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Corpus of Middle English Prose & Verse | Middle English Dictionary Stanford only
Harvard Chaucer
Labyrinth Middle English texts
LEME: Lexicons of Early Modern English
Medieval Drama Links a personal selection by Sydney Higgins
Middle English Dictionary | Corpus of Middle English Prose & Verse Stanford only
Piers Plowman Electronic Archive

Early English Books Online (EEBO) Stanford only : From the first book printed in English by William Caxton. through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War. EEBO digitally reproduces facsimile images of the original editions of over 125. 000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640). Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700). and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661). Searching is limited to author. title. subject. printer and publication date.
English Poetry Stanford only : This database of the complete English poetic canon from Anglo-Saxon times to the end of the nineteenth century is drawn from the works of more than 1. 250 poets from 600 to 1900. English Poetry contains the full text of over 165. 000 poems taken from 4. 500 printed sources. The bibliographic basis of English Poetry is the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature; works in English of Welsh. Scottish and Irish poets are also included.
English Prose Drama Stanford only : The database comprises 1653 plays written in English and either acted on or intended for the stage. which are either wholly or predominantly in prose by 356 named and 42 anonymous authors. In addition to plays. English Prose Drama also covers masques. entertainments. and certain closet dramas. It includes both original works. as well as adaptations and translations.

Bibliography. Indexes. Guides

Beale. 1976. Old and Middle English poetry to 1500: a guide to information sources. Z2014 .P7 B34. Lane Rm.
Edwards. 1984. Middle English Prose: A Critical Guide to Major Authors and Genres. PR255.M52. Lane Rm.
Hager. 1997. Major Tudor authors: a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook PR411 .M25. Info Center.
Lewis. 1984. Index to Printed ME Prose. Z2014.P795 L49. Info Center. TOPICS: English prose literature--Middle English. 1100-1500--Bibliography. English prose literature--Middle English. 1100-1500--Indexes. English language--Middle English. 1100-1500--Texts--Bibliography. English language--Middle English. 1100-1500--Texts--Indexes.
Matthews. 1968. Old and ME Literature. Z2012.M32. Info Center.
May. 2004. Elizabethan poetry: a bibliography and first-line index of English verse. 1559-1603. 3 v. Z2014 .P7 M348. Lane Rm.
Severs. 1967-. A Manual of the writings in Middle English. 1050-1500. 1967-. PR255.M3. Lane Rm. Revision in progress of Wells Manual of the Writings in ME.
Shattock. 1999-. New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. 3rd ed. Z2011.N45. Info Center; update with:
- MLA International Bibliography
- Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
Old and Middle English literature. PR166.O43 1994 v.146. Dictionary of literary biography; v. 146. English literature--Old English. ca. 450-1100. English literature--Middle English. 1100-1500. A handy guide to major writers and anonymous works (e.g.. Alliterative Morte Arthure. N-Town Plays) that lists EETS; editions and modern English editions. Includes appendices "English Language 410-1500. " "Anglo-Norman Literature. " and "Celtic Background to Medieval Literature."

Manuscripts

Boffey. 2005. A new index of Middle English verse / Julia Boffey and A.S.G. Edwards. Subject (LC): English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500--Indexes. Continuation of:
Brown.1943. The index of Middle English verse. Z2012 .B86, Info Center. 1965 supplement.
Hamer (1995) A Manuscript Index to the Index of Middle English Prose.
Index of Middle English Prose. 1957- . Partial Contents: I. Huntington. 1957 (Z6621.H5273.M534. Lane Rm.); II. Rylands. Chetham's Library. 1985 (Z6605.E5L47. Lane Rm.); III. Digby. Bodleian. 1986 (Z6621.B663M55. Lane Rm.); IV. Douce. Bodleian. 1987 (Z6621.B663M53. Lane Rm.); V. Add. Coll. BL. 1988 (Z6621.B86E53. Lane Rm.); VI. Yorkshire libraries & Archives. 1989 (Z6605.E5P5. Lane Rm.); VII. Parisian libraries. 1989 (Z6605.E5557. Lane Rm.); VIII. Oxford College Libraries. 1991; IX. Ashmole. Bodleian. 1992 (Z6621.B663.M54. Lane Rm.). Subjects (LC): Manuscripts. English (Middle)--Catalogs. English prose literature--Middle English. 1100-1500--Manuscripts--Catalogs.
Pelteret. 1990. Catalogue of English post-conquest vernacular documents. PE505.P4. Lane Rm. TOPICS: English language--Middle English. 1100-1500--Texts--Manuscripts-- Union lists. Great Britain--History--Norman period. 1066-1154--Sources-- Manuscripts--Union lists. Great Britain--History--Henry II. 1154-1189--Sources--Manuscripts-- Union lists. Manuscripts. English (Middle)--Union lists.
Severs. 1967-. A Manual of the writings in Middle English. 1050-1500. 1967-. PR255.M3. Lane Rm.

