Connections: Poetry: Web Resources: Historical

The links here lead to starting points for looking into the poetry of different historical periods. For my favorite specific sites, see the "Highlights" section below.

Medieval
- Voice of the Shuttle: British-Saxon & Medieval
- Jack Lynch's Literary Resources: Medieval
- Berkeley's Online Medieval and Classical Library
- The Labyrinth , Georgetown's Medieval Studies site
- Luminarium, an anthology of Middle English literature
- Literature of the French Middle Ages
- Medieval Irish Poetry by Maureen O'Brien
- Gwarnant, a site for medieval Welsh poetry by Jeff Davies
Renaissance/Early Modern
- Voice of the Shuttle: Renaissance & 17th Century
- Jack Lynch's Literary Resources: Renaissance
- Luminarium: Renaissance and Early Seventeenth Century
- ERIC (The English Renaissance in Context) from the University of Pennsylvania
- Early Modern Literary Studies
- Early Modern French Literature
Eighteenth Century
- Voice of the Shuttle: Restoration & 18th Century
- Jack Lynch's Literary Resources: Eighteenth Century and Eighteenth-Century E-Texts
- EServer's Eighteenth-Century Studies, another archive of texts and resources
- James Sutherland's 1948 book A Preface To Eighteenth Century Poetry
- Annotated edition of The Pleasures of Melancholy produced by Thomas Kinsella's Literature Research class, with overview information on eighteenth-century poetry
Romantic
- Voice of the Shuttle: Romantics
- Jack Lynch's Literary Resources: Romantic
- Romantic Circles, a collaborative, peer-reviewed scholarly project
- Romantic Links, Electronic Texts and Home Pages from Michael Gamer of the University of Pennsylvania
- Romantic Period Literature Resources from Adriana Craciun
- British Women Romantic Poets, a collection of electronic texts from UC-Davis.
Victorian
- Voice of the Shuttle: Victorian
- Jack Lynch's Literary Resources: Victorian British
- Victorian Women Writers Project
- Patrick Leary's Victoria Research Web and Leary's 1995 essay about online Victorian studies
Modern
- Voice of the Shuttle: Modern (British and American)
- Jack Lynch's Literary Resources: Twentieth-Century British and Irish
- Richard A. Parker's annotated edition of Eliot's The Waste Land
American (I know, I know, it's not a period, but this is how web catalogs are presently organized)
- Voice of the Shuttle: American
- Jack Lynch's Literary Resources: American
- The wonderful site of The Academy of American Poets and its extensive catalog of poet links
- If you have academic library access, you can see the HTI American Verse Project, which is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.
- Bartleby's electronic edition of Louis Untermeyer's 1919 Modern American Poetry
- The Poetry Society of America
- Middle Tennessee State University's page on African American Poetry

Textbook Poetry Forms Terms Scansion Web Resources Historical Contemporary Highlights Grinnell Area Fiction Film Theory Contexts Research and Writing Research Writing Courses Tutorial 120 121 224 226 Seminars Site Information Site Updates Navigation Site Map	Links by Historical Period The links here lead to starting points for looking into the poetry of different historical periods. For my favorite specific sites, see the "Highlights" section below. Medieval Voice of the Shuttle: British-Saxon & Medieval Jack Lynch's Literary Resources: Medieval Berkeley's Online Medieval and Classical Library The Labyrinth , Georgetown's Medieval Studies site Luminarium, an anthology of Middle English literature Literature of the French Middle Ages Medieval Irish Poetry by Maureen O'Brien Gwarnant, a site for medieval Welsh poetry by Jeff Davies Renaissance/Early Modern Voice of the Shuttle: Renaissance & 17th Century Jack Lynch's Literary Resources: Renaissance Luminarium: Renaissance and Early Seventeenth Century ERIC (The English Renaissance in Context) from the University of Pennsylvania Early Modern Literary Studies Early Modern French Literature Eighteenth Century Voice of the Shuttle: Restoration & 18th Century Jack Lynch's Literary Resources: Eighteenth Century and Eighteenth-Century E-Texts EServer's Eighteenth-Century Studies, another archive of texts and resources James Sutherland's 1948 book A Preface To Eighteenth Century Poetry Annotated edition of The Pleasures of Melancholy produced by Thomas Kinsella's Literature Research class, with overview information on eighteenth-century poetry Romantic Voice of the Shuttle: Romantics Jack Lynch's Literary Resources: Romantic Romantic Circles, a collaborative, peer-reviewed scholarly project Romantic Links, Electronic Texts and Home Pages from Michael Gamer of the University of Pennsylvania Romantic Period Literature Resources from Adriana Craciun British Women Romantic Poets, a collection of electronic texts from UC-Davis. Victorian Voice of the Shuttle: Victorian Jack Lynch's Literary Resources: Victorian British Victorian Women Writers Project Patrick Leary's Victoria Research Web and Leary's 1995 essay about online Victorian studies Modern Voice of the Shuttle: Modern (British and American) Jack Lynch's Literary Resources: Twentieth-Century British and Irish Richard A. Parker's annotated edition of Eliot's The Waste Land American (I know, I know, it's not a period, but this is how web catalogs are presently organized) Voice of the Shuttle: American Jack Lynch's Literary Resources: American The wonderful site of The Academy of American Poets and its extensive catalog of poet links If you have academic library access, you can see the HTI American Verse Project, which is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920. Bartleby's electronic edition of Louis Untermeyer's 1919 Modern American Poetry The Poetry Society of America Middle Tennessee State University's page on African American Poetry
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