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British
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603) 
 An index of biographies, essays, images, full-text of works, and scholarly articles on the major English literary figures of the period, as well as links to other sites covering general aspects of the era. Represented authors include Henry VIII, Sir Thomas More, Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, John Foxe, and Edward De Vere. From Luminarium. http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/ Topics: Literature & Books, Literature by Place Last updated Aug 16, 2005 Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485)
Contains links to full-text medieval plays and lyrics, and works by Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower, William Langland, Sir Thomas Malory, and others. Also includes links to related essays, and biographical information. From Luminarium. http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Literature by Place Last updated Aug 16, 2005 The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes
This work was originally published from 1907 to 1921 by G.P. Putnam's Sons in the U.S. and Cambridge University Press in England. Includes indexes for chapters, authors, and bibliographies, as well as a table of principal dates and contents of all the volumes. http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/ Topics: Literature by Place, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Jul 21, 2005 The Camelot Project
A "database of Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information." Notable content includes "Women of the Arthurian Legend," "The Robin Hood Project," and "The Cinderella Bibliography." From the University of Rochester Libraries. http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/ Topics: Literature by Place Last updated Apr 24, 2006 Caribbean Children's Literature: A Select Annotated Bibliography
Includes descriptions of collections of stories, proverbs, picture books, poetry, and other children's books on the Caribbean. Titles are mostly from publishers from the United States, England, and Canada. Note: List was compiled in 1998. From Annette Wallace of the Trinidad and Tobago National Library. http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Education/BIBLIOGR.htm Topics: Children's Literature, Literature by Place, Poetry, Regions of the World Last updated Aug 1, 2006 Chaucer Metapage
A directory of Internet sites devoted to British author Geoffrey Chaucer, his writings (particularly The Canterbury Tales ), and medieval life generally. http://www.unc.edu/depts/chaucer/ Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Notable People, Poetry, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Elizabethan Authors: Texts, Resources & Authorship Studies
Features transcriptions of dramas, fiction, and poetry from Elizabethan authors such as Shakespeare, Thomas Nashe, Thomas Watson, and Edward de Vere. Also includes glossaries and related material for most works, and links to information about Elizabethan literature and culture and about specific authors, such as Sir Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe. Searchable. http://www.elizabethanauthors.com Topics: History By Place, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place Last updated Feb 2, 2005 The Encyclopedia of Arda: An Interactive Guide to the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
This "completely unofficial site" from a Tolkien enthusiast attempts to be an encyclopedia of the world of "The Hobbit," "The Lord of the Rings," and other works. Includes brief information about races, places, animals and plants, songs, and much more. Also find maps and illustrations, a Chronicle of Arda ("the World and all that is in it"), a dictionary of old and rare words, calendars, and related links. http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/ Topics: Astronomy, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Literature by Place, Mysteries and More Last updated Aug 25, 2004 English Literature: Early 17th Century (1603-1660)
Index of biographies, essays, images, full-text of works, and scholarly articles on the major English literary figures of the period, as well as links to other sites covering general aspects of the era. Includes John Donne, Ben Jonson, Francis Bacon, Robert Herrick, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Andrew Marvell, John Milton, Thomas Carew, Richard Lovelace, and Isaac Newton. http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Literature by Place Last updated Sep 14, 2006 The English Renaissance in Context
This site provides access to major texts of the English Renaissance in their original versions. Multimedia tutorials (which move swiftly) "present viewers with background and contextual material" for plays such as "Romeo and Juliet," "Merchant of Venice," "Richard III," and "King Lear." Also includes tutorials on book production during the time period, with sections on "Folios, Quartos, and Publishing," and "Editing and Unediting." From the University of Pennsylvania Library. http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/furness/eric/ Topics: History By Place, Literature by Place, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated May 26, 2004 Geoffrey Chaucer
Contains a Chaucer biography and chronology; annotated selections of the Canterbury Tales; and information on authors, life, and science during Chaucer's time. Also explores Middle English grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. From Harvard University. http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Notable People, Poetry Last updated Oct 2, 2004 geoffreychaucer.org: An Annotated Guide to Online Resources
This site lists, evaluates, and describes many Geoffrey Chaucer-related Web sites. Topics include biography, bibliography, background, commentary, images, Middle English, and teaching resources. Searchable. http://geoffreychaucer.org/ Topics: Authors by Region, History By Place, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Notable People, Poetry Last updated Oct 2, 2004 George Orwell Materials at Brown University Library
This site presents information about "one of the largest and most important gatherings of ... material in private hands" relating to author George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair). The site features commentary about and images from texts by Orwell, including "Down and Out in Paris and London," "Animal Farm," and "Nineteen Eighty-Four." From Special Collections at Brown University Library. http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/libs/hay/collections/orwell/ Topics: Archives, Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place Last updated Jan 26, 2005 Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
