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ABELL (1920-2001)
   Chadwyck-Healey
Monographs, literary works, book reviews, essays, doctoral dissertations, and journal articles on English language and literature
  • Citations
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, and full text of 71 related journals
  • 1920-2001

  • Annual
African-American Poetry (1750-1900)
   Chadwyck-Healey
Poetry
  • Text
3,000+ poems written by African-American poets
  • 1750-1900

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American Drama (1714-1915)
  Chadwyck-Healey
Drama
  • Text
1,500+ dramatic works reflecting American writing in a wide variety of genres
  • 1714-1915

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American Poetry (1600-1900)
   Chadwyck-Healey
Poetry
  • Text
40,000+ poems written by 200+ American poets
  • 1600-1900

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ARTFL Project
   University of Chicago
French language & culture
  • bibliography, text
Portal to nearly 2000 texts, including classic works of French literature, poetry, non-fiction prose, and technical writing.
  • 17th-20th centuries/ongoing
Bibliography of American Literature
(BAL)

   Chadwyck-Healey
American literature
  • Citations
40,000+ records of the work of approximately 300 writers
  • Revolution-1930

  • Monthly
Canadian Poetry
   Chadwyck-Healey
Poetry
  • Text
12,000+ poems 142 Canadian poets
  • 1600-ca.1930

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Early American Fiction (1789-1850)
  Chadwyck-Healey
Fiction
  • Text
Facsimile page images and keyword-searchable text for 400+ works of American prose fiction
  • 1789-1850

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Early American Fiction (1789-1875)
  Chadwyck-Healey
Fiction
  • Text
875 first editions of American novels and short stories by major and minor writers of the period
  • 1789-1875

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Early English Prose Fiction (1500-1700)
  Chadwyck-Healey
Fiction
  • Text
200+ works from this period preceding the emergence of the realist novel as its dominant form
  • 1500-1700

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Eighteenth-Century Fiction (1700-1780)
  Chadwyck-Healey
Fiction
  • Text
96 complete works of English prose from key writers of the period
  • 1700-1780

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English Drama (1280-1915)
  Chadwyck-Healey
Drama
  • Text
3,900+ plays in verse and prose tracing the development of drama in English from the medieval mystery cycles to the comedies of Oscar Wilde
  • 1280-1915

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English Poetry
   Chadwyck-Healey
Poetry
  • Text
165,000+ poems written by 1,250+ English poets
  • 600-1900

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English Poetry (2nd Ed.)
   Chadwyck-Healey
English poetry
  • Text
183,000+ poems by 2,700+ English poets
  • 8th to 20th centuries

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Essay and General Literature Index
  Ebsco
Humanities and social sciences, economics, political science, history, philosophy, religion, literary criticism, drama, and film
  • Citations
3500+ English language essay collections and anthologies
  • 1985+

  • Annually
Faber Poetry Library
   Chadwyck-Healey
Poetry
  • Text
31 poets, 91 volumes published by Faber & Faber
  • 1925+

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Literature Criticism Online
  Gale
Literature
  • Text
Centuries of scholarly and popular commentary on authors and their works from books, journals, magazines, broadsheets, pamphlets, diaries, and newspapers
  • 19th century -

  • Annually
MLA Directory of Periodicals
   Chadwyck-Healey
Literature, language, linguistics, and folklore
  • Citations
Information about 3,700+ periodicals
  • Latest edition

  • Yearly

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Classic novels, plays and poetry in the literary arts, humanities and education
  • Audio
  • Text
More than 350 works by 100 authors, playwrights and poets read by professional actors
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  • ~30 titles/year
Nineteenth-Century Fiction (1782-1903)
  Chadwyck-Healey
Fiction
  • Text
250 British and Irish novels, popular romances, sensation fiction, colonial adventure novels, and children's literature
  • 1782-1903

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OED Online
   Oxford University Press
The ultimate authority on English language words and quotations.
  • Text
Complete content of the 23-volume Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition
  • 1997

  • Quarterly
Poets on Screen
   Chadwyck-Healey
Headphones available in
Music Listening Room.
Poetry
  • Video
600+ filmed readings by poets of classic and contemporary poems
  • 1300-2001

  • Yearly
Poiesis
   Intelex
Philosophy
  • Citations
  • Abstracts
  • Tables of Contents
  • Text
More than 2,400 issues and 350,000 pages from 55 journals and series. Full text access to subscribed journals and ceased series.
  • Varies
Something About the Author Online
   Gale
Humanities
  • Text
  • Images
Comprehensive access to all 215 volumes of the main and autobiographical series of this respected title, including 19,000+ entries and 17,000+ images
Twentieth Century African-
American Poetry

   Chadwyck-Healey
Poetry
  • Text
10,000+ poems written by 70 influential and important African-American poets
  • 1900-2000

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Twentieth Century American Poetry
   Chadwyck-Healey
Poetry
  • Text
52,000+ poems written by 104 poets
  • 1900-2000

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Twentieth Century English Poetry
   Chadwyck-Healey
Poetry
  • Text
598 voulumes by 283 poets
  • 1900-2000

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