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- infotrac.galegroup.com
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- General and Reference Works; American Literary Studies; British and Commonwealth Literary Studies
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Provides access to biographical essays focusing on all genres and time periods of American and British literature and selected other literatures. Essays discuss the lives and careers of authors and summarize critical responses to their work.
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- Dictionary of literary biography (Online)
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- ets.umdl.umich.edu
- Subjects:
- American Literary Studies; American History
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"The University of Michigan, NewsBank/Readex Co., and the American Antiquarian Society are cooperating in a Text Creation Partnership to create 6,000 accurately keyed and fully searchable SGML/XML text editions from among the 40,000 titles available in the Evans Early American Imprints Collection."
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- Early American imprints. First series.
- Search database:
- infoweb.newsbank.com
- Subjects:
- American History; American Literary Studies; General and Reference Works
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Provides full-text and full-page-image access to books, pamphlets and broadsides printed in America from 1639-1800. Based on the renowned American Bibliography by Charles Evans (14 vols., 1903-34, 1955-59); and subsequent bibliographic works by Roger Bristol, James Mooney and Clifford Shipton. This database includes more than 1,000 works located, catalogued and digitized since the completion of the earlier microfilmed set, Early American Imprints, 1639-1800, which was also based on Charles Evans' American Bibliography.
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- Early American imprints. First series (Online)
- Search database:
- infoweb.newsbank.com
- Subjects:
- American History; American Literary Studies; General and Reference Works
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From the acclaimed holdings of the Library Company of Philadelphia comes a broad range of recently uncovered books, pamphlets and broadsides, most of which were not included in either Charles Evans' monumental work or Roger Bristol's supplement. Printed during a 130-year period spanning the colonial era and the formation of the new nation, these nearly 1,000 rare and unique items represent a remarkable enrichment of the Readex digital edition of Early American Imprints.-- Publisher's web site.
- Title:
- Early American imprints. First series (Online). Supplement.
- Search database:
- infoweb.newsbank.com
- Subjects:
- Religious Studies; American Literary Studies; American History
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Covering every aspect of American life during the early decades of the United States, Early American Imprints, Series II (1801-1819) provides full-text access to the 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century. Based on the authoritative bibliography by Ralph B. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker and supplemented by thousands of new items. Offers fully searchable text and a browse feature with topical indexes. Bibliographic records created by the AAS are integrated into the database, providing additional access points.
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- rotunda.upress.virginia.edu
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- American Literary Studies
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Unpublished in book form in her lifetime, the poems of Emily Dickinson nonetheless enjoyed an extensive distribution - through her letters. More than one-third of her poems appeared in her letters to family and friends. Emily Dickinson's Correspondences brings these letters together in a single XML-based archive. The initial installment will contain more than 400 letters, covering Emily's correspondence with her sister Susan, with 1,300 letters to follow in future installments. Search by date, genre, manuscript features, linked publications, and full text; Each letter presented with complete transcription and digitized scan of the holograph manuscript; Complete editorial and bibliographical notes; Regular updates to content and functionality; 24/7 online access, with no special hardware or hosting required; This is an opportunity to read the poems as they first appeared, and to examine more deeply than ever the life from which they sprang. "Unpublished in book form during her lifetime, the poems of Emily Dickinson were nonetheless shared with those she trusted most--through her letters. This XML-based archive brings together seventy-four poems and letters from Emily's correspondence with her sister-in-law and primary confidante, Susan Dickinson. Each text is presented with a digitized scan of the holograph manuscript. These images have zoom functionality as well as a special light-box feature that allows users to view and compare constellations of related documents. Users may search by date, genre, manuscript features, and full text. Dating from the 1850s to the end of Dickinson's life, the work collected here shows all the characteristics of the poet's mature art."
- Title:
- Correspondence. Selections
- Author/Creator:
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.
- Search database:
- estc.bl.uk
- Subjects:
- Religious Studies; British and Commonwealth Literary Studies; American Literary Studies
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Contains records for works printed in any language in England or its dependencies from the beginning of printing through the end of the eighteenth century, as well as works printed in English anywhere else in the world during that period. Includes the former Eighteenth-Century Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC) and the two print short-title catalogues covering 1475-1640 (Pollard & Redgrave) and 1641-1700 (Wing)
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- English short title catalogue (Online)
- Search database:
- collections.chadwyck.com
- Subjects:
- British and Commonwealth Literary Studies; American Literary Studies
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"This database contains the major poets from the Faber poetry list in fully cross-searchable form"--Guide, p. 1-1.
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Green Library » HAS-DIGIT (Lane Room) (non-circulating) » PR1225 .F33 1999 BIBLIOGRAPHY in-library use only
Green Library » HAS-DIGIT (Lane Room) (non-circulating) » PR1225 .F33 1999 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE in-library use only
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- Search database:
- dlib-proxy.stanford.edu
- Subjects:
- American Literary Studies
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TEI-conformant electronic editions of Faulkner novels, searchable individually or as a group.
- Title:
- Novels. Selections
- Author/Creator:
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.
- Search database:
- search.ebscohost.com
- Subjects:
- Art, Architecture and Design; General and Reference Works; American Literary Studies; British and Commonwealth Literary Studies
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International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and many more. Additional full text available includes more than 50 books & monographs.
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- danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org.
