MHS Library: English

A comprehensive resource for the study of literature, edited and curated by Yale University professor Harold Bloom. It includes thousands of critical essays; author biographies, interviews, and profiles; character analyses; the full text of hundreds of books from the reference collection and more than 1,000 classic works of literature; thousands of discussion questions; thousands of full-length poems; essays providing guidance on writing papers; full-length videos of classic stage performances and film adaptations of literary works; and an exclusive Shakespeare Center.

Offers up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

Bio-critical essays on the lives and works of more than 1,400 important authors from around the world. Entries include concise essays, citations, and biographical information that places the author's work in personal and historical context.