"The central feature of this site is an edited, formatted version of the complete text of Gulliver's Travels, supported by accompanying materials for study and research. The overall plan is to produce a resource for the study of 'The Travels' in its many incarnations: the text itself, a political, social and religious satire, an 18th-century novel, a parody of travel literature, and an early science fiction novel." Nicely done site by UC Santa Cruz librarian, Lee Jaffe. http://www.jaffebros.com/lee/gulliver/ Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Literature by Place, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Dec 3, 2004 International Virginia Woolf Society
The site for an organization "devoted to encouraging and facilitating the scholarly study of, critical attention to, and general interest in, the work and career of Virginia Woolf, and to facilitate ways in which all people interested in her writings--scholars, critics, teachers, students, and common readers--may learn from one another, meet together, contact each other, and help one another." Includes conference and membership information, a bibliography, and related links (some broken). http://www.utoronto.ca/IVWS/ Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Literature by Place, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Sep 12, 2002 Into the Wardrobe: A C.S. Lewis Web Site
Clive Staples Lewis was the author of the Narnia series, as well as many other books, both fiction and nonfiction. This site offers current news, biographies, articles about Lewis and his writings, links to other websites, and much more. Registration is required to post in the message forums. This site is considered unofficial, but does have the endorsement of Lewis's stepson. http://cslewis.drzeus.net/ Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Mysteries and More Last updated Dec 11, 2005 Jamaica Kincaid
Brief site about author Jamaica Kincaid, born "Elaine Potter Richardson on the island of Antigua." Includes a biography, a discussion of the major themes in her work, a bibliography, and a short list of links. Not updated since 1997. http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Kincaid.html Topics: Authors by Region, Literature by Place, Regions of the World Last updated Oct 17, 2004 Laurence Sterne in Cyberspace
An annotated directory of links to websites about the life and works of British author Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), who is best known for his humorous novel "Tristram Shandy." Includes links to online texts, message boards, bibliographies, essays, and other resources. Also available in Japanese. Maintained by a professor of European language literature. http://www1.gifu-u.ac.jp/~masaru/Sterne_on_the_Net.html Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place Last updated Feb 12, 2007 The Lewis Carroll Scrapbook Collection
This site presents "an original scrapbook that was kept by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Better known as Lewis Carroll, the Victorian-era children's author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' ... Dodgson was a lecturer in mathematics at the University of Oxford [England]. The scrapbook contains approximately 130 items, including newspaper clippings, photographs, and a limited number of manuscript materials." The site also includes an essay, portrait gallery, and timeline. Searchable and browsable. From the Library of Congress. http://international.loc.gov/intldl/carrollhtml/ Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place Last updated Jul 27, 2004 Literary Resources on the Net
A searchable "collection of [annotated] links to sites on the Internet dealing especially with English and American literature, excluding most single electronic texts." See the General Sources section for links to syllabi and resources for writers and writing instructors. Other National Literatures features links to literature sites covering countries where English is not the primary language. http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/ Topics: Literature by Place Last updated Sep 25, 2000 Milton Reading Room
Provides "most of Milton's major poetry in English and some of his prose. Many, but not all of the works presented here have been fully annotated." The works provided include sonnets and Paradise Lost . There is a fine bibliography of Selected Criticism and links relating to biographical, chronological, and other historical perspectives of Milton. From the English Department at Dartmouth College. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/ Topics: Authors by Region, Literature & Books, Literature by Place, Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry Last updated Jun 19, 2002 The Nineteenth Century English Novel
This companion to a class at Brooklyn College provides an introduction to the writings of Jane Austen, Emily Brontë, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, and William Makepeace Thackeray. Also features annotated links to related sites. From a professor at Brooklyn College. http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Literature by Place, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Oct 14, 2004 The Norton Anthology of English Literature
This companion to the print resource of the same name features "annotated texts and contexts grouped by topic, over 1000 illustrations, ... hundreds of annotated links to related sites [and] The Norton Online Archive, a searchable electronic library of over 150 literary texts and downloadable audio files, annotated by the editors." Also includes quizzes and essay topic ideas. Searchable or browsable by time period from the Middle Ages through the 20th century. http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place Last updated Sep 6, 2008 Renascence Editions
"Renascence Editions is an effort to make available online works printed in English between the years 1477 (when Caxton began printing) and 1799. These texts have been produced with care and attention, but are not represented by the publisher as scholarly editions in the peer-reviewed sense." Approximately 200 texts. Browsable (by author). http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/ren.htm Topics: Literature & Books, Literature by Place Last updated Sep 22, 2004 The Republic of Pemberley (RoP)
