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British Newspapers and Other Periodicals

Chronicling America: America's Historic Newspapers
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"This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present."

Historical Dictionary of Romanticism in Literature
Excellent for overview and quick reference-includes chronology, introductory essay, and extensive bibliography. Has over 800 cross-referenced entries on the writers and the poems, novels, short stories and essays, plays and other works they produced; the leading trends, techniques, journals and literary circles, and the spirit of the times are also covered.
Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
A comprehensive reference source, covering American literary history from1600s-present. Includes entries on writers, major works, literary movements, periods, and themes, historical perspective, and social context.
The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism
Accessible introduction to works, authors, and context of the period. Includes essays from key scholars in the field and "for further reading" section.
Scroll down to see full table of contents. Can print and download full-text of chapters.

Romantic Circles
"...a refereed scholarly Website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture." Includes recommended scholarly resources and websites, and highlights new works and digital projects.

Oxford Bibliographies Online: British and Irish literature This link opens in a new window
Oxford Bibliographies in British and Irish Literature is a reliable, selective, and authoritative guide to recommended literature, organized by the themes and topics in British and Irish literature. Each article is written by a scholar in the field and provides an overview of the topic, a narrative, bibliographic essay listing the recommended resources for that topic, each with a detailed description.
Oxford Bibliographies Online: American Literature This link opens in a new window
Expert recommendations on the best works available in each discipline; from a chapter, a book, a journal article, a website, an archive, or data set. Each article includes an introduction written by a top scholar in the field. Covers the theory, method, and the history of American literature

Romanticism: Life, Literature and Landscape This link opens in a new window
Drawn from materials in the Wordsworth Trust, Dove Cottage, Grasmere, UK. Includes Wordsworth’s original verse manuscripts, working notebooks and some printed, annotated, editions, and materials from other Romantic writers and painters.

British Library - Discovering Literature, Romantics and Victorians
Key literary works from British Library collections illustrate the historical, political and cultural contexts of the period. Articles by scholars, poets, novelists and journalists accompany the crisp digitized images.
Romantic Circles
"...a refereed scholarly Website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture." Includes recommended scholarly resources and websites, and highlights new works and digital projects.