William Blake, author and illustrator. Cover of Songs of Innocence and of Experience, 1794.
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British Literary Manuscripts This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1100-1900
Provides access to facsimile images of letters, poems, plays, novels, and other literary works of British authors over seven centuries.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1681-1939
Provides access to hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth century. Formats include magisterial quarterlies, scholarly and professional organs, coterie art periodicals, penny weeklies and illustrated family magazines.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1701-1800
Provides access to works from history, geography, various social sciences, fine arts, music, art, architecture, medicine, science, technology, literature, language, religion, philosophy, and law. Resources include books, pamphlets, broadsides, and reference works. Significant English-language and foreign-language titles printed in the UK, along with important works from the Americas, are included. ECCO is based on The English Short Title Catalog (ESTC).
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Eighteenth Century Journals This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1685-1835
Access rare eighteenth century newspapers and periodicals from around the world. Topics covered are wide-ranging and include social customs, world events, colonial life, provincial and rural affairs, the French and American revolutions, reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe, political debates, and London coffee house gossip and discussion.
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Nineteenth Century British Pamphlets This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1545-1900
Nearly 26,000 pamphlets bringing together a corpus of primary sources for the study of sociopolitical and economic factors impacting 19th-century Britain. Collections include Cowen Tracts (1603-1898), Earl Grey Pamphlets Collection (1800-1900), Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection (1545-1900), Hume Tracts (1769-1890), Knowsley Pamphlet Collection (1792-1868), Selections - University of Manchester British Political Pamphlets Collection (1799-1900), Selections - London School of Economics and Political Science (1800-1899), Selections - University of Bristol (1800-1899), and Wilson Anti-Slavery Collection (1761-1900).
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Romanticism: Life, Literature and Landscape This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the manuscript collections of the Wordsworth Trust, including working notebooks, verse manuscripts, and the correspondence of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and more. Pieces from J. M. W. Turner and other artists of the period illustrate the landscape that inspired the Romantic movement.
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18th Century Connect18th Century Scholarship on Line. Federated searching of peer-reviewed digital objects from 17 sites, among them the William Blake Archive, the Poetess Archive, and the Walt Whitman Archive.
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British Fiction 1800-1829: A Database of Production, Circulation, and ReceptionBiibliographical records of 2,272 works of fiction written by approximately 900 authors, along with a large number of contemporary materials (including anecdotal records, circulating-library catalogues, newspaper advertisements, reviews, and subscription lists).
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Jane Austen's Fiction ManuscriptsThe first substantial collection of creative writings in Jane Austen's own hand. Click on Text to see both the facsimile and an easy-to-read transcription.
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JASNA: Jane Austen Society of North AmericaPublishes the annuals Persuasions and Persuasions On-Line, and provides other useful information on the author.
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Locating LondonDigitized, searchable version of Roques's 1741 map of London.
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NeuRonCatalog of web-based resources to online archives, databases, indexes, and editions directly relevant to British literature and culture of the “Romantic Century” (1750-1850). Some content only available to subscribing institutions.
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Romantic CirclesA refereed scholarly website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture.
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William Blake ArchiveManuscripts, illuminated books, and works by Blake.