Benavente, Jacinto

Pathfinder

December 1996

The following reference books can be used to get both biographical and critical information about authors. These sources should be used as a starting point--DO NOT base all of your research on material obtained from reference books. Use these sources to become better acquainted with your author; this will allow you to utilize more effectively the sources listed under COMPREHENSIVE LITERARY RESEARCH. These sources are located at the West Campus LRC; they may also be located at other local libraries.

BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

Consult the following reference sources to get an overview of your author's life.

Twentieth Century Authors

REF PN 771 .K86

Encyclopedia of World Literature in the Twentieth Century

REF PN 771 .E5

Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature

REF PQ 6006 .O93

CRITICAL SOURCES

Consult the following reference sources to obtain critical analyses of your author and his/her work. The first sources listed will provide a more general critical analyses of your author, while the second set of sources will provide critical analyses of a more specific nature.

GENERAL CRITICISM

Critical Survey of Drama--Foreign Language Series

REF PN 1625 .C74

Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama

REF PN 1625 .G3

SPECIFIC CRITICISM

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism

REF PN 771 .G27

Look up specific literary titles in the separate title index.

Library of Literary Criticism: Modern Romance Literatures

REF PN 813 .C8

Library of Literary Criticism: Major Modern Dramatists

REF PN 1861 .M27

Library of Literary Criticism: Modern Spanish and Portugese Literatures

REF PQ 6072 .M57

Guide to Great Plays

REF PN 6112.5 .S45

COMPREHENSIVE LITERARY RESEARCH

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