LibGuides: English Language and Literature: Renaissance and Enlightenment

"Portrait of William Shakespeare." The Bridgeman Art Library Archive. London: Bridgeman, 2008. Credo Reference. Web. 21 November 2013.

Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Folger Shakespeare Library
Seeks to advance understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's writings and of the culture of early modern Europe more generally.
Open Source Shakespeare
Open Source Shakespeare attempts to be the best free Web site containing Shakespeare's complete works and a dictionary/concordance.
Shakespeare Resource Center
The site offers bibliographic information about the Bard; a historical look at Elizabethan England; an overview of the four major periods of Shakespeare’s works; synopses of his plays; an overview of the authorship debate that has been going since the 1700s; Shakespeare’s language; collected links from all over the World Wide Web; and a bibliographical list of printed materials.
Shakespeare's Sonnets
All the sonnets are provided here, with descriptive commentary attached to each one, giving explanations of difficult and unfamiliar words and phrases, and with a full analysis of any special problems of interpretation which arise.
The Furness Shakespeare Library (UPenn)
A selection of primary and secondary sources, including both texts and images, that illuminate the theater, literature, and history of Shakespeare, Shakespearean texts, theatrical production, and criticism.

Other Renaissance Websites

"Fol. 17v, 'Orso E Non Furo Mai Fiumi Ne Stagni', from 'Canzoniere E Trionfi' by Petrarch, C.1470." Bridgeman Images: The Bridgeman Art Library. London: Bridgeman, 2014. Credo Reference. Web. 28 January 2015.

Early Modern Literary Studies
A refereed journal which examines English literature, literary culture, and language during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Francesco Petrarch
Site includes Italian, English, and an mp3 reading of most of Petrarch's sonnets.
History of the English Language--Univ. of Toronto
Site includes a list of links to on-line, worldwide resources for the study of the English language and its history, an anthology of historical texts representing different genres of English, and an encyclopedia on the cultural history of English.
Luminarium
Combines several sites first created in 1996 to provide a starting point for students and enthusiasts of English Literature. Covers Medieval through 18th century literature.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg offers over 42,000 free ebooks
Post-Reformation Digital Library: Early Modern Authors
The PRDL is an independent scholarly initiative currently affiliated with the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies of Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary.
The Story of English
The Story of English is the title of an Emmy Award winning nine-part television series which originally broadcast on BBC and PBS.
The Works of Christopher Marlowe
From the Perseus Project, Tufts University.