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INDEXES, ABSTRACTS AND DATABASES



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GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS

Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. 6th edition. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Janovich College Publishers, 1993. LC RH Ref PN44.5.A2 1993

Adeleye, Gabriel G. World dictionary of foreign expressions: a resource for readers and writers. Wauconda, Ill: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1999. RH Ref PE1582.A3 .A34 1999

Ayto, John. Twentieth century words. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. RH Ref PE1630 .A98 1999

The Beat Generation: a Gale Critical Companion. Detroit: Thomas Gale, 2003,  RH PS 228.B6 B42 2003

Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature. New York: Harper Collins, 1991. RH Ref PS21.B46 1991

Bracken, James K. The undergraduate's companion to American writers and their Web sites. RH Ref PS88 .A1 B73 2001

Brackett, Virginia.  Classic Love and Romance Literature: An Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors, and Themes.  Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO, 1999.  RH Ref PN56.L6 B73 1999

Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. (RH) Ref PE1106 .H74 2002

The Cambridge Guide to English Literature. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983. LC RH Ref PR19.C35 1983

The Cambridge Guide to English Usage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. (RH) Ref PE1464 .P47 2004

Classe, Olive, ed. Encyclopedia of literary translation into English.  London; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000. 2 vols.. RH Ref PN241 .E43 2000

Concise oxford companion to Canadian literature/edited by William Toye. Don Mills, Ont; New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. RH Ref PR9180 .2 .C66 2001

Cox, J. Randolph. The dime novel companion: a source book. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000. RH Ref PS374.D5 C69 2000

Critical Companion to William Shakespeare. New York, NY: Facts on File, 2005 RH Ref PR2892 .B685 2005

Dictionary of Maritime and Transportation Terms. Centreville, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press, 2005. RH Ref V23 .M645 2005

Dictionary of midwestern literature/edited by Philip A. Greasley. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2001. RH Ref PS273. D53 2001

Dictionary of writers and their works/edited by Michael Cox. Oxford:Oxford University Press, 2001. RH LC Ref PR19 .C9 2001

Drabble, Margaret. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 6th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. LC RH Ref PR19 .H3 2000

Encyclopedia of English Studies and Language Arts. New York: Scholastic, 1994. 2 vols. LC RH Ref PE65.E47

Encyclopedia of Fantasy.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.  LC RH Ref PN3435.E53 1997

Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English.  2 vols. New York: Routledge, 1994.  LC RH Ref PR9080.A52 E53 1994

Encyclopedia of the Essay.  Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997.  LC RH Ref PN4500.E55 1997

Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York, NY: Facts on File, 2005. RH Ref PS374 .S35 D24 2005

Flavell, Linda and Roger. The Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of English.  London: Kyle Cathie Limited, 1999.  RH Ref PE1574 .F58 1999

Glossbrenner, Alfred and Emily. About the author: the passionate reader's guide to the authors you love, including things you never knew, juicy bits you'll want to know, and hundreds of ideas for what to read next. San Diego: Harcourt, 2000. RH Ref PN451 .G56 2000

Harmon, William. A Handbook to Literature. 7th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996. LC RH Ref PN41.H355 1996

Hart, James David. The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 6th edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. LC RH Ref PS21.H3 1995.

Hawthorn, Jeremy. A glossary of contemporary literary theory. London: Arnold, 2000. (RH) Ref PN44.5 .H37 2000

Herald, Diana Tixier. Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction. 5th edition. Englewood, Colorado, 2000. (RH) Ref PS 374 .P63 A1 2000

Herbert, Rosemary, ed. The Oxford companion to crime and mystery writing. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. (RH) Ref PN3448 .D4 O98 1999

Kort, Carol. A to Z of American women writers. New York: Facts On File, 2000. (RH) Ref PS147 .K67 2000

Lesher, Linda Parent. The best novels of the nineties: a reader's guide. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2000. (RH) Ref PR880 .L45 2000

Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 5 vols. RH Ref PN50.L574

McConnell, Louise. Dictionary of Shakespeare. Chicago, Ill.:Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. (RH) Ref PR2892 .M33 2000

