Library Guides: Critical Theory: Research & Criticism

Bibliographies

Recent work in critical theory, 1989-1995 : an annotated bibliography
Call Number: PN81 .R36 1996
Research in critical theory since 1965 : a classified bibliography
Call Number: PN81 .O77 1989
Contemporary critical theory : a selective bibliography
Call Number: Z6514.C97 M37 1993
The year's work in critical and cultural theory
Call Number: PN80 .Y43 Online
An annotated critical bibliography of feminist criticism
Call Number: Z7963.F44 H85 1987

Journals

Critical Inquiry
A peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal founded in 1974 focusing on the arts and humanities. The journal contains articles on issues in contemporary criticism and culture.
New Literary History
New Literary History, beginning in 1969, focuses on literary theory, interpretation, and criticism. It examines the relationship between literary and cultural texts in the present moment.
Public Culture
An interdisciplinary journal of cultural studies beginning in 1988 that examines cultural, social, and political differences from a local to global scale.
Postmodern Culture
An interdisciplinary electronic journal of commentary, criticism, and theory on contemporary cultures.
Alternative Press Index
Indexes a variety of alternative, interdisciplinary, and radical periodicals.

Books in the Catalog

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Critical race theory
Critical theory
Culture Study and teaching
Feminist literary criticism
Feminist theory
Marxist criticism
Minorities -- United States -- Bibliography.
Postcolonialism
Postmodernism
Poststructuralism
Queer theory
Semiotics