Literature and Literary Criticism
Key Databases
The best first place to go if you're looking for research materials in this discipline.
Reference Resources
- Oxford English dictionary - span>The OED is the definitive record of the </span><strong>English</strong><span> language, featuri...
- Science fiction and fantasy research database - Online access to over 55,000 historical and critical items about science fiction, fantasy and horror...
- MLA directory of periodicals - Presents detailed information on more than 7,100 periodicals in the areas of literature, language, l...
- NoveList plus - NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers' advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction with an intui...
Digital Primary Sources
- Early English books online - From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this collection...
- American poetry - Contains over 40,000 poems written by more than 200 American poets from the Colonial Period to the e...
- English Poetry - Essentially the complete English poetic canon from 600 to 1900. Over 165,000 poems by more than 1,25...
- African American women writers of the 19th century - A digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century black women writers. A part of the D...
- African American Poetry - Contains nearly 3,000 poems written by African-American poets in the late eighteenth and nineteenth ...
- Faber poetry library - The database contains the works of 42 poets comprising 124 volumes of poetry. The Faber list includ...
- TLS historical archive - The TLS historical archive provides searchable access to the full text of the Times Literary Supplem...
- Underground and independent comics, comix, and graphic novels - Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels is the first ever scholarly, primary-s...
- NINES - NINES is an aggregator of digital resources that provide a comprehensive research environment for sc...
- Literary manuscripts. Victorian manuscripts from the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of the New York Public Library - The Berg Collection is recognised as one of the finest literary research collections in the world, a...
- Eighteenth century journals. IV, Newspapers and periodicals 1708-1820, from Chetham's Library, Manchester and Brotherton Library, University of Leeds - Electronic collection reproduced from rare periodicals and newspapers in Chetham's Library and the B...
- Romanticism - This digital collection, which includes the manuscript collections of the Wordsworth Trust, offers s...
- Shakespeare in performance - Features rare and unique prompt books from the world-famous collection at the Folger Shakespeare Lib...
