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Literature in English

The English Speaking World

American resources

Literature Online (LION)
- American Poetry (1600-1900),
- 20th Century American Poetry,
- African American Poetry,
- 20th Century African American Poetry,
- Early American Fiction
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL)
- Major database for criticism of American as well as other English language literature

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
- Contains literature as well as other primary resources
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
American National Biography Online
Twentieth Century North American Drama
- Full text of plays & production information

North American Indian Drama
- Contains full text of plays

North American Women's Drama
- Full text of plays & production info
Black Short Fiction and Folklore
- Contains oral traditions as well as modern short stories

British resources

Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
British Literary Manuscripts Online
Humanities Index
- Covers many major British literature journals

Contemporary British Novelists
- Biographical dictionary of 20th & 21st Century British novelists
Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
Dictionary of English Folklore

Women Writers Project
- Texts by pre-Victorian women writers
Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive
- Reviews, letters, poems & articles from archived editions of the Times Literary Supplement
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL)
- Major database for criticism of British as well as other English language literature
Literature Online (LION)

Representative Poetry Online
- Extensive, easily searchable collection of poetry
The Literary Encyclopedia

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Biographies of British as well as pre-independence Irish authors & playwrights

Canadian resources

Canadian Poetry Online, University of Toronto Libraries
- Provides biographical information, literary criticism & a selection of poems for individual Canadian authors

CPI.Q
- Full text of many Canadian academic journals & magazines
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database
- Indexes Canadian literature journals

Canadian Literary Centre
- Biographies, essays, and literary criticism on Canadian authors
Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature
- Extensive reference source on Canadian literature & authors
Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada

Canadiana Online

Native North American Literature : Biographical & Critical Information on Native Writers & Orators from the United States & Canada from Historical Times to the Present
- Available in print at Robarts
North American Indian Drama
- Full text of a selection of plays by Canadian Aboriginal authors, includes production information

Caribbean resources

Caribbean Women Writers
- Full text of short stories
Caribbean Literature
- Full text of poems, short stories & novels by Caribbean authors
Caribbean Abstracts
- Caribbean humanities & social science journal database

Black Short Fiction and Folklore
- Contains oral traditions as well as modern short stories
Black Studies Center
- Interdisciplinary database that includes archived newspapers & primary sources

Encyclopedia of Caribbean Literature
- Available in print at Robarts
Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Literature, 1903-2003

Irish resources

Literature Online (LION)
- Contains full text collections of Irish poetry, drama & prose
- Click on 'Complete contents' under 'Browse' on the left to view text collections

Ireland Collection, JSTOR
- Includes full texts of journals, manuscripts & books on Irish topics
Irish Literature Guide, John M Kelly Library, University of Toronto
- Print resources focus heavily on items available at the Kelly Library but guide also lists import online resources
The James Joyce Scholars' Collection, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Contains manuscripts of Joyce's work & rare, out-of-print secondary sources

Africa & Oceania resources

Literature Online (LION)
- Contains full text collections of South African, South Asian, Australian, New Zealand, Caribbean & West Indian poetry
- Click on 'Complete contents' under 'Browse' on the left to view text collections
Black Short Fiction and Folklore
- Contains oral traditions as well as modern short stories