Merriam-Webster's dictionary of allusions. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1999. (RH) Ref PN43 .W384 1999

Murray, Chris, ed.  Encyclopedia of literary critics and criticism. (2 vols.) London; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999. (RH) Ref PN86 .E63 1999

Netzley, Patricia D.  Social Protest Literature: An Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors, and Themes.  Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO, 1999.  RH Ref PN56.S65 N48 1999

The Oxford Companion to African American Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. RH Ref PS153.A183 1997

The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. RH LC Ref PR19 .O76 1997

The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. LC RH Ref PS146.O94 1994

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. RH Ref PN43 .O94 2000

Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.  RH Ref PS 21. E537 2004

The Oxford guide to literature in English translation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. RH Ref PR131 .O94 2000

Parini, Jay, ed. World Writers in English. (2 vols) New York: Gale, 2004. (RH) Ref PR9080 .5 .W67 2004

Powell, John, ed. Biographical dictionary of literary influences: the nineteenth century, 1800-1914. RH Ref Z1039 .C45 B56 2001

Quinn, Edward.  A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms.  New York: Facts on File, 1999.  RH Ref PN44.5.Q56 1999

Reader's Guide to Literature in English. London: Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1996. RH Ref +PR19.R2 1996

Sage, Lorna, ed. The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. RH Ref PR111 .S24 1999

Snodgrass, Mary Ellen.  Encyclopedia of Utopian Literature.  Sant Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1995.  LC RH Ref PN56.U8 S66 1995

Sylvester, Louise, Middle english word studies: a word and author index. Cambridge ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2000 RH Ref PE661 .S95 2000

Times book of quotations. London: HarperCollins, 2000. (RH) Ref PN6081 .T5 2000

Zimbaro, Valerie P.  Encyclopedia of Apocalyptic Literature.  Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO, 1996.  RH Ref PN56. A69 Z56 1996




AUTHORS

American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present. New York: Ungar, 1979-1994. 5 vols. RH Ref PS147.A6

American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. New York: Scribners,1974. 4 vols. LC RH Ref PS129.A55

British Writers. New York, Scribner, 1979-1984. 8 vols. LC RH Ref PR85. B688

Contemporary Authors:A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Authors and Their Works. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1976- . LC RH Ref PS2.C61

Contemporary Novelists. Chicago; London: St. James Press, 1991. RH Ref PR883.V5 1991

Contemporary Popular Writers. Detroit: St. James Press, 1997. RH Ref PR478.P66 C66 1997

Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1978- . LC RH Ref PS2.D5

The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. New Haven: Yale, 1990. LC RH Ref PR111.F45 1990s

Modern Women Writers. New York: Continuum, 1996. 4 vols. RH Ref PN471. M62 1996

Modern Women Writers. New York: Facts on File, 1994. LC Ref PS374.W6 Ai5 1994

Science Fiction Writers: Critical Studies of the Major Authors From the Early Nineteenth Century to the Present.  New York: Scribner, 1999.  RH Ref PS74.S35 S36 1999




BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Literary Scholarship. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1963- . LC RH Ref PS2.A54

Blanck, Jacob. Bibliography of American Literature. New Haven: Yale, 1955- . LC RH Ref PS2.B5

The Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue Microform. London: The British Library, 1983. RH Ref Z2002.B73

Index of English Literary Manuscripts. London: Mansell; New York: Bowker, 1980- . RH Ref PR2.I53 1980

A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050-1500. New Haven, Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1967- . RH Ref PR255.S49

The Romantic Movement: A Selective and Critical Bibliography. New York: Garland Publishers, 1964- . RH PN603.A1 R6

Pollard, Alfred W. A Short Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640. London: Bibliographical Society, 1976-91 3 vol. LC RH Ref +Z2002.P77 1976

Wing, Donald Goddard. Short Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1994- . RH Ref +Z2002.W5 1994




CRITICISM

Black Literature Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Most Significant Works of Black Authors over the Past 200 Years. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992. 3 vols. LC RH Ref +PS153.N5 B556 1992

Borklund, Elmer.  Contemporary Literary Critics.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982.  2nd ed.  LC RH Ref PN75.A1 B6

