A
Aesthetes
and Decadents Victorian culture.
Victoria Web (from
Brown University).
.
Anthology
of Middle English Literature
.
Archives, manuscript archives
British
Library
The British Library catalogue search.
.
The
Harry Ramson Center
Manuscripts, annotated typescripts, corrected proofs
and galleys, notes, correspondence, diaries, and volumes from the
personal libraries of many of the most important twentieth-century
authors of North America, Great Britain, and France are the Ransom
Center's special strength.
.
The Poetry Archive
a premier online collection of recordings of poets reading their work.
Listen here, free of charge, to the voices of contemporary
English-language poets and of poets from the past.
B
Beowulf on Steorarume
(Beowulf in Cyberspace)
An online edition of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem 'Beowulf', with original
Old English text, modern English & German translations, notes,
glossary,
artwork and more based on an examination of the original MS, with
supplementary
texts including The Fight at Finnsburh, Waldere, Deor, Woden's Nine
Herbs
Charm, Bede's Account of Cædmon. By Benjamin Slade.
.
Blogs
Brit Lit Blogs is the
brainchild of six British literary bloggers. Each working hard at
bringing readers to forgotten or overlooked books, BritLitBloggers
decided that combining their latest blog entries together in one place
would highlight the breadth and depth of British literary blogging.
.
Literary blogs
The Bloomsbury Group
The
Bloomsbury Group. Resources on the internet.
.
The
Bloomsbury Group,
a web directory from The Open Directory Project.
.
Woolf,
Virginia
Booker
Prize
Shortlisted and Prize Winners. An alphabetical and chronological
directory.
.
British
literature, Wikipedia entry.
.
British
Poetry Texts
Scholarly editions from 1780-1910.
.
C
The
Cambridge History of English and American Literature
An Encyclopedia in
Eighteen Volumes.
.
Contemporary
Poetry Review. UK,
British poets, contemporary British poetry, English
poetry news, British poetry articles.
.
Contemporary
Writers
A searchable database containing up-to-date profiles of some of the UK
and Commonwealth's most important living writers - biographies,
bibliographies,
critical reviews, prizes and photographs. Searchable by author, genre,
nationality, gender, publisher, book title, date of publication and
prize
name and date.
E
Early English
Books Online
From the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the
age
of Spenser and Shakespeare. Early English books published between 1473
and 1700. Digital images for nearly 125,000 works,distributed under the
title Early English Books Online.
.
Elizabethan
drama
Elizabethan
drama, a web directory.
Open Directory Project
.
Elizabethan
Playhouses, Actors and Audiences
English
Literature and Religion
.
English
Server Collection
This site offers works of and about fiction collected from its members,
contributing authors worldwide, and texts in the public domain.
.
The Literary
Encyclopedia and Literary
Dictionary
The site is written and owned by a global network of scholars
and researchers (currently some 670 and rising steadily), all
specialists
who really know and indeed love their material.
.
L
Live texts
databases and libraries
Live
Texts Database. Classic texts (Cambridge University).
.
English
poems by over 400 poets from Caedmon, in the Old English period,
to the
work of living poets today. It is based on Representative Poetry,
established
by Professor W. J. Alexander of University College,University of
Toronto,
in 1912.
Eserver.org
Poetry, original and classic
verse, literary and poetic theory. Sparks, a publisher of fiction,
poetry,
music, art and spoken word. Includes a variety of literature-related
materials,
including etext archives of prose, poetry, fiction and criticism.
.
Live
Texts Database Classic texts (Oxford University Text Archive).
Quick search
texts downloads.
.
Modern
English Collection (Electronic Text Center)
This heterogeneous collection
contains fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, letters, newspapers,
manuscripts
and illustrations from 1500 to the present, arranged for browsing by
author's
last name or by category of interest. Each text is encoded in SGML or
XML
and includes a bibliographic header with details about the creation of
the electronic text and its print source. University of Virginia
M
Medieval
Literature
.
Middle English Literature, an Anthology.
.
The
Modern Word
A reference site for modern literature. |
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P
Poetry
Library of the South Bank/Royal Festival Hall, London.
.
Oxford
Book of English Verse
.
Periods . Literary
periods
Eighteenth
Century British authors.
Open Directory Project
.
Eighteenth
Century Literature
Wikipedia entry.
.
Nineteenth
Century British authors.
