Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
The A-Z Guide to Modern Literary & Cultural Theorists by 
Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary TheoryNote that a number of books in the circulating collection surveys recent schools of theory and critical approaches to literature and other cultural products. See the Finding Books tab for assistance.
The following dictionaries and handbooks provide definitions of critical terms and occasionally lengthy entries describing particular critical schools or approaches, or the ideas and work of particular theorists. Many entries are followed by useful bibliographies for further reading.
The Anthem Dictionary of Literary Terms and Theory by 
A Dictionary of Critical Theory by 
The Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism by 
A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by 
Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory by 
Twentieth-century Literary Movements Dictionary by 
A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory by 
Key Concepts in Literary Theory by 
Critical Keywords in Literary and Cultural Theory by 
Glossalalia: An Alphabet of Critical Keywords by 
