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Literature (English language)

Resources for conducting literary research on English & American Literatures.

Literature Specific Databases

Multidisciplinary Databases

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Paris Review Author Interview Collection

The Paris Review, a literary magazine featuring original writing, art, and in-depth interviews with famous writers, has placed is complete archive of author interviews  online, from 1953 to the present.


British Novelists Archive Collection

The BBC is increasingly finding ways to make more freely available its vast collection of visual and aural content. The latest example of this is its British Novelists Archive Collection. This is a complement to a BBC TV series, In Their Own Words: British Novelists

Browse the Stacks

Want to just browse the stacks?  Browse the following sections for books related to English & American Literature:

PN 45-245 - Theory.  Criticism.  Authorship
PN 441-1009.5
- Literary History
PN 1010-1525
- Poetry (theory, philosophy, treatment of, etc.)
PN 1600-3307 - Drama (treatment of, technique, etc.)

PR 1-9680 - English Literature
PR 171-236 - Anglo-Saxon
PR 251-369
- Medlieval.  Middle English
PR 421-488
- Elizabethan
PR 431-439
- 17th century
PR 441-449
- 18th century

PR 451-469
- 19th century
PR 1490-1799
- Anglo-Saxon Literature
PR 1803-2165
- Early English. Middle English
PR 2199-3195
- English Renaissance (1500-1640)
PR 3291-3785
- 17th and 18th centuries (1640-1770)

PR 3991-5990 - 19th century (1770/1800-1890/1900)
PR 6000-6049 - 1900-1960
PR 6050-6076
- 1961-2000
PR 6100-6126
- 2001 -
PR 8309-9680
- English Literature: Provincial, local, etc.

PS 1-3576 - American Literature
PS 185-196 -
17th and 18th centuries
PS 201-217 - 19th century
PS 221-228 - 20th century
PS 229-231 - 21st century
PS700-893
- Colonial period (17th and 18th centuries)
PS991-3590
- 19th century
PS3500-3549
- 20th century (1900-1960)
PS3550-3576
- 20th century (1961-2000)
PS3600-3626
- 21st century (2001-present)