NOTE: The Northern Light collection of literary criticism (formerly at library.northernlight.com) no longer exists. The IPL Literary Criticism collection has not yet been updated to reflect this change. No links to northernlight.com or items marked "Access Restrictions: NL" will work.

The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.

The collection is not inclusive of all the work on the web, nor does it plan to be. The sites are selected with some thought to their overall usefulness.

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