Contemporary
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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 |
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Neo-Victorian Studies |
Open-access, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal on contemporary re-imaginings of Victorian literature and culture. |
Contemporary, Twentieth-century, Victorian, Criticism | view |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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British Council: Contemporary Writers |
Searchable directory of contemporary authors, including biographies, links, and bibliographies. |
Contemporary, Twentieth-century, Fiction, Poetry, Drama | view |
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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 |
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What Is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 |
Selected recordings of conference proceedings. |
Fiction, Drama, Analysis, Postcolonial, Contemporary, Victorian, Renaissance | view |
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The Post-Colonial Web |
Resources on contemporary postcolonial and post-imperial literatures in English. |
Postcolonial, Contemporary, Criticism, Literary Theory | view |
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The American Novel Since 1945 |
Online course on post-war American novels by Professor Amy Hungerford (Yale University). Includes video lectures. |
Novels, American, Postmodernism, Contemporary, Twentieth-century, Modernism | view |