Comparative Literature

Printed collections

Collection overview

The Library has good holdings in comparative literature, collection strengths include:

Historical and theoretical coverage of literature in a comparative context
Literary criticism
Works by and about critical theorists
Postcolonial and international literatures in English
Children’s literature
Literary translation

This complements the Library’s main literature collections:

English, French, Germanic, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
United States and Latin American
Smaller collections, mostly in translation, of Slavonic, African, Oriental, Celtic, Hebrew, Indic and Dutch literatures

Collection location

Historical, theoretical and critical works on comparative literature and critical theory are located within the ENGLISH Collection on the 5th floor, eg ENGLISH 5th floor (3) YUC Dam
The English, French, Germanic, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish literature collections are located on the 5th floor. The catalogue would read, for example, FRENCH 5th floor (3) XTU7 Jor
Latin America and United States literary texts and critical works are located within the specific Area Collections, eg LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES 7th flr (34) XQ7 Cam
Material from the smaller literature collections (eg Slavonic, African) is located in the LANGUAGE/LITERATURE collection on the 5th floor, eg LANGUAGE/LITERATURE5th floor (3) XBJQ C43a Tai
Recent issues of literature periodicals are displayed in the Periodicals Room on the 4th floor. Older periodicals are located at PERIODICALS Upper Library 3rd Floor PS and in the closed access stacks. If the catalogue states the location STACK SERVICE, please request at the Stack Service desk on the 4th floor
Many dictionaries and other reference works, such as The encyclopedia of postcolonial literatures in English, are located in the Information Centre (4th floor). The catalogue would read: INFORMATION CENTRE 4th floor 820.9 [Encyclopedia]

Related collections

Film & Media, Linguistics and Sociology
Special Collections - The Sterling Library includes literary classics in English from the fourteenth century to the present

Electronic resources

Electronic resources can be accessed from the Information Centre (4th floor) where printing is provided. Many are also available from other PCs in the Library and can be accessed off-site by Library members. Please check our web pages for access information: www.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/resources/databaseauth.asp

Databases

Databases containing material of interest in this subject area include:

Resource	Location
Academic Search Premier	Online
Arts and Humanities Citation Index	Online
IngentaConnect	Online
JSTOR	Online
MLA International Bibliography, 1963-	Online
Periodicals Index and Archive Online	Online

Electronic Journals

Search for specific electronic journal titles on the catalogue

Web resources

Other electronic resources can be found via the Gateways tab: www.shl.lon.ac.uk/subjects/gateways/english.shtml. There are many useful resources for literature researchers, for example INTUTE: Arts and Humanities: www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/comparative/.

Classmarks for Comparative Literature and Critical Theory

All the following classmarks have the prefix ENGLISH 5th floor (3)

Philosophy and aesthetics of literature	YUA
Criticism of literature	YUB
Comparative literature	YUC
Imagination and fantasy	YUI
Romanticism	YUL
Love and sexuality	YUM
Realism	YUN
Humour	YUP
Fiction	YUR
Literary translation	YUT

Classmarks for Literature Collections

English literature ENGLISH 5th floor (3) YB-YR

International literatures in English	ENGLISH 5th floor (3) YS
French literature	FRENCH 5th floor (3) XT
Germanic literature	GERMANIC 5th floor (3) XW-XZ
Italian literature	ITALIAN 5th floor (3) XM
Portuguese literature	PORTUGUESE 5th floor (3) XRL-XRX
Spanish literature	SPANISH 5th floor (3) XP

Latin American and Caribbean literature LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES 7th flr (34) X-Y

United States literature

U.S. STUDIES 5th floor (33) YT

Children’s literature LANGUAGE/LITERATURE 5th floor (3) ZDV

Slavonic literature

LANGUAGE/LITERATURE 5th floor (3) XB

Other libraries

For more information about the literature holdings in other academic libraries in the London area, please consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk.