Historic Literary Criticism Historic Literary Criticism Access information: Access on or off campus. Select database from list. Description: Historic Literary Criticism is a collection of over 20,000 historical contemporary reviews, essays and commentary related to more than 500 influential authors from the 17th to early 20th century. The content comes from a range of sources such as contemporary periodicals as well as published and unpublished letters. The cornerstone of the collections comes from the renowned Critical Heritage series from Routledge. These historical documents and essays allow readers to contextualize some of the most important authors in order to investigate how contemporary critics assessed their works. Trial ends: 31/12/2016 Click here to provide trial feedback This article was published on 2024-08-21