English Literature: July 2007 Archives
TU Libraries is currently trialing British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries.British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries is a collection of published diaries, letters, manuscripts, and memoirs from nearly 500 British, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh women, dating from the 1500s to the 1900s.
All forms of diaries – religious, travel, and journalistic – are included in the collection from women from all walks of life, including Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, Mary Shelley, Queens Victoria and Elizabeth, Mary Wollstonecraft, Christina Rossetti, Florence Nightingale, and Maude Gonne. Their topics discussed range from convent life and courtesans to missionaries and social reforms.
Additional information about the database is available.
The trials lasts until September 14th.
TU Libraries is currently trialing Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period.Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period is a collection of works from approximately 50 Scottish women lyric poets written between 1789 and 1832.
Each author entry offers a bio-biographical sketch or essay, including what is known about their lives, plus a bibliography of their primary works and of criticisms and reviews.
Examples of poets include: Agnes Lyon, Carolina Oliphant, Catherine Ward, Dorothea Primrose Campbell, Frances Chadwick, Margaretta Wedderburn, and Jessie Stewart.
Additional information about the database is available.
The trial will last until September 14th.
Check out the new literary-related resources added to the library collection in the past month.
The English Short Title Catalogue is now available freely via The British Library and has a new search interface.
The catalog indexes works published primarily in Britain and North America between 1473 and 1800.
The Ohio State University Press is making the complete texts of certain books available from their website. Users will need Adobe Reader or some other PDF-enabled program to read the texts. All such works, of course, remain under copyright protection and may not be used for any commercial purpose.View the current list of available online titles!