A comprehensive site on Jane Austen's writings and movie adaptations from her novels. It also houses the Jane Austen Information Page which offers electronic texts of her novels and juvenilia, biographical information, sites with photographs and copies of artwork, as well as excerpts from the Austen-L mailing list on various topics from her writings. http://www.pemberley.com/ Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place Last updated Apr 19, 2004 The Robert Louis Stevenson Web Site
This site presents bibliographies of works by and about Robert Louis Stevenson, the author known for "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "Treasure Island," and other novels and stories. Includes links to full-text of works by Stevenson, bibliographies of derivative works and biographic material, images, links to related sites, and other information about the author. "In the Footsteps" features books about geographical locations (such as Edinburgh, Scotland) associated with Stevenson. http://dinamico2.unibg.it/rls/rls.htm Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Literature: Fiction Last updated Dec 12, 2008 Romantic Circles
"...devoted to the study of Lord Byron, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, their contemporaries and historical contexts." Includes bibliographies, scholarly articles and criticism, conference information, WWW resources, and reviews. You can keyword search electronic texts. http://www.rc.umd.edu/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Literature by Place, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Apr 11, 2001 Romanticism On the Net
"Romanticism on the Net is an international refereed electronic journal devoted to British Romantic studies." Contains peer-reviewed articles and reviews, conference news, and related links. Includes archive of articles and reviews from all issues, beginning in 1996. Browsable by article and issue. http://www.ron.umontreal.ca/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Literature by Place, Magazines, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Aug 10, 2009 Romantics: English Literature by Period
This directory of annotated links to works of English literature written during the Romantic period covers general and teaching resources, criticism and critics, journals, conferences, and sites archiving 20th-century works that are directly related to Romanticism. Part of the extensive Voice of the Shuttle humanities meta-index. http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2750 Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Literature by Place, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Nov 26, 2002 Seventy Years at the Hogarth Press: The Press of Virginia and Leonard Woolf
"The fame of the Hogarth Press is closely associated with the literary reputation and influence of its celebrated owners." The site provides a list of some of the 525 titles published by the press from 1917 though 1946, along with images and comments about selected works. Includes citations to works by Katherine Mansfield, T.S. Eliot, E.M. Forster, Christopher Isherwood, Vita Sackville-West, and John Maynard Keynes. From the University of Delaware Library. http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/hogarth/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Oct 14, 2004 Tax Has Tenet [Ruined] Us Alle
A Middle English poem about "the poll taxes of 1377, 1379, 1380-81, which were one of the chief causes of the rebellion of 1381." Text and translation by TEAMS (The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages). http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/tax.htm Topics: History By Place, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Poetry, Tax Filing Season Last updated Jan 18, 2006 TEAMS Middle English Texts
This site contains hundreds of Middle English texts including lyrics, poems, and tales such as "The Prophecy of Merlin," and "Robyn Hod and the Shryff off Notyngham." Each text is edited to "maintain the linguistic integrity of the original works," and includes notes, translations, and an introduction. From the Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages (TEAMS), the University of Rochester (New York), and Medieval Institute Publications. http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/tmsmenu.htm Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Poetry Last updated Mar 20, 2003 Traci's Lists of Ten
The Lists of Ten , created by an educational and technical consultant with an English teaching background "are writing assignments, classroom activities, and teaching strategies for middle, secondary, and college teachers. In addition to classroom-ready assignments and activities, you'll find teaching tips, pedagogical guidelines, [and] administrative pointers." http://www.tengrrl.com/tens/ Topics: K-12 Education, Literature by Place Last updated May 8, 2002 Treasures in Full: Caxton's Chaucer
This site contains images of "William Caxton's two editions of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales,' probably printed in 1476 and 1483." View images from the two editions separately or side by side. Site also includes background information about printer William Caxton, a timeline, a select bibliography, a brief glossary, and related links. From the British Library. http://www.bl.uk/treasures/caxton/homepage.html Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Notable People, Poetry, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Technology Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Victorian Women Writers Project
Contains "transcriptions of works by British women writers of the 19th century." From Indiana University. http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/ Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Literature by Place, Notable People: Women Last updated Aug 2, 2005 Web English Teacher
This site specializes in presenting a broad variety of "K-12 English/Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities." Browse using the linked sidebar or via the subject-categorized site map. http://www.webenglishteacher.com/ Topics: K-12 Education, Literature & Books, Literature by Place, Mysteries and More, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Mar 20, 2002 Women in the Literary Marketplace, 1800-1900
"The books and letters in this exhibition present a cross section of writing by English women in the nineteenth century -- a period when women entered the literary marketplace in unprecedented numbers." Some of the exhibit topics include early role models, women poets, publishing, "new women" novels, and journalism. From the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/womenLit/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Women Last updated Feb 7, 2008 |
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