Full-text, scholarly reviewed essay anthologies on a range of topics in literature, the classics, philosophy, culture, and religion. Best for searching on particular authors, movements, eras, and works.

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• Over 600 titles and 4,000 essays
• Searchable via either tags or full content
• Links to references included

Full-text biographical and critical essays on major poets, playwrights, novelists and other writing through history and across language. Emphasis is on western authors writing in English.

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• Topic Finder (creates word cloud illustrations to show the popularity of subtopics on a topic search)

Full-text, searchable access to a wide range of English language literary works, criticism, and reference sources.

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• Robust searching allows users to find authors by nationality, ethnicity, movement, and period.

Full-text access to peer-reviewed journal articles, book reviews, biographical essays, topical overview essays, poetry, and short fiction from contemporary literary magazines.

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• Topic Finder (creates word cloud illustrations to show the popularity of subtopics on a topic search)
• Person Search (search for authors by name, gender, nationality, place of birth, era, and more)
• Works Search (search for works by title, author, century, original language, author nationality, and more)

Articles, books, and other scholarship related to literature, language, linguistics and folklore.

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• Saves your recent searches (requires you to create an account)
• Automatic citation tool

World Folklore and Folklife explores folklore holiday traditions, festivals, language, stories and fairy tales, proverbs, food traditions, and folk remedies that define our society and our place within it.