William Blake, author and illustrator. Cover of Songs of Innocence and of Experience, 1794.
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- British Literary Manuscripts (1120-1900)Provides access to facsimile images of letters, poems, plays, novels, and other literary works.
- British PeriodicalsProvides access to various kinds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth.
- Eighteenth Century Collections OnlineFull-text access to over 180,000 titles printed mostly in the UK on all topics.
- Eighteenth Century Journals (ca. 1685-1815)Bringing together rare journals printed between c.1685 and 1835, this resource illuminates all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life.
- Romanticism: Life, Literature and LandscapeProvides access to notebooks, verse manuscripts and the correspondence of Wordsworth, Coleridge and more, with accompanying landscapes from Romantic-era painters.
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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.
- 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.
- JASNA: Jane Austen Society of North AmericaPublishes the annuals Persuasions and Persuasions On-Line, and provides other useful information on the author.
- Locating LondonDigitized, searchable version of Roques's 1741 map of London.
- Romantic CirclesA refereed scholarly website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture.
- William Blake ArchiveManuscripts, illuminated books, and works by Blake.
- 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.