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Ancient Greek (Hellenic) Links

http://www.webcom.com/shownet/medea/grklink.html

Links to Web resources about Ancient Greek literature, art and images, dance, maps and geography, archaeology, mythology, heroic legend, drama, Greek gods, classical studies, Hellenic culture.

Author: Bob Fisher

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--Antiquity

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Keywords: Greek mythology

Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485)

http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/

Includes comprehensive information on authors such as Sir Thomas Malory, Sir Gawain, and Chaucer, as well as information on medieval plays and lyrics. Provides quotes, biographies, lists of works (electronic versions included), and additional resources such as book reviews, essays, articles, and images.

Author: Anniina Jokinen (anniina@luminarium.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Keywords: English; England; Renaisance

Aspects of the Victorian Book

http://www.bl.uk/collections/epc/victorian/intro.html

This site explains how the mechinization of the industrial revolution and increased literacy changed publishing during 19th-century England. This site discusses penny dreadfuls, yellow backs, children's books, magazines, and novels.

Author: The British Library (nbs-info@bl.uk)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Keywords: victorian; 19th century; england; literature; books

British Women Playwrights Around 1800

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/mirrors/romnet/wp1800/

"A website that facilitates scholarship and discussion of these neglected playwrights and supports the work of theatre history and Romantic studies scholars engaged in exploring how electronic editing, resources, and collaboration can enhance scholarship and teaching about this segment of dramaturgical history. Our mission is to mount online texts of plays not widely available in print, to publish working papers and responses on important issues, and to provide research resources that support the working group that uses the site."

Author: Thomas C. Crochunis

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/home.html

Online exhibit of Stanford's Dime Novel and Story Paper Collection. Features a guided tour of the collection with a history of these two types of popular literature, which were printed in the second half of the 19th century. Exhibit also includes a timeline of significant events in American history during that time period. Images from the collection can be browsed and selected texts can be read. 

Author: Stanford University Libraries (webmaster@www-sul.stanford.edu)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books--Adventure & Pulp

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Keywords: Popular culture; Pop culture; Dime novel; Story paper; American West; Young adult

English Literature: Early 17th Century (1603-1660)

http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/

Beautiful site devoted to such authors as John Donne, John Milton, Andrew Marvell, and Richard Lovelace. Provides quotes, biographical information, lists of works (also included are links to electronic texts), essays, articles, and images.

Author: Anniina Jokinen (anniina@luminarium.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Keywords: English; England

Gothic Literature

http://members.aol.com/iamudolpho/basic.html

While this site is not in any way extensive, it provides an excellent introduction for those users who may need a concise definition of gothic literature. The definition itself is quite thorough. Included are URLs for further research on the WWW, links to a few research papers on the topic as well as a few electronic texts. A good and aesthetically pleasing start to research!

Author: Franz Potter (IamUdolpho@aol.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books--Romance & Gothic

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

The Internet Classics Archive

http://classics.mit.edu/

Includes the more famous, as well as some lesser known authors of Greek and Roman literature. Inluded are full texts are their works, with contextual information (such as when it was written). One can also see other readers' opinions and thoughts on the works and respond to them or post their own. A search engine is provided.

Author: Daniel C. Stevenson (classics@classics.mit.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Online Texts

Arts & Humanities--Philosophy

Keywords: Greek authors and literature; Roman authors and literature

Jack Kerouac's Blue Neon Alley

http://www.geocities.com/terry_young/

"The Gateway to the Beat Generation on the World Wide Web. A source for the best 'Beat' sites on the web, with references and resources about writers Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and others."

Author: Terry Young

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Authors

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies

http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/

A comprehensive resource for Medieval Studies: bibliographies, European cultural studies, pedagogical resources, professional information and organizations, electronic texts, music.

