Resources
Timeline British History 1800-1900
Thoughts on Reading 19th Century Fiction
Introductory remarks on 19th century literature
Study Questions
A. Byatt
Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights, summary
Samuel Butler, Erewhon, Erewhon 2
Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone
George Eliot, Mill on the Floss , Mill on the Floss 2, Mill on the Floss 3
Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton , Mary Barton 2
William Morris, News from Nowhere
Margaret Oliphant, "The Library Window"
Mary Prince, True History of Mary Prince
Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Walter Scott, "The Two Drovers"
Writing an Essay, Florence Boos
Biographical information from the Dictionary of Literary Biography:
William
Morris
Margaret
Oliphant
Selected Library Resources
InfoHawk Gateway -- Portal to to library resources including library catalogs, periodical indexes and abstracts, electronic journals and books, reference materials, and many more web-based resources. Use InfoHawk to search the catalogs of the University of Iowa Libraries and Law Library, the State Historical Society of Iowa, and the University of Iowa Curriculum Lab.
PCI
(Periodicals Contents Index) -- Retrospective index to more
than 2000 journals, back as far as early 19th century.
(UI access only)
Literature On Line
(LION) -- English and American works and a searchable
index of secondary sources. (UI
access only)
Modern Language Association
Bibliography (MLAB) -- Best index to scholarly resources
in theatre and literature. Indexes books, chapters of books, journal
articles, dissertations. After identifying a book or article you want
to use, check InfoHawk for availability in UI Libraries.
Dictionary of Literary
Biography -- For biographical, bibliographical and critical
information on authors. (UI access only)