Mary Shelly
Overviews:
- FrankensteinWilliam A. Walling. Twayne's English Authors Series 128. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1972. p23-50. From Gale.
- FrankensteinKristine Ha. St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Ed. Thomas Riggs. Vol. 2. 2nd ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 2013. p375-376. From Gale eBooks.
Criticism:
- Metaphysical intersections in Frankenstein: Mary Shelley's theistic investigation of scientific materialism and transgressive autonomyDavid S. Hogsette. Christianity and Literature. 60.4 (Summer 2011): p531. From Literature Resource Center.
- Reading the symptoms: an exploration of repression and hysteria in Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'Colleen Hobbs. Studies in the Novel. 25.2 (Summer 1993): p152. From Literature Resource Center.
- Testimony and trope in FrankensteinSara Guyer. Studies in Romanticism. 45.1 (Spring 2006): p77. From Literature Resource Center.
Ray Bradbury
Overviews:
- Overview: Fahrenheit 451: The Temperature at Which Books BurnLiterature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them. Joyce Moss and George Wilson. Vol. 5: Civil Rights Movements to Future Times (1960-2000). Detroit: Gale, 1997. From Literature Resource Center.
- An overview of Fahrenheit 451Edward E. Eller. Literature Resource Center. Detroit: Gale. From Literature Resource Center
Criticism:
- 'To Build a Mirror Factory': The Mirror and Self-Examination in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451Rafeeq O. McGiveron. Critique 39.3 (Spring 1998): p282-287. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter. Vol. 235. Detroit: Gale, 2007. From Literature Resource Center.
- Mass Degradation of Humanity and Massive Contradictions in Bradbury's Vision of America in Fahrenheit 451Jack Zipes. No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction. Ed. Eric S. Rabkin , Joseph D. Olander , and Martin H. Greenberg . Southern Illinois University Press, 1983. p182-198. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Deborah A. Stanley. Vol. 98. Detroit: Gale, 1997. From Literature Resource Center.
Ursula Le Guin
Overviews:
- The Left Hand of DarknessCharlotte Spivack. Twayne's United States Authors Series 453. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1984. p44-59. From Gale.
- Overview: The Left Hand of DarknessLiterature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them. Joyce Moss and George Wilson. Vol. 5: Civil Rights Movements to Future Times (1960-2000). Detroit: Gale, 1997. From Literature Resource Center.
Criticism:
- Beyond Words: The Impact of Rhythm as Narrative Technique in The Left Hand of DarknessNora Barry and Mary Prescott. Extrapolation 33.2 (Summer 1992): p154-165. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter. Vol. 136. Gale, 2001. From Literature Resource Center.
- Exorcising Gender: Resisting Readers in Ursula K. Le Guin's Left Hand of DarknessJohn Pennington. Extrapolation. 41.4 (Winter 2000): p351. From Literature Resource Center.
- The interpretative journey in Ursula K. Le Guin's the left hand of darknessChristine Cornell. Extrapolation. 42.4 (Winter 2001): p317. From Literature Resource Center.
Philip K. Dick
Overviews:
- Explanation of: "Ubik" by Philip K. DickLitFinder Contemporary Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2011. From LitFinder.
- Overview: UbikGale Online Encyclopedia. Detroit: Gale. From Literature Resource Center
- The Themes of Philip K. DickEric Carl Link. Understanding Philip K. Dick. Columbia: U of South Carolina P, 2010. p47-101. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 219. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. From Literature Resource Center.
Criticism:
- Ubik: The Deconstruction of Bourgeois SFFitting, Peter. Science Fiction Studies; Mar75, Vol. 2 Issue 1, p47-54, 8p
- Science Fiction and the Gothic [Ubik]Thomas H. Keeling. Bridges to Science Fiction. Ed. George E. Slusser , Mark Rose , and George R. Guffey . Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1980. p107-119. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Thomas J. Schoenberg and Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 202. Detroit: Gale. From Literature Resource Center.
Margaret Atwood
Overviews:
- Overview: The Handmaid's TaleLiterature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them. Joyce Moss and George Wilson. Vol. 5: Civil Rights Movements to Future Times (1960-2000). Detroit: Gale, 1997. From Literature Resource Center.
- Historical Context: The Handmaid's TaleNovels for Students. Detroit: Gale, 1998. From Literature Resource Center.
Criticism
- Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' and the Dystopian TraditionsAmin Malak. Canadian Literature.112 (Spring 1987): p9-16. Rpt. in Novels for Students. Ed. Marie Rose Napierkowski. Vol. 4. Detroit: Gale, 1998. From Literature Resource Center.
- "We lived in the blank white spaces": rewriting the paradigm of denial in Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale.' (Margaret Atwood)Danita J. Dodson. Utopian Studies. 8.2 (Spring 1997): p66. From Literature Resource Center.
Orson Scott Card
Overviews:
- Overview: Ender's GameCharacters in Young Adult Literature. John T Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden. Detroit: Gale, 1997. From Literature Resource Center.
- Orson Scott CardContemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter. Vol. 279. Detroit: Gale. From Literature Resource Center
Criticism:
- Ender's Beginning: Battling the Military in Orson Scott Card's Ender's GameTim Blackmore. Extrapolation 32.2 (Summer 1991): p124-142. Rpt. in Children's Literature Review. Ed. Tom Burns. Vol. 116. Detroit: Gale, 2006. From Literature Resource Center.
Ender's Game and Philosophy by Call Number: ebrary
Publication Date: 2013This collection of original essays probes key philosophical questions raised in the narrative, including the ethics of child soldiers, politics on the internet, and the morality of war and genocide.
Octavia E. Butler
Overviews:
- Overview: Parable of the SowerPlot and character summaries from Novels for Students
- Octavia Butlerfrom African American Writers, 2nd ed., vol. 1
Criticism:
- Critical Essay on "Parable of the Sower"From Novels for Students, Vol. 21
- Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower: One Alternative to a Futureless FutureGant-Britton, Lisbeth. Novels for Students, edited by Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler, vol. 21, Gale, 2005.
- The relationship between community and subjectivity in Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the SowerAgusti, Clara Escoda. Extrapolation, vol. 46, no. 3, 2005
Changing Bodies in the Fiction of Octavia Butler by Call Number: Ebook Central
Publication Date: 2014Butler's fiction transforms the way the body is imagined with reference to race and gender. This text examines how Butler's fiction is able to cross several genre boundaries while simultaneously reshaping the genre of science fiction. This book makes the claim that Butler's fiction is crucial for contemporary and future investigations of identity formation. Discussions of race, class, and sex are reoccurring topic that are inextricable to any understanding of body politics and theory.
Library Databases
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- Gale Literature This link opens in a new windowA great starting point. Full of of criticism, work overviews, and author biographies.
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