Research Guides: Literary Periods: Modern to Contemporary

Background & Reference Information

Edinburgh Dictionary of Modernism
Literary, aesthetic, political and cultural terms that characterize modernism.

Cambridge Companions Complete Collection This link opens in a new window
Complete texts of a wide range of titles such as the Modernist Novel, Literature of Los Angeles, and War Writing.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text core journals include: Contemporary Literature, Modern Language Studies, and World Literature Today.
Library Catalog - Advanced This link opens in a new window
A subset of Library Search that finds only materials owned by SMU Libraries, such as books, journals, movies, etc.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Citations from journals such as: Contemporary World Writers, Modern American Literature, and Women in Context: Women's Writing 1850-1990.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Full-text journals include: Journal of Modern Literature, New Literary History, and the Wallace Stevens Journal.
ProQuest One Literature This link opens in a new window
Literary criticism, authors' biographies, reference resources with citations
Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. Covers 1890-1982.

Shows all the records in the library catalog with this subject heading.