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Primary, Secondary, Tertiary (Reference) Sources for English and American Literature
Databases with Full Text of Literary Works
Books are not the only method of accessing full text of literary works. While you can go to books to find full text options, databases often provide easier access and more paratextual information. These listings summarize the University of Iowa's databases dedicated to providing full texts of literary pieces.
Databases
- Black Authors, 1556-1922
- Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson Online
- Canadian Poetry
- Caribbean Literature
- Complete Prose of T.S. Eliot
- Early American Fiction, 1789-1875
- Early English Prose Fiction
- Eighteenth-Century Fiction
- English Drama
- English Poetry
- Faber Poetry Library
- Latino Literature
- Nineteenth-Century Fiction
- North American Indian Drama
- Short Story Index
- Twentieth-Century African American Poetry
- Twentieth-Century American Poetry
- Twentieth-Century English Poetry
- Women Writers Online
- Wright American Fiction, 1851-1875
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