Periods and Movements

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.
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clshome.htm

Gothic Undercurrents: Instructor Overview
Essay on the American Gothic movement of the nineteenth century, with a timeline, bibliography, and teachers' notes.
http://www.learner.org/amerpass/unit06/instructor.html

Luminarium.org
Aniina Jokinen's scholarly and entertaining take on Medieval, Renaissance and 17th century English literature: Texts, essays and articles, illustrations and music.
http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm

Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English
Articles on relevant writers, culture and theory. Based at the National University of Singapore.
http://www.postcolonialweb.org/

Psychedelic '60s: Literary Tradition and Social Change
A broad historical overview of the culture and literature of the '60s.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/sixties/index.html