Citation Characteristics of Italian and Spanish Literary Monographs

The aim of this study is to determine the citation patterns of 472 randomly selected citations from eighty Italian and eighty Spanish monographs of literary criticism published in the 1980s and to compare these findings with those of studies of the humanities literature by the type of sources cited-monograph, journal article, manuscript, thesis; whether a primary or secondary source; by language; and by the publication date. The author's reason for making the citation is also examined. The citation patterns of Italian and Spanish literary monographs are similar and coincide in many respects with the findings of studies of other national literatures.