Gender and Women's Studies: Researching Topics : Literature
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Databases
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Women Writers Online (1526-1850)Full-text collection of early women’s writing in English, published between 1526 and 1850, focusing on materials that are rare or inaccessible.
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Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic PeriodIn addition to 60 volumes of Romantic poetry composed by Scottish women, the database includes extensive contemporary critical reviews and scholarly essays specially commissioned for the project.
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Emily Dickinson's CorrespondencesXML-based archive of seventy-four poems and letters from Emily’s correspondence with her sister-in-law and primary confidante, Susan Dickinson. Each text includes a scan of the holograph manuscript.
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Black Women WritersCollection of literature and essays on feminist issues, written by Black women from North America, Africa, the Caribbean, and the rest of the African Diaspora.
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Cairns Collection of American Women Writers to 1930: Author ListArchived dataset of author names associated with the William B. Cairns Collection of American Women Writers to 1930 (not searchable, not updated).
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Latin American Women WritersCollection of literary works, memoirs and essays, in their original language, by Latin American women from the colonial period in the 17th century to the present.