English Literature: June 2007 Archives
Sara Lin, of the LA Times, recently wrote an article, discussing the evolution of the Eaton Collection, a collection of science fiction, fantasy and horror resources at UC Riverside's Libraries.Some jewels of their collection include: a first edition Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," printed in 1818; an embossed publisher's edition of Jules Verne's "Mirifiques Aventures de Maitre Antifer," printed in 1900; in addition to Batman trading cards from 1966.
The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction is now available online via Oxford Reference Online. The dictionary shows exactly how science-fictional words and their associated concepts have developed over time, with full citations and bibliographic information. It's a window on a whole genre of literature through the words invented and passed along by the genre's most talented writers.
Revealing how many words we consider to be everyday expressions, like ‘space shuttle’, ‘blast off’, and ‘robot‘, have their roots in imaginative literature - and not in hard science - The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction also charts the transfer of science-fiction vocabulary to different subcultures and endeavours, such as neo-paganism, aerospace, computers, and environmentalism.
Check out the new literary-related resources added to the library collection in the past month.
The following journals in JSTOR now have links to more current issues via other partners:- American Literary History, vols. 14-18 (issue 3), 2002-2006
- Cinema Journal, vols. 43 (issue 2) - 45 (issue 3), 2004-2006
- Critical Inquiry, vols. 28 (issue3) - 33 (issue 1), 2002-2006
- International Journal of American Linguistics, vols. 69-72 (issue 3), 2003-2006
- Journal of British Studies, vols. 41 (issue 3) - 45 (issue 2), 2002-2006
- Modern Philology, vols. 100 (issue 3) - 103, 2003-2006
- SubStance, vols. 34-35, 2005-2006
TU Libraries now has access to The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 via its own search interface! The famed index indexes 45 major 19th century British periodicals on Victorian thought and opinion. Subjects covered include: literature, religion, politics, social science, women's studies, science and the arts.
The Index also identifies authorship of unsigned articles and includes a table of contents for every periodical indexed.
The Wellesley Index is also available online via C19: The Nineteenth Century Index.
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