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- American Literary Studies; Film and Media Studies
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Online exhibit of brief video performance excerpts spanning from 1930s dance pioneers to today's most exciting artists recorded at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Massachusetts. Browse videos by artists, genres, or era. This website is a public project of the Virtual Pillow initiative which aims to build audiences and appreciation for dance and Jacob's Pillow.
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- Search database:
- litguide.press.jhu.edu
- Subjects:
- American Literary Studies; British and Commonwealth Literary Studies; Language
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A full-text searchable database of articles on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. It also treats related persons and fields that have been shaped by or have themselves shaped literary theory and criticism. Each entry includes a selective primary and secondary bibliography.
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- www.kll-online.de
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- Germanic Studies; Ancient Greek and Roman Culture; History; Language; American Literary Studies; British and Commonwealth Literary Studies; French and Italian Studies; Medieval Studies
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.The most comprehensive German-language encyclopedia of world literature. Covers 13,000 important works of world literature, from the earliest writings of mankind to the present.
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- laww.alexanderstreet.com
- Subjects:
- Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies; Feminist Studies; Language; American Literary Studies
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"Latin American Women Writers is an extensive searchable collection of prose, poetry, and drama composed by women writing in Mexico, Central America, and South America. Also included are essays by Latin American feminists and revolutionaries, who address both the universal concerns of women in every age and the distinctive issues of their struggles in the region"--Home page.
- Search database:
- lali.alexanderstreet.com
- Subjects:
- American Literary Studies; Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies; Race and Ethnicity
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Latino Literature (LALI) contains drama, prose and poetry by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Latin writers working in the United States. When complete this database will include 100,000 pages of fiction and poetry and 450 plays. The vast majority of the materials are from the Chicano Renaissance to the present. About 30% of the database is previously unpublished or rare materials.
- Search database:
- collections.chadwyck.com
- Subjects:
- Language; American Literary Studies; British and Commonwealth Literary Studies
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Among its contents, the database includes: formal treatises on criticism and aesthetics, discourses on the character or practice of specific genres, theories of imagination, genius and taste, literary biography, criticism and literary history that expresses important general, arguments and precepts, literary prefaces and dedications, rhetorical treatises, poetry which expresses or implies rules of composition or standards of judgement, theoretical works in disciplines other than English literature which have had a major, influence on literary theory.
- Search database:
- lion.chadwyck.com
- Subjects:
- British and Commonwealth Literary Studies; American Literary Studies
- Search database:
- infotrac.galegroup.com
- Subjects:
- Language; British and Commonwealth Literary Studies; American Literary Studies
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Contains Poem finder, an international collection of poetry featuring poems, poem citations, and excerpts; Story finder, an online collection of short stories from the classic to the most contemporary, featuring thousands of full-text short stories, plus explanations of stories; and Essay finder, a collection of full-text essays and discursive writing based on books published in the 20th century. Each database contains biographies and pictures and offers multiple search options.
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- dlxs2.library.cornell.edu
- Subjects:
- American History; American Literary Studies; News
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Digital versions of selections from Cornell University Library's collection. Features monograph volumes and journal articles published in the nineteenth century. Focuses on the major journal literature of the period, ranging from general interest publications to those with more targeted audiences such as agriculture. Links to the University of Michigan's collection by the same title. "The Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the Antebellum period through Reconstruction. A joint effort of the University of Michigan and Cornell University, the database is housed on two servers, one at Cornell and one at Michigan. At this writing, MOA contains 1.5 million pages from 19th century monographs and journals. According to the site, particular strengths of the Michigan collection are education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology, while Cornell focuses mainly on digitizing general interest periodicals. The sites are comprised of pages scanned from the original volumes using Optical Character Recognition software, and are full-text searchable and accessible through screen reader software. The collections can be searched using limiters, proximity operators, material types and time periods. It is also possible to browse by journal title and volume or article title and author. Both sites also feature excellent help guides. Given the wide variety of resources, MOA is useful for upper-elementary through graduate school study"--"Best Free Reference Web Sites 2003, " RUSA Quarterly, Fall 2003; reviewed Apr. 12, 2003.
- Search database:
- quod.lib.umich.edu
- Subjects:
- American History; American Literary Studies; News
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Digital versions of selections from University of Michigan Library's collection. Features monograph volumes and journal articles published in the nineteenth century. Focuses on the major journal literature of the period, ranging from general interest publications to those with more targeted audiences such as agriculture. Links to the Cornell University Library collection by the same title. "The Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the Antebellum period through Reconstruction. A joint effort of the University of Michigan and Cornell University, the database is housed on two servers, one at Cornell and one at Michigan. At this writing, MOA contains 1.5 million pages from 19th century monographs and journals. According to the site, particular strengths of the Michigan collection are education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology, while Cornell focuses mainly on digitizing general interest periodicals. The sites are comprised of pages scanned from the original volumes using Optical Character Recognition software, and are full-text searchable and accessible through screen reader software. The collections can be searched using limiters, proximity operators, material types and time periods. It is also possible to browse by journal title and volume or article title and author. Both sites also feature excellent help guides. Given the wide variety of resources, MOA is useful for upper-elementary through graduate school study"--"Best Free Reference Web Sites 2003, " RUSA Quarterly, Fall 2003; reviewed Apr. 12, 2003.
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