Contemporary Literary Criticism. Detroit: Gale Research, 1973- . LC RH Ref PN771.C655

Moulton Charles Wells. Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors through the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. New York: F. Ungar Publishing Company, 1966. 4 vols. LC RH Ref Pr83.M73 1966

Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1981- . LC RH Ref PN761.N5

Reiman, Donald H. The Romantics Reviewed: Contemporary Reviews of British Romantic Writers. New York: Garland Publishers. 1972. 3 vols. RH Ref PR590.R43

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1978- . LC RH Ref PN94.T88




DRAMA
(See also the Research Guide forTheatre)

Bordman, Gerald Martin. The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2nd edition. Oxford; New York, Oxford University Press, 1992. LC RH Ref PN2220.B6 1992

The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. London; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. LC RH Ref PN2035. C35 1995

>Contemporary Dramatists. 5th ed. Detroit: St. James, 1993.  LC RH Ref PN1861.C63 1993

Critical Survey of Drama: English Language Series. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1985. 6 vols. RH Ref PR625.C74 1985.

Eddleman, Floyd Eugene. American Drama Criticism: Interpretations,1890-1977. 2nd edition. Hamden, CT: Shoe String Press, 1979. LC RH Ref PS332.A2 E3

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984. LC RH Ref PN1625.M3 1984

The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. London; New York: Routledge, 1995. LC RH Ref PN1861.W67 1995




EXPLICATION

Beene, Lynn. Guide to British Prose Fiction Explication: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. New York: G. K. Hall 1997. RH Ref PR861.B38 1997

The English Novel, 1578-1956: A Checklist of Twentieth Century Criticism. Denver: A. Swallow, 1959. LC Ref PR821.A2 B4

The Explicator Cyclopedia. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1966-68. 3 vols. LC RH Ref PR403.E9

Palmer, Helen H. English Novel Explication: Criticisms to 1972. Hamden, CT: Shoe String Press, 1973. LC RH Ref PR821.A2 P3

Ruppert, James. Guide to American Poetry Explication. Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1989. 2 vols. LC RH Ref PS303.A1 R86 1989




FICTION

Adelman, Irving. The Contemporary Novel: A Checklist of Critical Literature on the English Language Novel since 1945. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press,1997. RH Ref PS371.A1 A4 1997.

Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction. Osprey, FL: Beacham Publishing, 1996. 11 vols. LC RH Ref PN56.P55 B43 1996.

Critical Survey of Long Fiction: English Language Series. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1983. 8 vols. RH Ref PR821.C7 1983.

Critical Survey of Short Fiction. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1993. 7 vols. LC RH Ref PN3321.C7 1993

Kemp Sandra. Edwardian Fiction: An Oxford Companion. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. RH Ref PR881.K39 1997

Reference Guide to Short Fiction. Detroit: St. James Press, 1994. LC RH Ref PN3373.R36 1994

Short Story Index. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1923- . LC RH Ref PN3310.C6

Simkin, John E. The Whole Story: 3000 years of Sequels and Sequences. Port Melbourne, Austrailia: Thorpe, 1996. RH Ref PN3448.A17 1996

Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1989. LC RH Ref PR771.S8 1989




FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

Dictionary of American Literary Characters. New York: Facts on File, 1990. LC RH Ref PS374.C43 D5 1990

Dictionary of British Literary Characters: Twentieth Century Novels. New York: Facts on File, 1994. LC RH Ref PR830.C47 D52 1994

Freeman, William. Dictionary of Fictional Characters. London: J. M. Dent, 1963. LC RH RefPR19.F74





LITERARY HISTORY

The Cambridge History of American Literature. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994- . LC RH RefS88.C3 1994.

