Research guides: English Literature: Regions

The English Speaking World

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
- Searchable by name, occupation, region & time period
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Twentieth Century North American Drama
- Full text of plays & production information

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

Women Writers Online
- 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)

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

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

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

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

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