Writer/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

Ask Oxford.com
Bartleby.com
Canting Dictionary
Digital Collections: University of New Hampshire
Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
Literary Terms
Online Etymology Dictionary
Online Symbolism Dictionary
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
The Phrase Finder: Phrases, sayings, idioms, and expressions

18th Century

18th Century Ligature and Fonts
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
Chawton House Library
Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature, Includes the 18th Century
The Long 18th
Early Modern Resources
Historical Outline of Restoration and 18th Century British Literature
Library of Mainly 18th Century Authors
Resources for 18th Century Studies, University of Southampton
Sundries: An 18th Century Newsletter
The Thomas Gray Archive
Women Writers Living Between 1701 and 1800
Women Writers 17th & 18th Century

19th Century

19th Century British Pamphlets Online
The 19th Century in Association with The British Library
British War Poetry in the Age of Romanticism, 1793-1815
Praxis Series: Contemporary Romanticist Scholarship
Literary Resources: Victorian British
Eighteenth-Century Periodicals and the Theatre: 1715-1803
Romantic Circles
Romantic Literature
Romanticism and Gender, Anne K. Mellor, 1992, Google book
Tennyson, 1809-1892
The Literary Gazette, 1828
Women in British Romantic Theatre

Jane Austen

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

Megabytes

Georgian and Regency Publications

17th & 18th Century Burney Collection of Newspapers
19th Century British Pamphlets Online (JSTOR)
Ackermanns Repository of Arts, Literature, and Fashion from 1809 through 1828
Ackermanns Repository of Arts, Literature, and Fashion, 1812
Ackermanns Repository of Fashion 1829, Google book view
Almanach des Modes, 1817, Google Book
Digital Archives of Rare Materials
La Belle Assemblee or, Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine, Vol 3, 1807, Google book
Ladies’ Pocket Magazine: 1824-39
La Belle Assemblee (Royal Collection Trust)
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
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
The Lady’s Magazine, or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, 1796, Regency Fashion
The Lady’s 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, Oxford, 1789 and 1790, Google Book
The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2, 3, by Addison and Steele, Project Gutenberg Book
Westminster Magazine, or the Pantheon of Taste, 1784, Google Book
Westminster Magazine, or the Pantheon of Taste, 1785, Google Book

Research

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 Hub Discover
Library of Congress Research Center
The British Newspaper Archives
Romanticism on the NET
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
MLA Formatting and Style Center: The OWL, Purdue
The Owl at Purdue : Writing Center
The Writer’s Knowledge Base: Search Engine for Writers

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