Contemporary
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Contemporary Literature: British Novels Now |
Course materials from MIT on contemporary British and Commonwealth novels. Includes essay questions, lecture notes, links to web resources, and... |
Fiction, Novels, Contemporary, Postmodernism, Postcolonial, Analysis | view | |
Old English: An Introduction |
Podcasts on Old English language and literature, by Dr Stuart Lee (University of Oxford). |
Old English, Language, Poetry, Stories, Prose, Contemporary | view | |
Deepika Bahri’s Postcolonialism pages |
Resources on postcolonial writing and theory from Deepika Bahri (Emory University). |
Postcolonial, Contemporary, Fiction, Literary Theory, Criticism | view | |
English Timeline |
An interactive timeline from the British Library exploring the evolution of English language and literature, 1000 AD-present. |
Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Books, Early modern, Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian, Modernism, Postmodernism, Contemporary | view | |
Neo-Victorian Studies |
Open-access, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal on contemporary re-imaginings of Victorian literature and culture. |
Contemporary, Twentieth-century, Victorian, Criticism | view | |
Reconceiving the British Isles: The Literature of the Archipelago |
Podcast series from University College Dublin. Includes talks on recent poetry and literary studies. |
Irish, Poetry, Contemporary | view | |
The American Novel |
Course materials from MIT on American novels. Includes essay questions, guidance on writing essays, and links to web resources. |
Fiction, Novels, American, Nineteenth-century, Twentieth-century, Contemporary | view | |
The Best Novels You Haven't Read |
Scholars from UC Berkeley and Stanford University discuss the novel as a literary form. |
The Novel, Novels, Contemporary, Analysis | view | |
British Council: Contemporary Writers |
Searchable directory of contemporary authors, including biographies, links, and bibliographies. |
Contemporary, Twentieth-century, Fiction, Poetry, Drama | view | |
Literature and Form |
Podcast series on form in narrative fiction, by Dr Catherine Brown, Oxford University. |
Fiction, Twentieth-century, Comparative literature, Novels, Analysis, Contemporary | view |