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, links updated 6-2017

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
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, links updated 6-2017

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
Early Modern Resources: The Long 18th
Historical Outline of Restoration and 18th Century British Literature
Library of Mainly 18th Century Authors
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 Thomas Gray Archive
Women Writers Living Between 1701 and 1800
Women Writers 17th & 18th Century

19th Century, links updated 6-2012

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
Contemporary Romanticist Scholarship
General Resources in Romanticism
Literary Resources: Romantic
Literary Resources: Victorian British
London Theatrical Periodicals: 1800-1810
Romantic Circles
Romantic Literature
Romanticism and Gender, Anne K. Mellor, 1992, Partial google book
Tennyson, 1809-1892
Theatre History on the Web
The Bluestocking Archive
The Literary Gazette, 1828
Women in British Romantic Theatre

Jane Austen, links updated 6-2017

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

Megabytes, links updated 6-2017

Georgian and Regency Publications, links updated 6-2017

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 Georgian Index
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
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, Oxford, 1789 and 1790.
The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2, 3, by Addison and Steele, Project Gutenberg Book
The ‘Tuppenny Press And The Birth of English Newspaper
Westminster Magazine, or the Pantheon of Taste, 1784, Google Book
Westminster Magazine, or the Pantheon of Taste, 1785, Google Book

Research, links updated 6-2017

Authors: Biographies and their Works, a comprehensive database, UTEP
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, links updated 6-2017

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, Purdue
The Owl at Purdue : Writing Center
Ms. Snark, the Literary Agent (Archived posts, great advice)
Phrase and Word Assistors: Michelle Sinclair
The Writer’s Knowledge Base: Search Engine for Writers
Writer Blog Digest

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