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British, English Language Authors and Poets:
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Archives  Creative writing schools   Texts online    Periods   Poetry

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Aesthetes and Decadents  Victorian culture.
Victoria Web (from Brown University).

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Anthology of Middle English Literature
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Archives, manuscript archives

British Library
The British Library catalogue search.
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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.
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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.  
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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.
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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.
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Literary blogs

The Bloomsbury Group
The Bloomsbury Group. Resources on the internet.
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The Bloomsbury Group,
a web directory from The Open Directory Project.

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Woolf, Virginia
Booker Prize
Shortlisted and Prize Winners. An alphabetical and chronological directory.

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British literature, Wikipedia entry.
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British Poetry Texts
Scholarly editions from 1780-1910.

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The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes.

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Contemporary Poetry Review. UK,
British poets, contemporary British poetry, English poetry news, British poetry articles.

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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.

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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.
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Elizabethan drama

Elizabethan drama, a web directory.
Open Directory Project

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Elizabethan Playhouses, Actors and Audiences
English Literature and Religion
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English Server Collection
This site offers works of and about fiction collected from its members, contributing authors worldwide, and texts in the public domain.
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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.
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Live texts databases and libraries
Live Texts Database. Classic texts (Cambridge University).
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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.
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Live Texts Database Classic texts (Oxford University Text Archive).
Quick search texts downloads.

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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

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Medieval Literature

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Middle English Literature, an Anthology.
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The Modern Word
A reference site for modern literature.



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Poetry Library of the South Bank/Royal Festival Hall, London.
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Oxford Book of English Verse
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Periods . Literary periods

Eighteenth Century British authors.
Open Directory Project

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Eighteenth Century Literature
Wikipedia entry.
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Nineteenth Century British authors.
Open Directory Project

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Renaissance, sixteenth century literature.
Luminarium. Internet resources, essays, etexts, etc.

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Renaissance and 16th Century Litertaure
A web directory from Voice of the Shuttle.
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Seventeenth century literature.
Luminarium. Internet resources, essays, etexts, etc.

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Seventeenth Century British authors.
Open Directory Project

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Sixteenth Century British authors.
Open Directory Project

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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.
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Liverpool poets


Metaphysical poets

Poems online.
An index of poems online by title, first line and poet name (from Toronto University).

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Poets.
British poets web directory. Open Directory Project

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Poets read their own work.
Video and audio recordings from the BBC.
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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. 
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Poetry Library of the South Bank/Royal Festival Hall, London.
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Oxford Book of English Verse
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Oxford Poetry Professorship. Professor of Poetry Election
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Oxford Professors of Poetry
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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.
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Poetry Olympics
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Wikipedia entries on British poets.
Postmodern literature. Wikipedia entry.

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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.

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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.
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Schools, courses and workshops

Anne Aylor's Creative Writing Workshops
Short courses in creative writing run at various locations around the UK.
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Arvon Foundation
With four centres in the UK, runs a wide range of residential creative writing courses.
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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.
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Bomberg Writing
Tutoring, mentoring and workshops in creative writing.
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Cardiff University Online Creative Writing Course
Online creative writing course at certificate level.
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Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of York
Offers open access creative writing courses to the local community.
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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.
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London School of Journalism
Has creative writing courses.
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London Writers' Cafe
We're an informal group who meet once a month to read out our work to get feedback and inspiration.
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London Writing Workshops
Intensive and inspiring short creative writing courses suitable for all levels of experience.
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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.
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ShawGuides: Writers Conferences & Workshops
ShawGuides: Comprehensive worldwide guides to educational travel and creative career programs.
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U.K. creative writing schools and workshops.
A website list from The British Council.
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WritersOnlineWorkshops
From Writer's Digest, offering Iinteractive, instructor-led online creative writing courses in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and memoir writing.
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Writing School Leicester
Writing School Leicester is a specialist creative writing school taught by practising writers and journalists.


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T. S. Eliot Prize for literature
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The Times Literary Supplement
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Victorian British literature

Victorian British writers.
Open Directory Project

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Victorian Web
Victorian aesthetes, decadents, Victorian culture.
Visual Poetry, Contemporary Poets, Hypertext Poetry.
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Wikipedia entry on English literature.


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