Medieval & Renaissance Literature

Turning the Pages
Award-winning interactive display system developed by The British Library to increase public access and enjoyment of some of its most valuable treasures. Originally built for the exhibition galleries in the British Library at St Pancras, terminals are also on display at sites in Northumberland and in the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda near Washington, USA.

Icelandic Medieval Literature
Images of manuscripts and books published before 1901.

AbsoluteShakespeare
The essential William Shakespeare resource with Shakespeare's plays, sonnets and poems. Study Shakespeare with plot summaries, essays, character analyses, quotes, biography, pictures, timeline, trivia, the Globe Theatre and links.

Shakespeare's Sonnets
Site contains an excellent links archive as well as other poetry by the Bard.

Online Shakespeare Studies
Offering a complete survey of Shakespeare in two semester courses, to be taken by individual studies.

English Litetature Resources
"English Literature" includes works written in English taught in departments of English and American literature.

All About Italy
Italian Literature main page presents a brief overview of Italian literature of 13th - 20th Century

Medieval History and Literature Resources
Basic Medieval resources on the Web: Medieval History, Arts, Music, Literature, and Culture.

Shakespeare
Complete searchable text of the 1914 Oxford edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare containing 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and miscellaneous verse.

English Literature
Resources for English Literature of Early 17th Century (1603-1660).

Renaissance English Literature
Resources for English Renaissance Literature (1485-1603).

Medieval English Literature (1350-1845)
Including introductions, texts, essays and articles. From Chaucer to Malory.

Great Books and Classic Works of Western Civilization
An online library of European literature.

Alex Catalogue of e-text
The Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts is a collection of public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.

Western European Literature
An extensive source for literary texts in the western European languages other than English.

Over 2000 English Poems
Representative Poetry On-line, version 2.07, includes 2,200 English poems by over 340 poets from Caedmon, in the Old English period, to twentieth century.

English Language and Literature
A resource for Medieval and Renaissance literature.

Shakespeare on the Web
A collection of Shakespeare resources from Gryphon Productions and the Smoky Mountain Shakespeare Festival in Knoxville, TN.

JollyRoger.com
A portal to the Web for those interested in the classics and the Renaissance.

The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri
Dante's masterpiece in modern idiomatic English. Also find related links.

Shakespeare Resources
An annotated guide to Shakespeare resources on the Internet, including his life and works, Shakespeare’s theatre, literary criticism, and more.

Dante Gabriel Rosetti
A source for studying the works of the Pre-Raphaelite poet and painter.

The On-Line Medieval & Classical Library
A collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization.

Shakespeare (Complete Works)
Offering Shakespeare's plays and poetry online.

Classic Collection on the Web
A collection of resources for ancient and medieval studies, including mythology, history, languages, philosophy, and other resources.

John Milton Reading Room
An annotated edition of Milton's poetry and major prose.

Milton's Areopagitica
A historical speech about censorship from antiquity to modern times, establishing the democratic right of freedom of speech and freedom of the press.