Indexes books, book chapters, theses, and scholarly journals on all periods of literature, including dramatic arts (film, radio, television and theatre) with a high proportion full-text journal articles.
Indexes books, scholarly journals, book reviews and theses on all periods of literature written in English, with a high proportion of journal articles in full text or provided via links.
Videos of original productions of plays, predominantly from the BBC (including productions of Shakespeare's plays), PBS and Time-Life Films, and documentary films on theatre, directing and acting.
Covers the performing arts, including dance, film, drama, television, the arts and entertainment industry, stagecraft, magic, musical theatre and performance art.
All English and foreign-language books, pamphlets, broadsides, and ephemera printed in the United Kingdom, and thousands of important works from the Americas, between 1701-1800.
Archive of periodicals and scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, with a strong focus on literature, and a good source for book reviews from 19th and 20th century.
A text-searchable collection of diaries and personal accounts by women from all walks of life and occupations, from the prison correspondence of Mary Queen of Scots to a mother's diary from the London blitz.
Classic, rare and contemporary 19th and 20th century fiction, poetry, and some non-fiction from the Caribbean region in English, French, Spanish, Dutch and Creole.
From oral folklore and ballads to contemporary stories from Africa and the African diaspora, the collection also includes unpublished manuscripts, selected runs of literary magazines and audio recordings of ballads.
Fiction, non-fiction and poetry from the late colonial and postcolonial period, written in English by authors who were born in, or identify with, the region.
A facsimile believed to be the earliest extant copy of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, with a detailed description of the manuscript, providing a parallel text to the manuscript, collation and tale order between the Hengwrt and Elllesmere versions, and additional detail about the physical item.
Facsimile manuscripts in two parts: Medieval and Renaissance from 1120-1660 and 1660-1900, from the British Library, National Library of Scotland, Folger Shakespeare Library, and the Cotton collection, featuring the manuscripts of Bronte, Dickens, Oscar Wilde and William Morris.
Manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, drawings and legal/financial documents from major 19th century English and American writers, from the Henry W and Albert A Berg Collection at the New York Public Library.
A facsimile collection of 17th and 18th century verse manuscripts from the Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds which includes extensive indices to the verse, interactive essays, biographies, a palaeography section with transcriptions and alphabets, and many examples of English handwriting from the period.
The manuscript collection of the Wordsworth Trust, comprising the primary works, notebooks, correspondence, diaries, and travel journals of the major romantic writers, and images of 2,500 fine art works.
Research guides to scholarly books, book chapters, journal articles, websites and archives, on individual authors and literary topics - The most relevant guides are for:
Provides contextual information on British writers' lives and writing careers of all periods, including timelines, sets of internal links, and bibliographies.
Contains literature criticism, reviews, biographies and topic overviews of all major authors and literary periods, relevant for lower undergraduate level.
A multidisciplinary collection of books and current scholarly journals with a strong focus in the areas of literature, creative writing, and film, theatre and performing arts.
A multidisciplinary archive of selected scholarly journals with a strong focus on literary studies - Some journal titles are current to the most recent issue, but most are archival with a "moving wall" of one to six years.
A bibliography of books, pamphlets, newspapers, serials, and a variety of ephemera printed in Great Britain or any of its dependencies before 1801, in any language.
Articles on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
Collected Poems 1943-1995 by Kendrick Smithyman, one of New Zealand's most accomplished and prolific poets, edited and annotated by Margaret Edgcumbe and Peter Simpson.