The Cambridge History of English Literature. New York; London: Cambridge University Press, 1933. 15 vols. RH Ref PR83.C22

Literary History of the United States. New York: Macmillan, 1948. 3 vols. LC RH Ref PS88.L5




LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

Craigie, William A. A Dictionary of American English on Historical Principles. London: Oxford, 1960. 4 vols. LC RH Ref PE2835.C7

The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Oxford; New York: Pergamon Press, 1994. 10 vols. LC RH Ref P29.E48 1994

International Encyclopedia of Linguitics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. 4 vols. LC RH Ref P29. I58 1992

McArthur, Tom. The Oxford Companion to the English Language. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. LC RH Ref PE31.M38 1992

Middle English Dictionary. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1952- . LC RH Ref PE679.M54

The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd edition. OxFord; New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. 20 vols. LC RH Ref PE1625.M713 1989

Stratmann, Francis Henry. A Dictionary of the Old English Language: Compiled from the Writings of the XII, XIII, XIV, and XV Centuries. 3rd edition. Norwood, PA: Norwood Editions, 1976. RH Ref PE679.S7 1978




POETRY

Critical Survey of Poetry: English Language Series. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1992. LC RH Ref PR502.C85 1992

Facts on File Companion to American Poetry.
2vols. Facts on File, 2008. RH Ref PS 323.5 .F33 2008

Facts on File Companion to World Poetry:
1900 to Present. Facts on File, 2008. RH Ref PN 1271 .A73 2008

Index of American Periodical Verse. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1971- . PRH Ref PS325.I52

Jackson-Laufer, Guide M.  Encyclopedia of Traditional Epics.  Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1994.  LC RH Ref PN56.E65 J32 1994

New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Rev. ed.  Princeton:  Princeton University Press, 1993.  LC RH Ref PN1021.P74 1993

Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 19994. RH LC Ref PR601.O9 1994

Poetry Criticism: Excerpts from criticism of the Works of the Most Significant and Widely Studied Poets of World Literature.  3 vols.  Detroit: Gale, 1991.  LC Ref PN1111.P64 1991

Poetry Index Annual. Great Neck, NY: Granger Book Company, 1982- . RH LC Ref P1022.G73
 




QUOTATIONS

Bartlett, John. Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature. 16th edition. Boston, Little, Brown, 1992. LC RH Ref PN6081. B27 1992

The Macmillan Book of Proverbs, Maxims and Famous Phrases. New York: Macmillan, 1987. RH Ref PN6405.H66 1987

Random House Webster's Quotationary.  New York: Random House, 1999.  LC RH PN6081.R29 1999




SHAKESPEARE

Bartlett, John. A Complete Concordance or Verbal Index to the Words, Phrases, and Passages in the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. LC RH Ref PR2892.B34 1984

Clark, Sandra. The Penguin Shakespeare dictionary. London; New York: Penguin, 1999. RH Ref PR2892 .P46 1999

Ebisch, Walther. A Shakespeare Bibliography. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931. LC RH Ref PR2749.E3

Shakespeare Index: An Annotaed Bibliography of Critical Articles on the Plays, 1959-1983. Millwood, NY: Kraus International Publications, 1992. 2 vols. LC RH Ref PR2894. A1 S24 1992

Shakespeare Lexicon: A Complete Dictionary of All the English Words, Phrases and Constructions in the Works of the Poet. 3rd edition. New York: B. Blom, 1968. 2 vols. LC RH Ref PR2892.S4 1968

Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticisms of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations. Detroit: Gale Research Company. 1984. RH Ref PR2965.S43

Stevenson, Burton Egbert. The Home Book of Shakespeare Quotations. New York: Scribner, 1937. RH Ref PR2892. S63 1937




INTERNET SITES

AMERICAN VERSE PROJECT
A full-text archive of pre-1920 American poetry produced by the University of Michigan and UM Press. Provides easy-to-use boolean and proximity search options.

Asian American Drama
Access more than 250 plays by over 40 authors.

BARTLEBY.COM
Provides encyclopedias, dictionaries, books of quotations, full text works of fiction and non-fiction and the authoritative Oxford edition of Shakespeare's complete works.

BEATRICE
An electronic magazine featuring interviews with authors from 1996 on.

THE BLUE MOON REVIEW
Contains interviews, fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction.

BRITISH WOMEN ROMANTIC POETS, 1789-1832
Texts of poetry by British and Irish women writers.

CANADIAN LITERATURE ARCHIVE
A quarterly journal published by the University of British Columbia. Articles are not full-text, but site includes book reviews.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CANADA - CANADIAN LITERATURE RESEARCH SERVICE
A primary site for those researching Canadian literature. Provides many links to Canadian literature internet sites.

