Archive for January, 2009

William Blake: Special & Reserve Collections

January 22, 2009

The display cabinet on the ground floor of the Library is currently showing a selection of material from the University’s Special & Reserve Collections.  In the display are several interesting books on William Blake including:
- Alexander Gilchrist’s ‘Life of William Blake’ (1942, originally published in 1863) which is the first biography of Blake and includes reminiscences [...]

New Journal on Project MUSE®

January 12, 2009

Project MUSE® has recently acquired Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature.  This journal is published by the International Board on Books for Young People.  Take a look at the Tables of Contents for the 2008 issues.
Vol. 46, No. 3, 2008
Vol. 46, No. 2, 2008
Vol. 46, No. 1, 2008
Access to the full text is available [...]

Shakespeare Quartos from the British Library

January 12, 2009

The British Library holds 93 Quartos of Shakespeare’s plays which are available to view online at the following website: Treasures in Full- Shakespeare in Quarto.  Click the Texts link to view digital images of each quarto or to compare any two quartos against each other.
The site also includes useful links to other websites with digital resources.