Encyclopedias
Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore: World Mythology.Articles on myths, folktales, legends, and other traditional literature from the most widely-read literature, covering many countries and cultures. Includes analysis of the important cultural and social interpretations of the author and myth.
Encyclopedia of Russian History.Entries on people, arts, literature, film, theater, politics, economics, religion, and social systems of Russia from the earliest beginnings of the Russian nation to the rise and fall of the Soviet Union.
Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend.Survey of myths, legends, and folklore from around the world.
"Folklore and Russan Literature." The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature.Articles covering the entire span of Russian literature, from the Middle Ages to the post-Soviet period, and explores folklore, poetry, drama, and the Russian novel.
Folktales and Fairy Tales: Traditions and Texts From Around the World.National, cultural, regional, and linguistic traditions from around the world as well as motifs, themes, characters, and tale types. Includes essays on Feminist Tales, Russian Tales, Slavic Tales, Soviet Fairy-Tale Films, Aleksandr Afanas'ev, Vladimir Propp, and Aleksandr Pushkin.
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales.Entries on themes and motifs, individuals, characters and character types, national traditions, and genres of folk and fairy tales from around the world.
Authors / Works / Topics
The following databases contain author profiles, topic & work overviews, and scholarly articles.
- Gale Literary Sources This link opens in a new windowBiographies, literary & cultural analysis, work & topic overviews, selected full-text primary sources (short stories, poetry, speeches, plays, and essays), and more. Simultaneously searches Gale's Literature Criticism Series and most of the Dictionary of Literary Biography.
- Literature Online This link opens in a new windowAuthor pages, literary criticism, primary sources in full-text (selected poetry, drama and prose), reviews, and reference sources.*Searches the Annual Bibliography of Language and Literature.*
