New E-Resources at Northwestern

Southern Review

The Southern Review is one of the nation’s premiere literary journals. We publish a diverse array of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by the country’s—and the world’s—most respected contemporary writers. – Publisher.

CEA Critic

An official journal of the College English Association, The CEA Critic publishes scholarly works that, through “close reading” methodology, examine the texts of fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction, and film studied on the college level. – Publisher.

Printers Row Journal

Printers Row is the Chicago Tribune’s unique literary journal.  It’s published weekly in a full-color, 24-page journal rich with stories, photos, interviews and special features designed for readers who are passionate about books, ideas and the conversations around them. The weekly fiction supplement showcases distinctive voices and excerpts from upcoming novels.

Novel: A Forum on Fiction

Earlier issues available via JSTOR.

Novel is the official journal of the Society for Novel Studies. Novel publishes essays concerned with the novel’s role in engaging and shaping the world. To promote critical discourse on the novel, the journal publishes significant work on fiction and related areas of research and theory. – Publisher.

MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States

(Earlier issues)

MELUS, a prestigious and rigorous journal in the field of multi-ethnic literature of the United States, has been a vital resource for scholarship and teaching for more than thirty-five years. Published quarterly, MELUS illuminates the national, international, and transnational contexts of US ethnic literature. – Publisher.

Key Terms in Literary Theory

This book provides precise definitions of terms and concepts in literary theory, along with explanations of the major movements and figures in literary and cultural theory and an extensive bibliography. – Publisher.

Northwestern University Library now has access to the following Brill Publishing e-books.

Access through the publisher’s website and by title via NUcat.

• Adulthood and Aging, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of
• African Religions, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to
• Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, The Handbook of
• American Literary Studies, A Companion to
• American Novel, A Companion to the
• Anglo-Saxon Keywords
• Anglo-Saxon Studies, A Handbook of
• Anthropology of Europe, A Companion to the
• Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, A Companion to the
• Border Studies, A Companion to
• Chinese Cinema, A Companion to
• Chinese Religions, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to
• Concise Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Conversation Analysis, The Handbook of
• Couples and Family Relationships, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of
• Critical Neuroscience: A Handbook of the Social and Cultural Contexts of Neuroscience
• Early Cinema, A Companion to
• Eastern European Cinemas, A Companion to
• Economic Geography, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to
• Film Comedy, A Companion to
• Folklore, A Companion to
• Forensic Anthropology, A Companion to
• George Washington, A Companion to
• German Cinema, A Companion to
• Global Environmental History, A Companion to
• Global Health Communication, The Handbook of
• Global Media Research, The Handbook of
• Global Online Journalism, The Handbook of
• Gothic, A New Companion to the
• Greek Art, A Companion to
• Hispanic Linguistics, The Handbook of
• Historical Sociolinguistics, The Handbook of
• Intercultural Discourse and Communication, The Handbook of
• International Handbook of Workplace Trauma Support: Second Edition
• Irish Literature, A Companion to
• James Madison and James Monroe, A Companion to
• Literature, Film, and Adaptation, A Companion to
• Lyndon B. Johnson, A Companion to
• Marcus Aurelius, A Companion to
• Media Audiences, The Handbook of
• Moral Anthropology, A Companion to
• Neuropsychology of Language, The Handbook of the
• Paleopathology, A Companion to
• Persius and Juvenal, A Companion to
• Poetic Genre, A Companion to
• Political Sociology, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to
• Practical Theology, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder, A Companion to
• Religion and Social Justice, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to
• Richard M. Nixon, A Companion to
• Rock Art, A Companion to
• Roman Love Elegy, A Companion to
• Romanticism Studies, A Handbook of
• Schopenhauer, A Companion to
• Science and Christianity, The Blackwell Companion to
• Sociology, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to
• Sophocles, A Companion to
• Tacitus, A Companion to
• Theodore Roosevelt, A Companion to
• T. S. Eliot, A Companion to
• Werner Herzog, A Companion to
• Women in the Ancient World, A Companion to
• World History, A Companion to

The Antioch Review

The Antioch Review, founded in 1941, is one of the oldest, continuously publishing quarterly literary magazines in America. It publishes fiction, essays, and poetry from both emerging and established authors. – Publisher.

Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century

Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century is especially valuable for its panoramic view of world literature, including excellent coverage of Third World literature not found in other sources. – Publisher.

Victorian Popular Culture – Moving Pictures, Optical Entertainments and the Advent of Cinema

A new section of Victorian Popular Culture is now available – Moving Pictures, Optical Entertainments and the Advent of Cinema.

This section of Victorian Popular Culture explores the pivotal era in entertainment history when previously static images came to life and moved for the first time. Through the wealth of printed and visual material as well as artefacts (see our virtual exhibition and 360-viewer) in this resource, we are able to imagine the wide-eyed wonder of those early audiences, experiencing the magic of Victorian inventions and optical entertainments. – Publisher.