Writer and Literature Resources

These resources have been gathered for students and individuals interested in expanding their knowledge about 18th & 19th century British literature, and the works of Jane Austen and her contemporaries. Added at the bottom are writer resources for both the student who is writing a paper, and a fiction writer who is searching for practical advice that will help with character development or crafting proposals.
Dictionaries & References

• Ask Oxford.com, English defined. This site offers the shorter version of the OED, as well as support resources.
• Bartleby.com: The most comprehensive resource library on the web
• Canting Dictionary
• Classic Encyclopedia: Based on the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica (1912).
• Glossary of Literary Terms, University of Cambridge
• Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
• Literary Terms
• Online Etymology Dictionary
• Online Symbolism Dictionary
• Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
• Refdesk.com: Fact checker for the Internet
• The Dictionary of Sensibility studies 24 terms relating to the 18th Century concept of sensibility, University of Virginia

18th Century

• 18th Century Blog
• 18th Century E-texts
• 18th Century Graduate Student Reading Group
• 18th Century Ligature and Fonts
• 18th Century Resources
• 18th Century Studies
• 18th Century Vignettes, Internet Archive, Dobson, 1907
• The Long 18th
• The 18th Century Novel
• Early Modern Resources: The Long 18th
• Historical Outline of Restoration and 18th Century British Literature
• Journalists: 1750-1820
• Library of Mainly 18th Century Authors
• Online Resources for 18th Century Study
• Reinventing the Feminine
• Resigning the Needle for the Pen: A Study of Autobiographical Writings of British Women Before 1800, Cynthia Stodola Pomerleau, 2000
• Resources for 18th Century Studies, University of Southampton
• Sundries: An 18th Century Newsletter
• The Age of Journalism
• The Thomas Gray Archive
• The Writings of Benjamin Franklin
• Women in the Long 18th Century
• Women Writers Living Between 1701 and 1800

19th Century

• 19th Century Authors
• 19th Century British and Irish Authors
• 19th Century Literature
• The 19th Century in Association with The British Library
• British War Poetry in the Age of Romanticism, 1793-1815
• British Women Playwrights Around 1800
• Cardiff Covey: Reading the Romantic Text
• Contemporary Romanticist Scholarship
• General Resources in Romanticism
• Interdisciplinary 19th Century Studies
• Journalists: 1750-1820
• Literary Resources: Romantic
• Literary Resources: Victorian British
• London Theatrical Periodicals: 1800-1810
• Napoleonic Literature
• Romantic Circles
• Romantic Literature
• Romantic Textualities: Literature and Print Culture, 1780-1840
• Romanticism and Gender, Anne K. Mellor, 1992, Partial google book
• Women Romantics and Cosmopolitanism
• Tennyson, 1809-1892
• Theatre History on the Web
• The Bluestocking Archive
• The Literary Gazette, 1828
• Women in British Romantic Theatre

Jane Austen

• Jane Austen: Literary History
• Jane Austen – Literary Relations: Sources, Influences, Analogues, Intertextuality
• The Rise of Novels: A Resource Page

Megasites

• American and English Literature Resources, Buley Library
• Dr. Widger’s Library
• English and Continental Literature: Ellen and Jim Moody
• English Literature on the Web
• Eserver Fiction Collection
• Kettering University: Rhetoric Page
  
• MIT Libraries Literature Resources
• Norton Anthology of British Literature
• The Republic of Pemberley: Literary Companion

Georgian and Regency Publications

• Ladies’ Pocket Magazine: 1824-39
• Newspapers and Magazines
• Ackermann’s Costume Plates: Stella Blum, 3 selected pages
• La Belle Assemblee and Ackermann’s Costume Plates
• Ainsworth’s Magazine, 1845
• The Age of Journalism
• The Literary Gazette, 1828
• The ‘Tuppenny Press And The Birth of English Newspaper
• Journalists: 1750-1820

Research

• A Literary Index: Literature Research on the Internet, Vanderbilt University
• English Language and Literature Research Guide, Yale University Library
• Humanities on the Web
• Kenneth Spencer Research Library
• Library of Congress Research Center
• Romanticism on the NET: Journal

Writing

• APA Online
• A Research Guide for Students
• BookEnds Literary Agency
• Dictionary of Sexual Terms
• Fiction Factor
• MLA Formatting and Style Center: The OWL
• The Owl at Purdue: Writing Center
• Ms. Snark, the Literary Agent (Archived posts, great advice)
• Phrase and Word Assistors: Michelle Sinclair
• Redlines and Deadlines; ECPI Editors
• Research Links for Romance Writers, Regency Era Links
• Writer Blog Digest

Miscellaneous

Plays

• The Garrick Fever: A Farce in One Act, by J.R. Planche, Esq., Script. First performed in 1839

Novels

• Historical Novels.Info: Lists over 5,000 historical novels in time and place