Resources for Literary Research

Highlighted below are several "gateways" to literary materials available on the World Wide Web. These gateways comprise a kind of bibliographic catalog of places in cyber-space that you may visit to browse, read, study, and otherwise awaken your literary imagination. Depending upon your needs, you may also wish to visit the Hagan Memorial Library online or check out one of the following pages of web links designed for specific courses: ENGL 230  Literary Criticism ENGL 331  British Literature through 1660 ENGL 431  Romantic Literature ENGL 432  Victorian Literature ENGL 437  Shakespearean Drama

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Voice of the Shuttle Home Page (Alan Lui, Univ. of California/Santa Barbara)  The Voice of the Shuttle is a primary gateway to a web of Internet links on topics in the humanities, including British and American literature.  Below are shortcuts to just a few of the topical pages one can access from its home page. The name of the site is taken from a quotation from Aristotle. You will find an explanation of the allusion in one of the links on the home page.

• VoS English Literature: English Literature Page (British and American)
• VoS Literary Theory Page
• VoS Technology of Writing Page
• VoS Libraries and Museums Page
• VoS Reference Works Page
• VoS Journals and Zines Page

Literary Resources on the Net (Jack Lynch, Rutgers Univ.)  This site is a good gateway to many links on literary topics. The initial page is organized around literary periods and includes a search function to find links including a specific word.

British and Irish Authors on the Web (Mitsuhara Matsuoka, Nagoya Univ., Japan)  This gateway to information and links on British writers is organized chronologically.  It is updated regularly, with new writers and new links frequently added. 

19th Century British and Irish Authors (Mitsuhara Matsuoka, Nagoya Univ., Japan)

American Authors on the Web (Mitsuhara Matsuoka, Nagoya Univ., Japan)  This link provides a deep chronological listing of websites on American authors.

The Shakespeare Home Page (Jeremy Hilton, MIT) This site provides access to electronic texts of the Bard's plays. It also is a gateway to links across the WWW on background materials, articles, and courses on Shakespeare.

The Victorian Web (George Landow, Brown Univ.)  The Victorian Web illustrates the opportunities the WWW offers for integrating and cross-referencing materials on related topics and issues. Here you will find information on a number of Victorian British writers, as wel as information on politics, philosophy, technology, gender, and other elements of Victorian culture.