Literature Resource Center
Criticism, biographies, bibliographies, work overviews and explications, Web sites, periodical articles, compare and contrast pages, full-text author's works, and reading lists; Gale Literary Index, a master index to the major literature products published by Gale Group; Authors on the Highway lists authors with upcoming events
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Magill on Literature Plus
Critical essays, biographies, brief plot summaries, extended character profiles, detailed setting discussions; overview essays about important literary genres, time periods and national literatures.
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LitFinder
Poems: Over 70,000 full-text poems, and 750,000 poem citations and excerpts
Story: Full-text of classic and contemporary short stories with explanations and biographies
Essays: Thousands of full-text essays based on books published in the 20th century
Speeches: Best-known speeches of the past 2,500 years
Plays: Over 1,000 complete plays
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SIRS: Literary Corner
Database Features tab - Literary Corner
Prominent authors in major literary periods; Lifetime Reading Plan offers brief introductions to more than 130 literary classics and biographical information on the creators of these works
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Biography Resource Center
Biographical information on over 165,000 people internationally, and throughout history
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