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Online Texts

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century This link opens in a new window
Digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century African America women writers. Each individual title as well as the entire database can be searched. Part of the New York Public Library's digital collections.
American Verse Project This link opens in a new window
The American Verse Project is a collaborative project between the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan Press. The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.
Documenting the American South This link opens in a new window
Primary sources that document the cultural history of the American South from the Southern point of view. Includes diaries, autobiographies, travel accounts, titles about slavery, and regional literature. Emphasis is on the 19th century.
Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature This link opens in a new window
Texts of medeival, Renaissance, and 17th century English authors.
Online Books Page This link opens in a new window
Representative Poetry Online This link opens in a new window
Includes over 3,000 English poems by 500 poets from the Old English period, to the work of living poets today.
Digital collection based on Representative Poetry, established by Professor W. J. Alexander of University College, University of Toronto, in 1912 (one of the first books published by the University of Toronto Press), and used in the English Department at the University until the late 1960s.
The Victorian Web (Brown University) This link opens in a new window
Provides a comprehensive general overview of nineteenth century British history and literature. The site is divided into sections on political, social, and economic history. There are also sections on gender matters, philosophy, religion, science, technology, genre and technique, authors, visual arts and Victorian design.
Voice of the Shuttle: American Literature This link opens in a new window
Edited and maintained by the University of California - Santa Barbara English Department.

Eighteenth Century Drama: Censorship, Society and the Stage
Delve into the theatrical world of eighteenth century society and explore how the Larpent plays reflect the politics of the time, the role of women, views on race and religion, opinions on empire, and European and British history.
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism is an indispensable resource for scholars and students of literary theory and discourse. Compiled by 275 specialists from around the world, the Guide presents a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements and is updated annually.
The Mason OER Metafinder (MOM)
Real-time federated search for OER (Open Educational Resources) content. OER-Specific Sites; AMSER - Applied Math and Science Education Repository; BC Campus:Open Ed; Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB); LibreTexts; Merlot.Org; MIT OpenCourseware; OAOpen.org; OASIS; OER Commons; OERs at Internet Archive; Open Michigan; Open Textbook Library; OpenStax CNX ; Teaching Commons; American Memory (Library of Congress); Digital Public Library of America; HathiTrust - Full View; JSTOR Open Access books; Library of Congress; Open Research Library; Project Gutenberg; The New York Public Library Digital Collections; World Digital Library.
Merlot
The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
Voices from the Gaps
A collection curated by the University of Minnesota, 'Voices from the Gaps' seeks to uncover, highlight, and share the works of marginalized artists, predominately women writers of color living and working in North America.