Literature and Creative Writing - Suggested Additional Resources

There are a wide range of resources available to Literature and Creative Writing students beyond the obvious journals, databases and websites. Here we list a selection we think you'll find useful.

Internet Tutorials

• Internet for English
  interactive on-line tutorials to help you access web resources in your subject area.

Newspapers

• 17th-18th Burney Collection Newspapers
• 19th Century UK Periodicals
  magazines published for new readership audiences emerging in the 19th century, including a focus on women, children, leisure interests
• British Periodicals
  includes key sources from 1680s to 1930s with input from major literary figures e.g. Conan Doyle, Defoe, Dickens, Mrs. Gaskell, Smollett
• Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842-2003
• Nexis UK
  Search for and read international newspaper articles from 1980s/90s to the present.
• Times Digital Archive 1785-1985

Reading Lists

Reading lists may have been prepared by your lecturer specifically for your course.

• School of Creative Arts, Film and Media
• School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies

School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies

• SSHLS Website: English Literature
  Latest research and news relevant to SSHLS students

Theses and Dissertations

Some examples of dissertations from a range of English and Creative Writing courses are available  on the Dissertations database.