LibGuides: ENG 5300 Literary Research: Find Websites

Websites for Literary Theory

A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
Definitions of classical literary terms are provided.

The following is a list of websites on literary criticism that provide brief descriptions.

Glossary of Terms
Glossary of terms provided by Gale, a leading database company.
Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism
Provides a timeline of theories and an overview of the basic concepts.
Perspectives on American Literature
A research and reference guide to various literary periods and authors in American Literature.

Online Bibliograpies

Chaucer Bibliography Online
The Chaucer Bibliography Online is supported by The University of Texas at San Antonio Library and The New Chaucer Society. This bibliography includes Chaucer studies from 1975 until the present.

Most authors and some periods will have online sites that will contain information and online bibliographies. These online bibliographies may help you assess what is being published in certain areas and provide background. Most of the bibliographies will not have links to full text items. To locate the full text, use the "Find Journals by Title" tab on the library's home page.

Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. Because of the explosion of research in Women's Studies during the past two decades, scholars and students interested in women during the Middle Ages find an ever-growing flood of publications.
Gower Bibliography
"The Gower Bibliography Online (GBO) is a joint effort of the John Gower Society and The University of Texas at San Antonio Library. The GBO was designed and made available in 2007. It includes the bibliographical information printed in The John Gower Newsletter (JGN), information compiled by Professor Peter Nicholson (abbreviated PN in individual entries) of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, covering the years 1980 to the present. This information is updated annually."

Online Full Text Sites

The sites listed below contain full text works from various authors.

Documenting the American South This link opens in a new window
Provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently includes sixteen thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs. Sponsored by UNC Chapel Hill.

Transcendentalists
"We've organized this site to provide both original content and links to other material on the internet for study of the Transcendentalists: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller and others."
Victorian Women's Writers Project
"The Victorian Women Writers Project (VWWP) began in 1995 at Indiana University and is primarily concerned with the exposure of lesser-known British women writers of the 19th century. The collection represents an array of genres - poetry, novels, children's books, political pamphlets, religious tracts, histories, and more. VWWP contains scores of authors, both prolific and rare."