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Periods and Movements

This category contains listings of internet resources related to the history of literature--literary movements, periods, eras, and so forth.

Sites in Periods and Movements

Psychedelic '60s: Literary Tradition and Social Change
A broad historical overview of the culture and literature of the '60s.
Luminarium.org
Aniina Jokinen's scholarly and entertaining take on Medieval, Renaissance and 17th century English literature: Texts, essays and articles, illustrations and music.
Victorian Literature Overview
Extensive information on Victorian-era literature, from Brown University's Victorian Web.
Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature: An Overview
An extensive compilation of scholarly materials on (non-U. S.) contemporary English-language literature, with information on various authors and their works, political and historic context, etc.
English Literature & Religion
Bibliographical database about religious aspects and backgrounds of English literature, from the Middle Ages to the present century, with primary (though not exclusive) emphasis upon writers within the Anglican tradition.
The Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations
Historical overview of great texts of the West, and of how they have at different times been presented to the reader in book form.
Cheeky Fictions: Laughter and the Postcolonial
A call for papers for an edited collection on the function of humour in postcolonial literatures.
Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English
Articles on relevant writers, culture and theory. Based at the National University of Singapore.
Bodleian Library Image Catalogue
Features medieval manuscript images from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK.
NetSERF: Medieval Literature
A small but carefully selected collection of links to 'net resources on Medieval Literature and online archives of Medieval texts.
Gothic Undercurrents: Instructor Overview
Essay on the American Gothic movement of the nineteenth century, with a timeline, bibliography, and teachers' notes.

sub categories in Periods and Movements

Medieval Medieval
Enlightenment Enlightenment
Realism Realism
Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction
Naturalism Naturalism
Bloomsbury Group Bloomsbury Group
Existentialism Existentialism
Hard-Boiled Hard-Boiled
Oulipo Oulipo
Metafiction Metafiction
Renaissance Renaissance
Romanticism Romanticism
Modernism Modernism
Beat Beat
Pre-Raphaelites Pre-Raphaelites
Transcendentalism Transcendentalism
Surrealism Surrealism
Lost Generation Lost Generation
Magical Realism Magical Realism

cross references

Arts : Classical Studies Arts : Classical Studies
Arts : Literature : Genres Arts : Literature : Genres
Arts : Literature : Poetry : Genres Arts : Literature : Poetry : Genres
Arts : Literature : World Literature Arts : Literature : World Literature
Society : History : By Topic : Cultural History Society : History : By Topic : Cultural History

other references

Arts : Literature : Periods and Movements : Modernism : Dadaism Arts : Literature : Periods and Movements : Modernism : Dadaism
Arts : Literature : World Literature : American : 20th Century : Harlem Renaissance Arts : Literature : World Literature : American : 20th Century : Harlem Renaissance
Arts : Literature : World Literature : British : Victorian Arts : Literature : World Literature : British : Victorian
Society : History : By Time Period : Twentieth Century : Wars and Conflicts : World War I : Art and Literature Society : History : By Time Period : Twentieth Century : Wars and Conflicts : World War I : Art and Literature

this category in other languages

Období a hnutí Czech : Období a hnutí
Périodes et mouvements French : Périodes et mouvements
Epochen German : Epochen
Periodi e Movimenti Italian : Periodi e Movimenti
Períodos y movimientos Spanish : Períodos y movimientos
Epoker och rörelser Swedish : Epoker och rörelser
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