Author: Deborah Everhart

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--Middle Ages (Medieval)

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Keywords: Latin; Music; Bibliographies; Electronic Texts; Medieval

The Literary Gothic (LG)

http://www.litgothic.com/

"The Literary Gothic is a Web guide to all things concerned with literary Gothicism, which includes ghost stories, 'classic' Gothic novels and Gothic fiction (1764-1820), and related pre- and post-Gothic and supernaturalist literature written prior to the mid-C20.  The goals of this site are two-fold: to collect in one place all links pertaining to the Gothic novel, Gothic fiction, and all other forms of literary Gothicism and subsequent traditions, and to make available etexts of important and overlooked early works of Gothic or supernatural interest."

Author: Jack G. Voller (litgothic@litgothic.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books--Romance & Gothic

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

The Literature & Culture of the American 1950s

http://dept.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/home.html

This searchable site features an extensive, roughly alphabetical list of links and readings on the American 1950s, and links to Cold War sites.

Author: Alan Filreis (afilreis@english.upenn.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--20th Century History

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--United States Culture

Keywords: Cold War; 1950s; American Literature; American Studies

NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources

http://www.netserf.org/

NetSERF is an extremely thorough and extensive database of information on any and all aspects of medieval society and its culture. It includes search engines and a fantastic glossary for obscure medieval terminology. It also includes an extensive bibliography of sources divided up by specializations. This includes everything from history to literature to legends and more. Other links include full texts of works by medieval authors, links to web pages about those authors, and other links to electronic collections of medieval works.

Author: Beau A.C. Harbin (59harbin@cua.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--Middle Ages (Medieval)

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Keywords: Archaeolgy; Architecture; Art; Culture; Drama; History; Law; Literature; Philosophy; People; Religion; Science; Technology

The Online Medieval and Classical Library

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/

"The Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) is a collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization." The site is searchable or browsable by title, author, genre, and language.

Author: Douglas B. Killings (DeTroyes@EnterAct.Com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--Middle Ages (Medieval)

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Keywords: ancient; medieval

Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/

Aesthetically pleasing as well as informative. Includes extensive information on authors such as Sir Walter Raleigh, Shakespeare, and Edmund Spenser. Provides links to quotes, biographies, lists of works (included are links to electronic texts), and additional resources such as book reviews, essays, articles, and images.

Author: Anniina Jokinen (anniina@luminarium.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Keywords: English; England; Renaisance

Victorian Literature Overview

http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/vn/litov.html

This extensive site includes not only information on those authors included within the Victorian era, but also provides useful background information about the society at that time. Also included are links to relevant articles from journals of the period, as well contextual links for authors which provide information on the the author's politics, religious beliefs, bibliographies, and symbolism and themes used in their literature. Such links give the user a thorough background to the literature and the authors of the period.

Author: George P. Landow (gplandow@brownvm.brown.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Keywords: Victorian; Literary Theory; Cannon

The Victorian Women Writers Project (VWWP)

http://www.indiana.edu./~letrs/vwwp/

The project was developed in order to provide digital texts of Victorian women writers. The collection is medium sized, but is still growing. The site would be useful for someone looking up information on sometimes obscure articles, poems, etceteras. Includes dates of original publication, birth and death dates of the authors, and links to electronic versions of journals from the period, societies which study this subject, other electronic text projects, and related sites.

Author: Perry Willett (PWILLETT@indiana.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Online Texts

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Careers

Keywords: Victorian; Authors; Feminist

Women Writers of the Middle Ages

http://www.millersv.edu/~english/homepage/duncan/medfem/medfem.html

Links to biographies of secular writers, saints and women in religious vocations, composers such as Hildegard van Bingen, and medieval writings about women (witches, nuns, peasants,etc.) also some medieval illustrations, links to information and some examples of medieval women artists and women in medieval art, and more links to medieval domestic life, faith and religion, guilds and economics, science and mathematics, health and healing, law and politics,literature, medieval warfare, music, philosophy. 

Author: Bonnie Duncan (bduncan@marauder.millersv.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--Middle Ages (Medieval)

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Literature by Time Period

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Careers

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