This bibliography
only lists sources that specialize in reviews of books, plays
and films. If you are interested in criticism, use How
to Find Literary Criticism Guide. Listed below are major print
resources for reviews of books, plays and filmes. You can also
use the online databases to find
reveiw articles.
Book Review Digest. (1927-2002) Ref. 015 B66I
Contains excerpts of reviews from over 80 newspapers and magazines
of fiction and non-fiction books published in the United States.
Each volume has a title and subject index.
Book Review Index. (1965-2002) Ref. 015 B65I
Indexes reviews of fiction and non-fiction books in over 200 U.S.
periodicals. A cumulated index for 1976-1984 also available.
An Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities. (1960- 1990) Ref.
015 I28
Indexes reviews in several hundred English language and foreign
periodicals.
New York Times Book Review Index. (1896-1970). Ref. 015 N39B
There is a cumulative index, 1896-1970, arranged by author, title,
subject, reviewer, and type of book.
Sources below include citations to reviews of a particular
production of a play and critical articles about the play itself.
Modern Drama: A Checklist of Critical Literature on 20th Century
Plays. Ref. 016.8092 A33
Indexes critical articles and reviews of twentieth century plays
from all countries.
Dramatic Criticism Index: A Bibliography of Commentaries on Playwrights
from Ibsen to the Avent-Garde. Ref. 016.8092 B83
Covers English language criticism in books and magazines of plays
from the middle of the nineteenth century to approximately 1970.
Arranged alphabetically by name of playwright.
American Drama Criticism: Interpretations, 1890-1977. Ref. 016.792
E33A2
Indexes critical writings and reviews in books and periodicals.
Three supplements have been issued, supplement 1 updates through
1983, supplement 2 updates through 1987, and supplement 3 updates
through 1990.
A Guide to Critical Reviews. Ref. 016.8092 S26
Indexes critical reviews of productions on the New York stage.
Part 1. American Drama, 1909-1982.
Part 2. The Musical, 1909-1989.
Part 3. Foreign Drama, 1909-1977.
Part 4. The Screenplay. 1963-1980
The New York Times Film Reviews, 1913-1968.
Ref. 791.43 N39
Reprints film reviews appearing in the New York Times, arranged
chronologically. There is a cumulated index for 1913-1968 and indexes
in each volume after 1968.
American Film Criticism, From the Beginnings to Citizen Kane;
Reviews of Significant Films at the Time They First Appeared.
791.43 K29A (stacks)
Reviews of significant films at the time they first appeared.
A Guide to Critical Reviews. Ref. 016.8092
S26
Part 4. Volume 1-2: The screenplay from "The Jazz Singer"
to "Dr. Strangelove".
Supplement One covers 1963-1980.
Indexes reviews of some 12,000 American and foreign films, released
from 1927 through 1963, which appeared in American and Canadian
periodicals and in the New York Times.
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