Writer and Literature Resources

Writer and Literature Resources for the Georgian & Romantic Eras

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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

• A Compendium of Digital Collections: University of New Hampshire
• 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).
• Flaubert’s Dictionary of Received Ideas, An Analysis
• 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
• The Phrase Finder: Phrases, sayings, idioms, and expressions

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
• A Companion to the Eighteenth-Century English Novel and Culture, Paula R. Backscheider, Catherine Ingrassia, 2009. Partial Google book
• A Guide to 18th Century English Vocabulary, Jack Lynch, 2006, Rutgers
• Bibliography: Listing of Primary and Secondary Sources about the Regency Period
• Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature, Includes the 18th Century
• 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
• Politics, Literary Culture, and Theatrical Media in London: 1625-1725
• Sundries: An 18th Century Newsletter
• The Early Modern Intelligencer
• The Age of Journalism
• The Johnson Society
• The Thomas Gray Archive
• The Writings of Benjamin Franklin
• Women in the Long 18th Century
• Women Writers Living Between 1701 and 1800
• Women Writers 17th & 18th Century

19th Century

• 19th Century Authors
• 19th Century British and Irish Authors
• 19th Century British Pamphlets Online
• 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
• Digital Archive of Rare Material
• Early European Books Online
• 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
• Spenser and the Tradition: English Poetry 1579-1830
• The Republic of Pemberley: Literary Companion

Georgian and Regency Publications

• 17th & 18th Century Burney Collection of Newspapers
• 19th Century British Pamphlets Online
• Ackermanns Repository of Arts, Literature, and Fashion from 1809 through 1828
• Ackermanns Repository of Arts, Literature, and Fashion, 1812
• Ackermanns Repository of Fashion 1829, full Google book view
• Almanach des Modes, 1817, Google Book
• Digital Archives of Rare Materials
• Historic Newspapers: Rag Linen
• La Belle Assemblee or, Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine, Vol 3, 1807, Google book
• 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
• La Belle Assemblee, 1807, Google Book
• La Belle Assemblee, 1809, Google Book
• La Belle Assemblee, 1811, Vol 3, Google Book
• La Belle Assemblee, 1812, Google Book
• La Belle Assemblee, 1818, Google Book
• La Belle Assemblee, 1830, Google Book
• Regency Ladies Magazines, Part 1
• Regency Ladies Magazines, Part 2
• Regency Ladies Magazines, Part 3
• Rudolph Ackermann and Fredercik Shoberl, Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufacturers, Fashion, 1815, Google Book
• Rudolph Ackermann Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashion, etc. , March 1, 1824, Google Book
• Rudolph Ackermann Repository of Fashions, 1829, Google eBook
• Ainsworth’s Magazine, 1845
• Science in the 19th Century Periodical: an extensive database
• The Age of Journalism
• The Burney Collection of 17th and 18th Century Newspapers, The British Library
• The Ladys Magazine, or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, 1796, Google Book
• The Lady’s Pocket Magazine, 1829, Google Book
• The Literary Gazette, 1828
• The Loiterer, published by James Austen, Oxfore, 1789 and 1790.
• The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2, 3, by Addison and Steele, Project Gutenberg Book
• Pleasures of the Imagination, Papers from the Spectator, Joseph Addison, 1712
• The ‘Tuppenny Press And The Birth of English Newspaper
• The Burney Collection of 17th and 18th Century Newspapers, British Library
• Journalists: 1750-1820
• Westminster Magazine, or the Pantheon of Taste, 1784, Google Book
• Westminster Magazine, or the Pantheon of Taste, 1785, Google Book

Research

• A Literary Index: Literature Research on the Internet, Vanderbilt University
• Authors: Biographies and their Works, a comprehensive database
• COPAC: National, Academic and Specialist Library Catalogue
• Cultures of Knowledge: An Intellectual Geography of the 17th Century Republic of Letters
• English Language and Literature Research Guide, Yale University Library
• HERA: Humanities in the European Research Area
• Historical Fiction Writers Research Blog
• Humanities on the Web
• IDEA: International Dialects of English Archives (audio files)
• JStor: Free articles prior to 1923, or early journal content
• Kenneth Spencer Research Library
• Library of Congress Research Center
• Old British News: Free initially, then a fee
• Romanticism on the NET: Journal
• The Culture Concept Circle
• The Warwick 18th Century Center
• Wellcome Images: Many creative commons images from the UK

Writing

• APA Online
• A Research Guide for Students
• BookEnds Literary Agency
• Dictionary of Sexual Terms
• Fiction Factor
• Guide to Literary Agents
• 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
• The Writer’s Knowledge Base: Search Engine for Writers
• Writer Blog Digest

Miscellaneous

Poetry

• The Works of the English Poets: From Chaucer to Cowper, 1810, J. Johnson

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
• The Book of Snobs, William Makepeace Thackeray, 1969 (with the author’s illustrations)