British Literature Review

• The W. W. Norton Co. provides a great overview

                    http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/noa/chron.htm#middle

• This link provides a very simplified background to use as a "jumping off" point:

                     http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/lili/personen/fleischmann/surveyelit.pdf .

• Best website for resources on British literature through the 18th century:

                     http://www.luminarium.org/ .

• This is the timeline from the Allyn Bacon Longman companion website

                     http://wps.ablongman.com/long_damrosch_britlit_2/0,6737,405065-,00.html .

• A review chronology (very general & limited)

                     http://www.studyguide.org/brit_lit_timeline.htm . 

• The following site is very good on the 18th & 19th centuries

                     http://www.victorianweb.org/vn/littime.html .

• The following site is very good on the Modern/20th century

                    http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2747 .

• This is another good general site   

                    http://www.k-state.edu/english/westmank/literary/britlit_resources.html

• The Cambridge History of English and American Literature

                    http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge