Resource Guide:
Creative Writing
Selected Call Numbers
Call numbers are the shelving locations for each item. Browsing in the following areas of the library will help you find materials for your topic.
| Topic | Call Number |
|---|---|
| English Language | PE |
| Literature, Literary History and Collections | PN |
| English Literature | PR |
| Authorship | PN101-245 |
| Folk Literature | PN905-1008 |
| Fables | PN980-995 |
| Poetry | PR500-614 |
| Epic Poetry | PN1301-1333 |
| Folk Poetry | PN1341-1347 |
| Lyric Poetry | PN1351-1389 |
| Drama | PR621-744 |
| Technique of Dramatic Composition | PN1660-1693 |
| Plays, Scenarios | PN1997-1997.85 |
| Prose | PN3311-3503 |
| Prose fiction. The novel | PR821-890 |
| Wit and Humor | PN6146.5-6231 |
| Comic Books, Comic Strips | PN6700-6790 |
| Children’s Literature | PZ |
Selected Subject Headings
Subject headings are selected terms to represent a topic. Searching subject headings in the library catalog will bring the most complete list of results. Below are some example subject headings. More subject headings can be located in the red books at the reference desk.
- Creative Writing
- Creative Writing– Fiction
- Creative Writing–Poetry
- American Poetry
- American Wit and Humor
- English Literature
- English Literature 19th Century
- English Literature 20th Century
- English Literature Bibliography
- English Literature History and Criticism
- English Literature Old English
- English Literature Early Modern
- English Literature Women Authors
- Poetry
- Poetry History and Criticism
- Indians of North America in Literature
- Literary Movements
- Authorship
Selected Materials at the Von Canon Library
Below are some selected materials in the library with their shelving locations. Browsing in the listed areas of the library will help you find more materials for your topic.
| Title | Call Number |
|---|---|
| Last looks, last books : Stevens, Plath, Lowell, Bishop, Merrill | PS 310 .D42 V46 |
| Six poets from the mountain south | PS 261 .L36 2010 |
| Narratives and narrators : a philosophy of stories | P 302.7 .C87 |
| Brave new words : how literature will save the planet | PS 169 .S57 A66 |
| Unoriginal genius : poetry by other means in the new century | PN 1271 .P47 |
| The nets of modernism : Henry James, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce… | PR 888 .M63 E45 |
| The Routledge companion to children’s literature | PN 1009 .A1 R68 |
| Theory after theory : an intellectual history of literary theory | PN 94 .B57 |
| The Oxford companion to English literature | PR 19 .O94 |
| Southern writers : a biographical dictionary | PS 261 .S59 |
| The Cambridge history of American literature | REF PS 92 .C34 |
| A glossary of literary terms | PN 44.5 .A2 |
| Creative Writing Pedagogies for the Twenty-First Century | eBook |
| Researching Creative Writing | eBook |
| The Handbook of Creative Writing | eBook |
| Creative Writing : Writers on Writing | eBook |
| Negotiating the Personal in Creative Writing | eBook |
| Creative Writing In Prose | eBook |
| Writing fiction : a guide to narrative craft | PN 3355 .B79 |
Selected Research Databases
The following databases are specifically useful for your topic. You can search them individually on the databases page.
- Academic Search Complete
- America: History and Life
- Chadwyck-Healey Literature Collections
- Credo Reference
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Humanities International Complete
- JSTOR
- Literature Resources from Gale
- MasterFILE Premier
- http://southernvirginia.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/mlaib?accountid=28732
- http://southernvirginia.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://www.oed.com/
- Oxford Reference
- Proquest Dissertations and Theses Global
- Scribner Writers Online
- Twayne Authors Online
Selected Journals and Magazines
The following journals supply articles to the library’s databases. YOu can see if a specific journal supplies articles to our databases by searching the journal title on the library journal page.
- American Literature
- American Poetry Review
- Contemporary Literature
- Journal of Modern Literature
- Modern Fiction Studies
- New Literary History
- Review of English Studies
- Studies in American Fiction
- Yale Journal of Criticism
- Journal of Writing in Creative Practice
Selected Websites and Digital Archives
The following websites are librarian-evaluated to provide trustworthy information for your topic. They include digitized collections connected to your topic.