quick links :

Here is a short list of useful sites:
   
  OED (restricted) | U-M Electronic Resources (restricted) | U-M MIRLYN Web (restricted) | Voice of the Shuttle | Humanities Text Initiative | MLA Web Citation Guide | Networked eResources - U Toronto (restricted)
   
 

webliography :

This (evolving) list has been broken down into several sections: general and early modern resource pages, pages for specific authors and e-texts, pages dealing with the performance of early modern texts, and those posting information on early modern dance, music, art, and architecture:
   
  general resources | early modern resources | early modern journals | authors | libraries | e-texts | performance | dance, music, art & architecture | fun
   
    general resources :
     
    Literary Resources on the Net - This resource listing site features a search engine.
    Literary Index - Resource metapage designed to help locate literary information.
  English Server at Carnegie Mellon - A search site designed to help locate resources on the Internet.
  Bartelby Verse Project - Searchable database of verse.
  Books in Chains - This site is a resource metapage that helps locate literary information.
  Arden Net - Arden Publishers post information on the Internet.
    Institute for the Humanities - University of Michigan resource site for humanities scholars.
    Networked eResources - Database of journal articles from the University of Toronto
    Historical Manuscripts Commission - The Royal Commission for the preservation of archives, UK.
    Public Records Office - Official records as kept by the National Archives, UK.
    Library of Congress - National library and archive for the USA.
     
    early modern resources :
     
database search sites posted by the Humanities Text Initiative at the University of Michigan:   Luminarium - The site provides information and links to resources on a large number early modern authors.
  Labyrinth - Late medieval and early modern literary resource page posted by Georgetown University.
  Early Modern Europe - Searchable versions of literary and historical early modern documents.
Michigan Early Modern Materials   Early Modern England Source - Provides information on early modern studies events and resources
Early English Prose Fiction   Early Modern English Dictionary - University of Toronto site connects a search engine to several electronic early modern english dictionaries.
Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare   Medieval and Renaissance Studies on the Web - Metapage for online resources developed by Yale.
Riverside Shakespeare   Renaissance Forum - Online journal dealing with literary, historical, and cultural issues in the early modern period.
Philosophical Masters   Renaissance Historical Documents - E-texts and images of historical documents, posted by BYU.
English Verse Drama Database   Early Modern World - Resource page with early modern e-texts, images, and links to online resources.
English Prose Drama Database   Trade Products in Early Modern England - Images and information on early modern trade products and methods.
English Poetry Database   Currency Conversion for Early Modern English Money - A listing of currency and its value in the early modern period.
Bible: King James Version   Philosophy of Religion - Site run by a student at Baylor University; inlcudes information and e-texts of early modern philosophers.
New Testament (Rheims 1582)   David Scott Kastan's Resources - Wonderful listing of useful sites.
Latin Texts   Renaissance newsgroups - Links to information on various listserv groups, from U of Penn.
     
    early modern journals :
     
   

Early Modern Culture - Journal listing both articles and responses.

    Early Modern Literarary Studies - This online journal presents information on early modern literature and culture.
    Shakespeare Quarterly - Online information about journal dedicated to Shakespeare studies.
    Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama - Journal from U of Kansas Press.
    Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies - Online information about Duke U journal.
    Milton Quarterly - The online home of the journal dedicated to studies on Milton.
    Renaissance Forum - Electronic journal of early modern literary and historical studies.
    The Sidney Journal - Online information about the journal.
     
    authors :
     
    Internet Shakespeare Edition - Site posted by University of Victoria to help teach Shakespeare; includes extensive Internet resource list.
    Shakespeare Oxford Society - Offers current information on Shakespeare's followers.
would you like to review a site, or do you have a site to add? contact the webmaster.
   Shakespeare Society of America - Offers current information on Shakespeare's followers in America.
  Shakespeare Illustrated - Site posted by Emory University provides scholarly information and links to useful sites.
  Surfing with the Bard - Offers links to sites that provide informations as well as scholarly fun with Shakespeare.
  Coined by Shakespeare - Advertisement site posted by Merriam-Webster offering a listing of words coined by the bard (and their dictionary definitions).
  Shakespeare's Globe - Photos and blueprints of the new Globe theatre in London; posted by the University of Reading in the UK.
  Shakespeare Mystery - Posted on the web as part of the television show "Frontline"; meant to investigate claims that Shakespeare did not author the famous plays.
  Complete Works of Shakespeare - The works of Shakespeare in electronic form are the focus of this site.
  First Folio Facsimile - The University of Pennsylvania, with the Center for Electronic Text and Image, is in the process of posting high-quality images of a 1623 First Folio.
    Ben Jonson Catalogue - Digital catalogue of Ben Jonson's work posted by IATH at the University of Virginia.
    Aphra Behn Society - Dedicated to resources and e-texts related to Behn.
    Sir Thomas Browne Page - Page on University of Chicago server dedicated to the works of Browne.
    Edmund Spenser Page - A site devoted to Spenser and his works.
    Milton Reading Room - The site offers e-texts relating to Milton.

would you like to learn about events and meeting times for the Early Modern Colloquium?

   Milton-L Page - The site supports a discussion group devoted to Milton; also includes images and e-texts relating to Milton.
  Aemilia Lanyer Page - Site dedicated to resources and e-texts relating to Lanyer.
  Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe - Site dedicated to resources and e-texts relating to Marlowe.
  Benedictus de Spinoza - site dedicated to the works of Spinoza.
     
    libraries :
     
    The British Library - The national library for the UK.
    The Bodleian - Library collection, Oxford University, UK.
    Cambridge University Library - Library collection, Cambridge University, UK.
    Houghton Library - Harvard University library.
    Beinecke Library - Yale University library.
    The Folger - The Folger Shakespeare library, in Washington, DC.
    The Huntington - UCLA library.
    The Newberry - University of Chicago library.
    The Library of Congress - National library and archive for the USA.
     
    e-texts :
     
    Renaissance Electronic Texts - Large collection of early modern e-texts (from Donne to Cavendish) posted by the University of Toronto.
visit the English department at the University of Michigan for more info on meetings, announcements, and social activities.   Renaissance Women Online Collection - Part of the Brown University "Women Writers Project"; features e-texts.
  Perdita Project - Information on the upcoming early modern women's writing compilation project.
   
  dance, music, art & architecture :
   
    Renaissance Dance - The site provides access to dance treatises written about dance in the ealry modern period.
    Renaissance Dance Sources - A resource page dedicated to online early modern dance resources.
    Internet Renaissance Band - The site provides hundreds of musical midi files containing early modern musical works.
    Sixteenth Century Ballads - Offers work-in-progress information on early modern music materials.

check out the Institute of the Humanities calendar of talks presented by the Institute.

   Renaissance Image Gallery - Early modern images collected by a University of Pennsylvania professor.
  Alciato's Book of Emblems - The site features high-quality images of Andrea Alciato's "Emblematum liber."
  Renaissance and Baroque Architecture - The site gathers images of art and architecture in early modern europe.
 
     
    fun :
     
    Shakespearean Insult Page - Load and reload insults gathered from Shakespeare's plays.
    "Proper" Elizabethan Accent Guide - Fun site helps develop "proper" Elizabethan pronounciation; sound files.
     
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