Specific criticism about an author can be found near the rest of their books on the library shelves. For example, the call number for Charles Dickens is PR4550. Specific literary criticism about Charles Dickens and his writings is located nearby beginning with the call number PR4587.3.
Try performing a search using your topic and the subject term "LITERATURE -- History & criticism."
Example: "John Milton" [keyword]
AND [connector term]
"LITERATURE -- History & criticism" [subject term]