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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Gothic Fiction

On this page you'll see Library and Internet resources  and subject headings specific to the study of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Gothic fiction and Horror in literature. Note that many resources on other pages in this guide (e.g., Articles: Literary Criticism, Starting Points: Literature, Books, etc.) are equally important and should be used in conjunction with the resources on this page.

Reference

Articles & Book Chapters

Articles: Literary Criticism (article databases for locating literary criticism)

Find Books by Subject

Use Library of Congress Subject Headings* in the Library Catalog to locate books on your topic. 

Some examples of Library of Congress subject headings on science fiction, fantasy, horror, gothic revival in literature:

 science fiction history and criticism   fantasy fiction history and criticism
 science fiction english history and criticism   fantasy fiction english history and criticism
 science fiction american history and criticism   fantasy fiction american  history and criticism
 horror tales history and criticism   gothic revival literature history and criticism
 horror tales american history and criticism   gothic fiction literary genre english history and criticism
 horror tales english [various subheadings]   gothic fiction literary genre american history and criticism
 dystopias in literature
 dystopian fiction [these are the actual literary works]  
 dystopias fiction [these are the actual literary works]
  utopias in literature
  utopian fiction [these are the actual literary works]
  utopias fiction [these are the actual literary works]

NOTE: To find actual works in these genres, enter your subject search (e.g., science fiction) and omit any subheadings such as "history and criticism"