Open Directory Project
.
Renaissance,
sixteenth century literature.
Luminarium. Internet resources, essays, etexts, etc.
.
Renaissance
and 16th Century Litertaure
A web directory from Voice of the Shuttle.
.
Seventeenth
century literature.
Luminarium. Internet resources, essays, etexts, etc.
.
Seventeenth
Century British authors.
Open Directory Project
.
Sixteenth
Century British authors.
Open Directory Project
.
Twentieth
Century British authors.
Open Directory Project
British
poetry since 1945.
See also: Theatre
Wikipedia
entries on English playwrights and dramatists.
Poetry . British
poetry See also: Poetry
Contemporary
Poetry Review. UK,
British poets, contemporary British poetry, English
poetry news, British poetry articles.
.
Liverpool poets
Metaphysical poets
Poems online.
An index of poems online by title, first line and poet name (from
Toronto
University).
.
Poets.
British poets web directory. Open Directory Project
.
Poets read their own work.
Video and audio recordings from the BBC.
.
The Poetry Archive
a premier online collection of recordings of poets reading their work.
Listen here, free of charge, to the voices of contemporary
English-language poets and of poets from the past.
.
Poetry
Library of the South Bank/Royal Festival Hall, London.
.
Oxford
Book of English Verse
.
Oxford Poetry Professorship. Professor of Poetry Election
.
Oxford Professors of Poetry
.
Poetry
Book Society UK.
Information on English language poetry and poets in the
U.K. T S Eliot founded the Poetry Book Society in 1953 in order to
promote
a love and understanding of contemporary poetry.
.
Poetry Olympics
.
Wikipedia
entries on British poets.
Postmodern
literature. Wikipedia entry.
R
Renaissance
British drama See also: Renaissance
Literature
British
Renaissance drama.
Open Directory Project
Robin
Hood Project, University of Rochester.
A database of texts, images, bibliographies,
and basic information about the Robin Hood stories and other outlaw
tales.
.
Romanticism
See
also: Romantic Literature
British
romantic poets, a web directory.
Open Directory Project
The Royal Society of Literature
The aim of the Royal Society of Literature is to nurture, celebrate and
defend Britain's outstanding tradition of writing. To this end it
organises public lectures and debates, makes awards to new and
established writers, and campaigns for the encouragement and
appreciation of authors.
.
Schools, courses and workshops
Anne Aylor's Creative Writing Workshops
Short courses in creative writing run at various locations around the UK.
.
Arvon Foundation
With four centres in the UK, runs a wide range of residential creative writing courses.
.
BBC - The Writers Room
Read
a first draft of a script, browse through some notes, watch the writers
working at their virtual table, or read transcripts from the chat rooms.
.
Bomberg Writing
Tutoring, mentoring and workshops in creative writing.
.
Cardiff University Online Creative Writing Course
Online creative writing course at certificate level.
.
Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of York
Offers open access creative writing courses to the local community.
.
The Faber Academy
The Faber Academy
is a writing programme, from one-day worshops to
six-month courses to individual mentoring schemes, devised by
foremost practioners in their fields.
.
London School of Journalism
Has creative writing courses.
.
London Writers' Cafe
We're an informal group who meet once a month to read out our work to get feedback and inspiration.
.
London Writing Workshops
Intensive and inspiring short creative writing courses suitable for all levels of experience.
.
Morewriting.co.uk
A friendly meeting place where you can develop your writing skills.
Keep track of what is going on from your personal 'My Space'.
Write fiction, poetry or whatever you like and submit it for Review by other authors.
.
ShawGuides: Writers Conferences & Workshops
ShawGuides: Comprehensive worldwide guides to educational travel and creative career programs.
.
U.K. creative writing schools and workshops.
A website list from The British Council.
.
WritersOnlineWorkshops
From Writer's Digest, offering Iinteractive, instructor-led online
creative writing courses in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and memoir
writing.
.
Writing School Leicester
Writing School Leicester is a specialist creative writing school taught by practising writers and journalists.
T
T.
S. Eliot Prize for literature
.
The Times
Literary Supplement
.
V
Victorian British
literature
Victorian
British writers.
Open Directory Project
.
Victorian
Web
Victorian aesthetes, decadents, Victorian culture.
Visual
Poetry, Contemporary Poets, Hypertext Poetry.
.
W
Wikipedia
entry on English literature. |
