childs, Peter. The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms. Abingdon: Routledge, 2006. Print.
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Jacobs, Richard, and Cutting, Sam éditeur Intellectuel. Literature and the Critics : Developing Responses to Texts. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2022. Print.
E-Books
Available via a-z.lu for university members with LLC registration
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Britannica Online Encyclopaedia
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The Oxford English Dictionary Online OED
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Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Free online dictionary with translations to- and from English. -
De Gruyter e-books collection
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The Literary Encyclopedia
Repository of authoritative reference work about literary and cultural history -
Oxford Handbooks Online
e-Journals
Available via a-z.lu for university members with LLC registration
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Available via a-z.lu for university members with LLC registration
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British Periodicals
Full-text periodicals from the late 17th century to the beginning of the 20th century. The subjects covered are literature, philosophy, history, science, social sciences, music, art, theater, archeology and architecture. -
De Gruyter e-books collection
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JSTOR
Archive of scholarly journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. -
MLA (International Bibliography of the Modern Language Association of America)
La base de données bibliographique donne accès à plus de 2 millions de références bibliographiques issus de revues, monographies, actes de congrès et autres publications scientifiques, en partie avec accès au Full Text. -
Munzinger online – Kindlers Literatur Lexicon
La base de données donne entre autre accès à la version numérique du Kindlers Literatur Lexikon, ainsi que du Kritisches Lexikon zur fremdsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur : KLfG (également disponibles sur papier), qui recensent des essais biographiques et critiques sur des milliers d’auteurs ainsi que des bibliographies très exhaustives. -
Oxford Academic (formerly Oxford Journals)
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Oxford Scholarship Online (e-books from Oxford University Press)
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Routledge Handbooks Online
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SAGE Journals Online
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Taylor & Francis journal collection Social Science and Humanity (SSH-library)
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Wiley Online Library
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Freely accessible databases
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Project Gutenberg
Digitised texts, free of copyright (beware of the quality of the reference information!) -
Luminarium
Anthology of English Literature from the Middle Ages to Restoration (texts, critics, bibliographies, study guides…) -
The Internet Shakespeare Editions
High quality materials on Shakespeare’s works, his plays in performance and his life and times. -
The Victorian Web
Global overview of the authors and their lives, cultural context and great topics. -
The Postcolonial Web
Global overview of the authors and their lives, cultural context and great topics. -
British Council
Up-to-date profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth’s most important living writers. -
American Memory
Multidisciplinary portal of digitized primary resources related to the history and culture of the United States (produced by the Library of Congress)