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How Literary Anthologies and Collections could be helpful:
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:
- The Columbia anthology of traditional Chinese literature
- The Columbia anthology of Yuan drama
- Slapping the table in amazement: a Ming Dynasty story collection
- Strange tales from a Chinese studio
- Strange tales from a Chinese studio: the classic collection of eerie and fantastic Chinese stories of the supernatural
Note: WorldCat (renamed to be Libraries Worldwide on the Tisch Library homepage) is still a better place to get a fuller picture of books on a topic, even though interlibrary loan service is currently very limited.)
Journal and Magazine Articles
A. All subjects
B. Literary Studies
- MLA International Bibliography (literature, folklore and related studies.)
C. Asian Studies and Cultural History
D. Performing Arts and Film Studies
(For reviews of film/stage adaptations of literary works)
E. Newspapers
- Access World News (include college and university students' newspapers)
- Factiva (more international coverage of news)
- New York Times Online Archive (1851 - three years before the current date)M
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