Background information in Italian literature Reference Resources

DICTIONARIES  |   ENCYCLOPEDIAS   |   LITERARY GUIDES   |  BIBLIOGRAPHY

Unless otherwise indicated, all call numbers are for General Reference on M-Level of the MSE Library.
 
Dictionaries (a selection)

Dictionaries are available for use in the library (General Reference) and to
check out (stacks on D Level). You can locate dictionaries in the online catalog by doing an Alphabetical search on Subjects. Type "spanish language--dictionaries--english" as your search. Or just "spanish language--dictionaries" for strictly Spanish dictionaries. 

• Grande dizionario della lingua italiana. PC 1625. B3
  
• Dizionario etimologico italiana. PC 1580 .B3
  
• Grande Dizionario della lingua italiana PC 1625 .B3
  
• Dizionario lingua italiana Tommaseo PC 1625 .T6
  
• Vocabolario della lingua italiana PC 1625 .V53
  
• Sansoni-Harap standard Italian dictionary PC 1640 .S3
  
• your dictionary.com: Spanish online dictionaries.

Encyclopedias:

• Enciclopedia del Novecento. AE 35.E471 1975
  
• L'Enciclopedia italiana. AE 35. E56
  
• Dizionario enciclopedico italiano AE 35 .D5 1973
  
• L'Encyclomedia: Seicento.
  L'Encyclomedia: Settecento.
  L'Encyclomedia: Ottocento. Guida multimediale alla storia della civiltà
  europea. 3 CD-ROM's COMP FILE's Audiovisual Center on A Level.
  
• Catholic Encyclopedia: loads of information on history and Christian
  theology.
  

Literary Guides:

• Dictionary of Italian literature. PQ 4006 .D45
  
• Dizionario enciclopedico della letteratura italiana. PQ 4006 .D5
  
• Dizionario autori - italiani contemporanei. PQ 4057 .D58
  
• Dictionary of literary biography (check Index in last volume). **Reference Wall
  
• Italian women writers. PQ 4063 .I88 1994
  
• Storia della letteratura italiana contemporanea. PQ 4088 .M274 1996
  
• Dizionario generale degli autori italiani contemporanei. PQ 4113 .D58
  
• Dizionario enciclopedico della letterature italiana. PQ 4006. D5
  

• Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism   (All US JHU)

  
  

Bibliography: find books in print, articles on Italian literature, books on Italian publishing, bibliographies

• Catalogo dei libri in commercio. Z 2341. A8 1996
  
• Bibliografia nazionale italiana. D Level  Z 2345. B583
  

• Letteratura italiana.

  A very important, large set on Italian literature, in 8 parts: I maggiori (2 vol.), I minori (4 vol.), Le corrente (2 vol.), I contemporanei (6 vol.), I critici (5 vol.), Novecento (10 vol.), Novecento: le avantguardie lettarie (3 vol.). Individual articles on writers, with a Bibliografia at the end of each. Many lesser-known writers are included, as well as the big names. Volume 5 is particularly useful: it is a Repertorio biliografico of writers not included in the set. Obscure writers not found elsewhere, as well as good background and bibliographies on major writers and movements.
  D Level:                          PG 1003 .L4
  

• BiGLI: Bibliografia generale della lingua e della letteratura italiana.

  Annual index to articles and book studies in Italian literature. Fills in the gaps of the MLA, which is heavily slanted toward English-language sources. A bit difficult to use, and always years behind in publication, but an essential tool for Italian literary studies.  PC 1073 .B53 (1991-1997, 1998-present is on order)
  

• LIAB: Letteratura italiana, aggiornamento bibliografico.

  Covers materials published 1991-present but including all time periods of Italian literature, including books, articles, and reviews. Organized by time period, with several indexes, including Subjects, Authors, Keywords, Periodical titles, Publishers. A necessary complement to the databases.   Z 2354 .C8 L474 

  
  

• CUBI: catalogo cumulativo, 1886-1957 del Bollettino delle pubblicazioni italiane ricevute per diritto di stampa dalla Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze.

  41-volumes. Alphabetical by author. Includes Indice dei soggetti, useful for seeing what books were published in various subjects.

  D Level:                          Z 2345 .F63 Quarto
  

• Manuale critico-bibliografico per lo studio della letteratura italiana. Mario Puppo. Gen Ref  Z 2354 .C3 P87 2002 (earlier editions on D level)
  

• Biblioteche in rete: istruzioni per l’uso. F. Metitieri & R. Ridi.  D level  Z 699.35 .M38 2002
  

• Guida alla biblioteca di italianistica. M. Tarabtino.  D Level  PQ 4005 .T37x 2001

  
  
• British Museum general catalogue of printed books Z 921 .B86 1959
  
• International books in print Z 2005 .I58 1996