English

Linkage Programme with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville SIUE

The Department of English has participated in the Colleges and Universities Affliation Program (CUAP), a linkage programme involving the University of Ibadan (UI), Nigeria and Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (SIUE) since 2002. For three years - 2002-2004 - two lecturers from the department went to Edwardsville in the company of two other lecturers and a postgraduate student and spent an average of six weeks there to observe the system in SIUE. These visits involved participation in formal lectures and interaction with lecturers and other members of staff in various units of SIUE. They also visited institutions outside Edwardsville and participated in cultural events outside SIUE. In 2003 and 2004 the scholars from UI participated in the conferences of the Mid-America Alliance for African Studies (MAAS) in Lawrence (Kansas) and Edwardsville (Illinois) respectively. The visits to SIUE were preceded each year by the visit to UI of a team of scholars from SIUE. The American scholars used this time for a group research that involved fieldwork in Northern Edo State. Some of the Ibadan participants in CUAP collaborated in this research. This programme has paved the way for broader cooperation between UI and SIUE with many members of staff of UI, MacArthur Grant awardees, going to SIUE where they do useful research and management attachment. It is hoped that the University of Ibadan will ensure that the programme is revived and expanded.

Literature in English

Literature Online (LION)

250,000 full text works of English and American Literature. (UT Austin users)

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century (New York Public Library)

Fiction, poetry, biography, autobiography and essays, fully keyword searchable

Anthology of Middle English Literature 1350-1485 (Anniina Jokinen)

Dictionary of Literary Biography

Each entry contains personal information, a list of principal works and further readings about the author and critical response to their work. (UT Austin users)

Drama Collection (English Server)

Plays, screenplays and discussions of drama and dramatic productions

Early English Books Online, 1475 - 1700

This collection includes online versions of more than 96,000 books and other printed materials published in the English language from 1475 through 1700. To browse a book, click on the camera icon in your search results. To view an entire book, click on the box next to a book title in your search results. Then click on "Marked List" in the banner to go to the download page. To view complete books online you will need need Adobe Acrobat Reader. (UT Austin users)

English Literature - 16th Century Renaissance 1425-1603 (Anniina Jokinen)

English Literature - Early 17th Century 1603-1660 (Anniina Jokinen)

English Server Fiction Collection

Novels and short stories; alphabetical by author

EServer.org (Iowa State University)

Major humanities text collection. Browse or search by topic--location and keyword searchable

Humanities Text Initiative (University of Michigan)

Hyperizons: Hypertext Fiction

Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism (UT Austin users)

Library of Southern Literature (University of North Carolina)

A Digitized Library of Southern Literature: Beginnings to 1924

Literature Online - LION (UT Austin users)

More than 250,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 180 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources

Middle English Collection (University of Virginia)

40 titles, most of which are publicly-accessible

Modern English Collection - AD 1500-present (University of Virginia)

Browse by subject: African American, including Letters from Liberia; Native American; American Civil War; Salem Witch Trials; Thomas Jefferson; Edgar Allan Poe; Mark Twain; William Shakespeare; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Women Writers; Young Readers; Literature in Translation; Best Sellers, 1900-1930; UVa Special Collections. 2,722 titles including 17,518 manuscript and book illustrations (including covers, spines, page images), many of which are publicly accessible

Old English Corpus (UT Austin users)

Poetry Online

Resources for English and American Literature (University of Texas Libraries)

Includes links to electronic books and web sites with electronic texts

Shakespeare Resources (University of Virginia Library)

Short Stories (East of the Web)

Wright American Fiction 1851-1875 (Indiana University)

Online collection of 19th century American fiction, as listed in Lyle Wright's bibliography American Fiction, 1851-1875. Includes 1752 texts by 845 authors