Research Guides: English: Books

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New Literature

Altermundos: Latin@ Speculative Literature, Film, and Popular Culture by Cathryn Josefina Merla-Watson (Editor); B. V. Olguin (Editor)
Call Number: PS153.H56 A59 2017
The Origin of Others/Toni Morrison by Toni Morrison; Ta-Nehisi Coates (Foreword by)
Call Number: PS374.R32 M67 2017
Whereas by Layli Long Soldier
Call Number: PS3612.O526 A6 2017
The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Call Number: PS3614.G97 A6 2017
The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood
Call Number: PS3558.O537 B66 2017
Memories Flow in Our Veins: Forty Years of Women's Writing from CALYX by CALYX Editorial Collective (Editor)
Call Number: PS589 .M45 2016
The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar
Call Number: PR6113.A87 Z46 2016

Reference Books

Find Reference Books in the reference section of the St. Paul or Minneapolis libraries or in online reference e-books. These books cannot be checked out. The following books are in the St. Paul campus library.

Oxford English dictionary [electronic resource]. by Oxford University Press
Online Access
Garner's Modern American Usage by Bryan A. Garner
Call Number: SCU Reference PE2827 .G37 2009

Guide to effective use of the English language
Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J. A. Cuddon; Vedrana Velickovic (Associate Editor); Matthew Birchwood (Associate Editor); Martin Dines (Associate Editor); Shanyn Fiske (Associate Editor); M. A. R. Habib
Something about the Author Online [electronic resource]
Call Number: SCU Reference Online

Read about the lives and works of authors and illustrators of literature for children and young adults. Includes full page images of the entire run of Something About the Author back to volume 1.
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
Call Number: SCU Reference Online

Biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Cambridge Histories Online [electronic resource]
Call Number: SCU Reference Online

Authoritative histories from the Cambridge Histories series, providing coverage of literature, language, linguistics, and many other academic subjects