Language

TOPICS: English language--Middle English. 1100-1500--Dictionaries. English language--Middle English. 1100-1500--Texts.

Burnley. J. D. The history of the English language: a source book. London. 1992. Green Library Gen Ref PE1075.5.B87 1992.
Hogg et.al. 1992-1996. The Cambridge history of the English language. 6 v. PE1072.C36, Info Center.
Kurath, ed. 1956-. Middle English dictionary. PE679 .M54, Lane Rm. Middle English Dictionary online.
Mitchell. Bruce. A guide to Old English / Bruce Mitchell. Fred C. Robinson. 5th ed. Oxford. 1992. Green Library Gen Ref PE131.M5 1992.
Skeat. 1914. A glossary of Tudor and Stuart words, especially from the dramatists. PE1667 .S5. Info Center.
Stratmann. 1891. A Middle-English Dictionary. A new ed.. re-arranged. rev. and enl. PE675 .S7, Lane Room.
Old and Middle English language studies: a classified bibliography. 1923-1985 / compiled by Matsuji Tajima. Amsterdam. 1988. Green Library Gen Ref Z2015.A1T3 1988.
Visser. Fredericus. An historical syntax of the English language. Leiden. E. J. Brill. 1963-73. Green Library Gen Ref PE1361.V5. NOTES: Includes bibliographies. Contents: pts. 1-2. Syntactical units with one verb.--pt.3. 1st half. Syntactical units with two verbs.--pt.3. 2d half. Syntactical units with two and more verbs.
Old and ME Language Studies 1923-1985. Z2015.A1T3.

Other Reference

Church of England. Book of common prayer. The Book of common prayer, 1559 : the Elizabethan
prayer book / edited by John E. Booty. BX5145.A4 1559B, Info Center.
Jeffrey. 1992. A Dictionary of biblical tradition in English literature. PR149.B5 D53. Info Center. Appendices include Authors use of the Bible. Bibliographies of Patristic. Medieval and Renaissance Scriptural Commentaries. Checklist of Biblical Commentaries available to English Authors. English Bibles: a brief histoty of translation.

Drama

Medieval Drama Links. a personal selection by Sydney Higgins

Ribner. 1978. Tudor and Stuart drama / compiled by Irving Ribner and Clifford Chalmers Huffman. 2d ed. Z2014 .D7 R5. Info Center.
Skeat. 1914. A glossary of Tudor and Stuart words, especially from the dramatists. PE1667 .S5. Info Center.
Medieval English Drama: an annotated bibliography of recent criticism. Z2014.D7.B43 1990.
English Tragedy 1370-1600: 50 Years of Criticism. Z2014.D7C3 1970.
The Cambridge companion to medieval English theatre. PN2587.C36 1994.
Annals of English drama. 975-1700: an analytical record of all plays. extant or lost. chronologically arranged and indexed by authors. titles. dramatic companies. 3rd ed. Routledge. 1989. Green Library Gen Ref Z2014.D7 H25 1989. TOPICS: English drama--Bibliography.
Bibliography of Medieval Drama. rev. ed.. 2 v.. 1972. Z5782.A258. Update

Bibliography of Medieval Drama 1973-1976. Z5782.A2.M875 1986.
Bibliography of Medieval Drama 1977-1980. Z5782.A2.M875 1988.

Companion to the Medieval Theatre. 1989. PN2152.C66.

Compendia of Criticism

British Writers. v.1. PR85.B688.
St. James Reference Guide to English Lit.. vol.1: The Beginnings and Renaissance. PR19.S7 1985.
Classical and Medieval Literary Criticism. PN610.C52 1987+.

Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (Harvard)

"Chaucer" in Old and Middle English literature. PR166.O43 1994 v.146. Chaucer's Bawdy; "Chaucer" in A Chaucer Dictionary; A Chaucer Gazetteer; Concordance to Chaucer; Student's Comprehensive Guide to Canterbury Tales. etc.. are at PR1941 and Z8164 in Information Center.

L.C. Subject Headings:: English literature--Middle English. 1100-1500--History and criticism.; Romances--History and criticism.; Literature. Medieval--History and criticism.; Chaucer. Geoffrey. d. 1400--History and criticism.

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