Literary Research and the Victorian and Edwardian Ages, 1830-1910: Strategies and Sources (Literary Research: Strategies and Sources Book 9)

The diverse literatures of Victorian and Edwardian Britain have provided a wealth of research materials for novice and expert researchers alike. Although the body of scholarship for the Edwardian Age is smaller than that of the Victorian, researchers should have no shortage of resources for learning more about the literatures of either time period. While many of the novels, plays, poetry, and prose from the Victorian and Edwardian Ages are still readily available in print, a vast amount of literature has long since fallen out of print. Recent efforts in digitization ”the Victorian Women Writers Project; English Literary Periodicals, 1681-1914; Early British Periodicals, 1681-1921; 19th Century British Library Newspapers; 19th Century U.K. Periodicals; Times Digital Archives; Victorian Popular Culture; and even Google Books ”have helped to make many texts more widely accessible. Literary Research and the Victorian and Edwardian Ages, 1830-1910 discusses traditional and new resources for researching this period of British literature and the ways in which those resources can be used in conjunction with one another. By helping readers navigate the resources and issues particular to these literatures, this book will serve as an essential guide to researching the literatures of the Victorian and Edwardian Ages. The diverse literatures of Victorian and Edwardian Britain have provided a wealth of research material for novice and expert researchers alike. While many of the novels, plays, poetry, and prose from the Victorian and Edwardian ages are still readily available, a vast amount of literature is no longer in print. Recent efforts in digitization--the Victorian Women Writers Project; English Literary Periodicals, 1681-1914; Early British Periodicals, 1681-1921; 19th Century British Library Newspapers; 19th Century U.K. Periodicals; Times Digital Archives; Victorian Popular Culture; and even Google Books--have helped to make many texts of these periods more widely accessible. Literary Research and the Victorian and Edwardian Ages, 1850-1910 describes traditional and contemporary resources for researching these eras of British literature and how the resources can be used in conjunction with one another. Helping readers navigate reference materials and issues particular to the literature of the time, this book serves as an essential guide for librarians, professors, graduate students, undergraduate students, and independent scholars alike. --Book Jacket Introduction Basics of online searching General literary reference sources Library catalogs Print and electronic bibliographies, indexes, and annual reviews Scholarly journals Reviews and literature in contemporary magazines Period journals and newspapers Microform and digital collections Manuscripts and archives Web resources Researching a thorny problem Appendix: resources in related disciplines Bibliography Index. This volume discusses traditional and new resources for researching British literature of the Victorian and Edwardian ages and the ways in which those resources can be used in conjunction with one another.