from the London School of Journalism.

Biography.com	Searchable database of brief biographies
Books and Writers	Introductions to many authors from Petri Liukkonen
Cambridge Encyclopedia	The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, in eighteen volumes
Geometry.net	Alphabetical index to authors
Internet Public Library	Indexed by author, title. period, and nationality
Literature Annotations	Literature Annotations from New York University
Literary Encyclopedia	Encyclopedia of Literature in English around the world
Literaryhistory.com	Ever-expanding database of links to Literature in English
Open Directory	A-Z Authors on Open Directory, which supplies Google, AOL, and many other search engines
Yahoo	A-Z Authors on Yahoo
Google	A-Z Authors on Google

Old English

Old English	Old English resources from the University of Toronto
Anglo Saxon	Anglo Saxon resources from Open Directory
Old and Middle English	Old and Middle English resources from the History of the English Language site

Middle English

Essays and articles on Middle English Literature

Medieval literature resources from Rutgers, by Jack Lynch

Medieval literature resources from Voice of the Shuttle

Yahoo's Medieval literature starting point

Renaissance and early C17th

Luminarium C16th	Essays and articles on Renaissance literature
Luminarium C17th	Essays and articles on 17th Century literature
Rutgers: Jack Lynch	Renaissance literature resources from Rutgers, by Jack Lynch
Voice of the Shuttle	Renaissance and 17th Century literature resources from Voice of the Shuttle

Rutgers: Jack Lynch	Eighteenth century resources from Rutgers, by Jack Lynch
Voice of the Shuttle	Eighteenth century literature resources from Voice of the Shuttle
San Antonio College	Restoration and Eighteenth century information from San Antonio College
A Dictionary of Sensibility	A new approach towards understanding the language of eighteenth-century sensibility
Eighteenth century novel	Resources on the Eighteenth century novel from Literaryhistory.com
The Age of Reason	Developments in English in the Eighteenth Century. An essay on our Essays page

Romantic Literature

Voice of the Shuttle	Extensive list of resources on Romantic literature
Rutgers: Jack Lynch	Literary Resources - Romantic
Romantic Circles	Web site devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature
Romanticism On the Net	Journal of Romantic Studies. Plus Sites, Journals, Associations, Reviews, Conferences

Victorian Literature

The Victorian Web	Extensive information on Victorian authors
Political and social novels	The Cambridge History: political and social novels. Scroll down to section X1
Literary Gothic	Resources on gothic literature
Literaryhistory.com	19th Century links from Literaryhistory.com
Rutgers: Jack Lynch	Victorian literature resources from Rutgers, by Jack Lynch
Voice of the Shuttle	Victorian literature resources from Voice of the Shuttle
Indiana University	Victorian Women Writers Project

Modern and Postmodern Literature

Literaryhistory.com	20th Century literature links from Literaryhistory.com
Rutgers: Jack Lynch	Literary resources, 20th Century British and Irish
Shuttle - modern	Modern literature resources from Voice of the Shuttle
Shuttle - contemporary	Contemporary literature resources from Voice of the Shuttle
Modern Drama	Snagged links on Modern World drama from Stetson University
British Council	Index of Contemporary Writers from the British Council