Authoritative biographies and critical summaries of the lives and work of thousands of ports, fiction writers, playwrights, journalists, hymnists and writers in other genres.
Biographical essays on men and women who shaped the American nation.
The American National Biography Online offers portraits of more than 17,000 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation. The online version reproduces the full-text of the original 24 volume set published in 1999, with new and updated entries added regularly. The online edition features thousands of illustrations, hyperlinked cross-references, links to select web sites, and powerful search capabilities.
Provides brief biographical information and lists of publications for about 90,000 current authors of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, media, etc.
Provides brief biographical information and lists of publications by and about over 90,000 current authors of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, media, etc., active in the U. S. and internationally. Coverage: Current edition. Updates: Continuous.
Provides general essays and biographical information for authors from all genres and time periods. Also includes references to primary and further critical information.
This new and growing database covers authors from all genres and time periods. Entries provide a good starting point for students by providing a general essay and biographical information. In addition to the essay there are references to primary and further critical information. All entries are written by scholars and academic specialists.
Biographies of noteworthy men and women who shaped Britain's past.
An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of noteworthy men and women who shaped Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000
Covers the vocabulary of the English language between the years 600-1150 A.D.
Covers the vocabulary of the English language between the years 600-1150 A.D., giving definitions, examples of use, variations in spelling, and references to contemporary texts. The Dictionary is being compiled incrementally.
"The largest historical dictionary of English slang.... coverage of over 500 years of slang from c. 1500 onwards." Updates the printed edition of 2010.
A comprehensive analysis of lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500.
Its 15,000 pages offer a comprehensive analysis of lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500, based on the analysis of a collection of over three million citation slips, the largest collection of this kind available. This electronic version of the MED preserves all the details of the print MED, but goes far beyond this, by converting its contents into an enormous database, searchable in ways impossible within any print dictionary.
226 essays on individual critics and theorists, schools and movements, and specific countries and historical periods.
The Guide consists of 226 alphabetically arranged entries on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
Descriptive records and detailed finding guides for archival and manuscript collections in U.S. and international institutions.
An index produced by the Research Libraries Group to finding aids and other descriptive information about the holdings of manuscript and archival collections in libraries and research institutions throughout the world
The Stationers’ Company Archive is one of the most important resources for understanding the workings of the early book trade, the printing and publishing community, the establishment of legal requirements for copyright provisions and the history of bookbinding. Explore extremely rare documents dating from 1554 to the 21st century in this invaluable resource of research material for historians and literary scholars.