Gale Literature Thesaurus

The Gale Literature Thesaurus is a subset of the master Gale Humanities Thesaurus. This thesaurus includes subject areas related to authorship, literary criticism, cultural movements, fiction and nonfiction, literary forms and techniques, and literary occupations. Specific areas include literary genres, publishing, literary techniques, literary movements and groups, journalism, creative writing, reading, print formats such as books and periodicals, and oral traditions such as storytelling. All thesaural relationships (BT/NT, RT, USE/UF) are included, and some terms have scope notes. The thesaurus contains 2,049 preferred terms/concepts (2019) and is continually updated.