Excerpts and full text of articles and essays providing critical discussion of authors and their works.
- Children’s Literature Review
- Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism
- Contemporary Literary Criticism
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
- Drama Criticism
- Literature Criticism 1400-1800
- Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism
- Poetry Criticism
- Shakespearean Criticism (see index information)
- Short Story Criticism
- Something About the Authors
- Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
Critical analyses and brief plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature: long fiction, short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
- Censorship
- Critical Survey of Drama
- Critical Survey of Long Fiction
- Critical Survey of Mystery & Detective Fiction
- Critical Survey of Poetry
- Critical Survey of Short Fiction
- Cyclopedia of Literary Characters
- Cyclopedia of Literary Places
- Cyclopedia of World Authors
- Dictionary of World Biography (The Ancient World, The Middle Ages, The Renaissance, The 17th & 18th Centuries, The 19th Century, The 20th Century)
- Encyclopedia of the Ancient World
- Ethics
- Guide to Literary Masters & Their Works
- Identities & Issues in Literature
- Magill's Book Reviews
- Magill's Choice: Holocaust Literature
- Magill's Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature
- Magill's History Annual, 1983-1985
- Magill's Literary Annuals, 1977+
- Magill's Survey of American Literature
- Magill's Survey of World Literature
- Masterplots
- Masterplots II: African American Literature
- Masterplots II: American Fiction
- Masterplots II: British & Commonwealth Fiction
- Masterplots II: Christian Literature
- Masterplots II: Drama
- Masterplots II: European Fiction
- Masterplots II: Juvenile & Young Adult Biography
- Masterplots II: Juvenile & Young Adult Fiction
- Masterplots II: Juvenile & Young Adult Literature
- Masterplots II: Nonfiction
- Masterplots II: Poetry
- Masterplots II: Short Story
- Masterplots II: Women's Literature
- Masterplots II: World Fiction
- Sixties in America
Creative Arts Television, 1973, 29 mins
"Filmed study of Bunraku, the classical Japanese puppet art, which uses three-quarters life-sized figures, handled by black-clothed manipulators who remain in plain view of the audience, convention rendering them invisible. These scenes trace Bunraku from the making of the puppets and the way in which their limbs are articulated, to their costuming and reflections on their relationship to kabuki theater. It includes complete performances of works for Bunraku."
Films For The Humanities & Sciences, 1988, 35 mins
"This program provides an introduction to the 400-year-old tradition of Kabuki, explaining its origins and purposes, its literary sources, and the meaning of its symbolism. The program shows the rehearsal, preparation of costumes and wigs, and the performance of the Kabuki play, relates the makeup and music to the overall scheme, and explains the esthetic of Kabuki art."
Films For The Humanities & Sciences, 1989, 51 mins
"Theater has a long history in Japan, ranging from traditional Kabuki to today's avant-garde performing arts. This classic program explores the cultural debate within Japan regarding traditional forms of theater and more contemporary variations."
Films For The Humanities & Sciences, 1990, 29 mins
Notable Plays
Japanese Puppet Plays (16th century – present)
Chikamatsu – The Love Suicides at Amijima, The Love Suicides at Sonezaki, The Battles of Coxinga, The Uprooted Pine, The Woman-Killer and the Hell of Oil, Gonza the Lancer, The Girl from Hakata, The Courier for Hell, Yosaku from Tamba
Japanese Kabuki (16th century – present)
Tsuruya Namboku IV, Sakurada Jisuke II, Tsuuchi Genshichi – The Scarlet Princess of Edo
Tsuuchi Jihei II, Tsuuchi Hanemon: Sokeroku – Flower of Edo
Tsuuchi Hanjur, Nakada Mansuke, et al – Saint Narukami and the God Fudō
Kuruwa Bunshō – Love Letter from the Licensed Quarter
Namiki Sōsuke, Namiki Shōzō, I Namiki Geiji, et al – Chronicle of the Battle of Ichinotani