These resources in World Literature are organized by theme.

Introduction to Literary Theory

• Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms (1993)
• Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism [print]
• Encyclopedia of Literature and Criticism
• Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Modern Criticism and Theory [print]
• Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary Theory
• Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English [print]
• Key terms in literary theory (2012)

Literary Movements

• Encyclopedia of Literary Romanticism
• Literary Movements for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Literary Movements
• Key Concepts in Romantic Literature [print]  
• Facts on File Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature [print]
• Encyclopedia of Literary Modernism [print]
• Key Concepts in Modernist Literature [print]
• Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature [print]
• Encyclopedia of Postmodernism

Colonialism and Postcolonialism

• Encyclopedia of the Literature of Empire [print]
• Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
• Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies [print]
• Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism Since 1450  (i.e. Gale Virtual Reference Library)
• The New A-Z of Empire: A Concise Handbook of British Imperial History

Works of literature from specific countries and cultures

Africa

• Encyclopedia of African Literature
• The Cambridge History of South African literature
• Metaphor and the slave trade in West African Literature

Asia

• Cambridge History of Chinese Literature Vol 1 & Vol 2
• Developmental fairy tales: evolutionary thinking and modern Chinese culture
• A history of Korean literature
• Dissenters and mavericks: writings about India in English, 1765-2000

Britain

• Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
• Women Writers of Great Britain and Europe: An Encyclopedia [print]

Canada

• The Cambridge companion to Canadian literature (2017)
• Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada (2002)

France

• Feminist Encyclopedia of French Literature

Germany

• Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature [print]

Italy

• Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies [print]
• Feminist Encyclopedia of Italian Literature

Latin America

• Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature [print]
• Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
• Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature 1900-2003
• Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature [print]
• Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia: [print]

Middle East

• Arabic literature in the post-classical period
• Anthology of Arabic literature, culture, and thought from pre-Islamic times to the present [print]
• An introduction to Arabic literature

Russia

• Reference Guide to Russian Literature [print]

United States

• Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
• Encyclopedia of African-American Literature [print]
• Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature [print]
• Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature

Travel and Displacement

• Encyclopedia of Travel Literature: [print]
• Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia [print] 
• Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World

World Literature for Children

• International Companion Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature
• Continuum Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature [print]
• Comparative children's literature

Conflict, Trauma, and Revolution

• The Literature of War
• Encyclopedia of Literature and Politics:  Censorship, Revolution, and Writing [print]
• Encyclopedia of War Crimes and Genocides [print]
• Encyclopedia of Human Rights

General websites

• Translation Database. (University of Rochester). Tracks all original publications of fiction and poetry published in the U.S. in English translation.
• Invitation to World Literature by Annenberg Learner.  Video programs and website. 13 great works of world literature (The Epic of Gilgamesh, My Name Is Red, The Odyssey, The Bacchae, The Bhagavad Gita, The Tale of Genji, Journey to the West, Popol Vuh, Candide, Things Fall Apart, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The God of Small Things, and The Thousand and One Nights.
• Index Translationum: UNESCO's searchable bibliography of books translated throughout the world.
• Words Without Borders: The online magazine for international literature.  Categorized world literature links including websites, journals, and blogs.
• Routledge Translation Studies Portal: Offers a wide range of online resources and teaching materials, links to key organizations, and showcase of Routledge's  titles in translation and interpreting studies

Associations and organizations

• American Comparative Literature Association
• American Literary Translators Association
• British Comparative Literature Association
• Canadian Association for Translation Studies
• Canadian Comparative Literature Association
• International Center for Writing and Translation
• International Comparative Literature Association
• International PEN
• Modern Language Association

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