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Romanticism
 Websites presented in alphabetical order British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832 
 Full-text editions of works of nearly 60 British and Irish poets. Searchable, and browsable by author. Created by librarian Nancy Kushigian at the Shields Library, University of California, Davis. http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/ Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People: Women, Poetry Last updated Jul 6, 2006 Byron: A Comprehensive Study of His Life and Work
The site includes a biography of the poet of the English romantic era; a timeline of his life and work; portraits of him, his friends, and his family; selections from his works; information on his wife, Anne Isabella Milbanke, and his lover, Lady Carolyn Lamb; and more. http://englishhistory.net/byron.html Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People, Poetry Last updated Sep 26, 2006 The Engines of Our Ingenuity
This searchable site contains the full transcripts of all 1550+ radio programs of the same title written and hosted by John Lienhard and broadcast on KUHF-FM, Houston. It "tells the story of how our culture is formed by human creativity. The program uses the record of history to reveal the way art, technology, and ideas have shaped us. Topics range from cable cars to Civil War submarines, from the connection between Romantic poets and Victorian science to the invention of the bar code." http://www.uh.edu/engines/ Topics: Poetry, Technology Last updated Sep 27, 2000 George Gordon, Lord Byron, 1788-1824
Selections from the letters and journals, other prose, and poetry of "the most prolific and controversial of the great English Romantic poets." Include the full texts of Byron's "Cain: a Mystery" and E. H. Coleridge's biography of Byron (from the 1905 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica). Also features a few links to both serious and fun Byron sites. http://engphil.astate.edu/gallery/byron.html Topics: Authors by Region, Correspondence, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Mysteries and More, Notable People, Poetry Last updated Sep 14, 2006 John Keats: A Comprehensive Study of His Life and Work
Contents include a biography of the poet; a timeline of his life and work; portraits of him, his friends, and his family; selections from his works; information on his houses in Rome and London; and more on this romantic English poet. http://www.englishhistory.net/keats.html Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People, Poetry Last updated Sep 29, 2004 W.H. Auden at Swarthmore, 1940-1972
Exhibit about British poet W.H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden's time at Swarthmore College, where he taught "from 1942 through 1945, but [where] his relationship with the college endured until his death in 1973." Highlights include a chart from Auden's Romanticism seminar, his call slips and reserve slips at the library, and transcripts from a question-and-answer session with a 1971 class. From Swarthmore College Library. http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/auden/ Topics: Poetry Last updated Mar 17, 2009 Women Poets of the Romantic Period, 1770-1839
Learn about works by women poets of the British Romantic period by using this bibliography of books held by the University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Includes a list of "more than 350 works by such writers as Anna Barbauld, Charlotte Smith, Mary Robinson, Felicia Hemans, and numerous other authors, both well-known and more obscure." Entries include contents notes. Also provides links to related sites. http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/specialcollections/collections/women.htm Topics: Poetry Last updated Mar 23, 2009 |
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