CHAUCER: AN ANNOTATED GUIDE TO ONLINE RESOURCES
Primary texts, critical studies, graphics, audio readings, etc.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Searchable full text of Shakespeare's works.

DIME NOVELS AND PENNY DREADFULS
Full texts and images of Stanford Univeristy Library's collection of 19th Century dime novels and story papers

THE ELECTRONIC BEOWULF
Digital images of the Beowulf manuscript, other related manuscripts and printed texts.

ELECTRONIC POETRY CENTER
Complete guide to poetry on the Web

THE ELECTRONIC TEXT CENTER
Thousands of electronic texts in literature and the humanities.

ENGLISHCLUB.COM
Essential resource for both learners and teachers of English as a second language.

English the Easy Way
A guide to English Grammar.

ESERVER  Over 10,000 humanities texts.

Geoffrey Chaucer
Harvard's Chauce site remains an outstanding tool for students and researchers.

THE GOTHIC: MATERIALS FOR STUDY
A course reader for an undergraduate course on the Gothic - this site is "a model of what Internet scholarship should be: well-organized, learned and accessible to a wide range of readers".

HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Maintained by Don Mosser, University of Vermont, this is a comprehensive site for chronologically ordered material on the history of the English language.

THE JOHNS HOPKINS GUIDE TO LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
 An electronic version of the printed book with links to web sites.

Latino literature: poetry, drama and fiction
A full text database of latino plays, poetry and fiction.

LITERARY PRIZES, AWARDS, ETC.
Nobels, Pulitzers, and lots more.

LITERARY LOCALES
 Visit over 100 places that figure in the lives of famous authors and their works

LITERARY RESOURCES ON THE NET
Collection of links to literary resources on the Net including electronic texts.

LITLINE
Provides links to literary journals, small presses and non-profit organizations. Has a search engine.

LUMINARIUM
A beautifully illustrated site which provides period paintings and music to illustrate the major writers in medieval, renaissance and seventeenth-century english literature. Highly recommended.

MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION LANGUAGE MAP
Based on the 2000 census, provides a color-coded map of  languages spoken in the U.S. by county or zip code.

NEBRASKA WRITERS AND BEYOND
A list of bibliographies and directories of writers online.

NORTHWEST PASSAGES - CANADIAN LITERATURE ONLINE
A comprehensive list of links to Canadian literature web sites.

ON LINE BOOKS PAGE
 Citations to new books and news about literary matters.

AN OUTLINE OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
An overview of the entire span of American literature.

OZLIT - AUTHORS LIST
A valuable list for those interested in Australian literature.

PAL: PERSPECTIVES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
A textbook on Twentieth Century American literature.

THE PLAYWRITING SEMINARS
Richard Toscan, of Virginia Commonwealth University, provides practical guidance to writing plays for the theater.

POSTCOLONIAL AND POSTIMPERIAL LITERATURE
A useful guide from Brown university to postcolonial and postimperial literature in English.

POST WWII AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE DATABASE: GENRES
Includes sections on bibliographies, post-modernism, science fiction, punk and hardcore and other genres.

PROJECT BARTLEBY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
 Links to hundreds of online texts in American and English Literature.

PROJECT GUTENBERG
 The full texts of thousands of famous books.

REPRESENTATIVE POETRY ONLINE
 Full text of the works of hundreds of poets.

ROMANTIC CHRONOLOGY
 History of the Romantic period with full texts and criticism.

ROMANTIC CIRCLES
 Information and discussion about the English Romantic writers.

SALON MAGAZINE
Interviews with such authors as Salmon Rushdie.

Science fiction and fantasy research database
More than 73,000 historical and critical citations.

SONNET CENTRAL
An archive of English language sonnets.

Teams Middle English texts
The most important free website for Middle English Literature.

VICTORIAN STUDIES ON THE WEB
A powerful site for researchers on all aspects of British Victorian studies.

THE WALT WHITMAN HYPERTEXT ARCHIVE
Information on Whitman's life, works and critical reception.


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