General Resources->Digital Repositories
English Literature->Poetry->By period->Medieval,Middle English(1066-1500)
English Literature->Poetry->By period->English Renaissance(1500-1640)

This website was created and edited by Risa Stephanie Bear at the University of Oregon. This site is an effort to make available online works printed in English between the years 1477, when Caxton began printing and 1799, the date of the first edition of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s collaboration on a new kind of poetry. Namely, the site is an extensive online repository of literary works printed prior to the Romantic era. Accordingly, online texts are available. It is also possible to access the PDF file version of every item. Sorted by authors alphabetically, this site is very easy to search. Moreover, there is a search engine for visitors to quickly locate particular words or phrases. This site offers the earliest editions of works which contain spellings and typography in use at the time of first printing, while many other libraries do not have access to such editions. Thus, it is useful for students to spend a little time experiencing some of the context of the contemporary reading experience.

URL : http://uoregon.edu/%7Erbear/

Keyword(s) : Renaissance in literature, European poetry, Renaissance, 1450-1600

English Literature->Poetry->By period->English Renaissance(1500-1640)
English Literature->Poetry->By period->17th century
English Literature->Poetry->By period->18th century
English Literature->Poetry->By period->19th century
English Literature->Poetry->By period->20th century

This user-friendly site is an archive of English sonnets, commentary, and other helpful web links on relevant matter, and a forum for modern poets to update and discuss their works. Attractively adorned, the sonnets are grouped by period, and authors can be looked up via an alphabetical list for more research. Since this site is designed for general readers, it would be useful for English students up to the undergraduate level. Moreover, it offers sonnets of different countries such as Canada, United States of America, Brazil and so forth. As mentioned in the introduction, since it is aimed at general readers, all of the sonnets included in the site as well as the ones that are linked are in modernized text. Even so, this site will be a stepping stone for more detailed research, and this will definitely guide its users to more helpful resources consisting of critical essays and extensive annotated bibliography.

URL : http://www.sonnets.org/

Keyword(s) : Sonnets, English, Sonnet

English Literature->Poetry->By period->English Renaissance(1500-1640)

This informative website is full of information and texts that students can rely on when conducting research on either Sir Philip Sidney or Edmund Spenser. This site offers a way to search various works by these two renowned poets and texts written by them. Users are exposed to the largest collection of bibliographic references on both poets through this particular site. Any bibliographical data can be searched, and there is links page which contains other useful websites that Sidney or Spenser researchers could explore.

URL : http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/ENG/sidney

Keyword(s) : Sidney, Philip,  Spenser, Edmund, Authors and patrons, England, History, 16th century, Court and courtiers, Male friendship, Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600

English Literature->Poetry->By period->English Renaissance(1500-1640)

This home page was originally conceived by Professor Richard Bear at the University of Oregon and later edited and ran by Professor Andrew Zurcher at the University of Cambridge. This website is an online database of information on the Renaissance poet Edmund Spenser (1522-1599). The site contains a biography of Spenser, electric text of his writings, a bibliography and a discussion list for those who are interested in Spenser studies or Renaissance English literature. It also provides a search tool not only for the entire site search but also for looking up other sites. Besides, this site offers a link to the Spenser Society, the international scholarly organization which publishes the Spenser Newsletter, containing conference and publication news. This newsletter is available here. There is an additional link to other useful sites. This Edmund Spenser website is so well-organized and attractively designed that students and scholars both can enjoy browsing and using the online pages.

URL : http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenser/

Keyword(s) : Spenser, Edmund, England, 16th century, Ireland, Courtship, Politics and literature, Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600

English Literature->Poetry->By period->English Renaissance(1500-1640)
General Resources->Art Galleries/Museums

This website presents all the sonnets written by Shakespeare. Descriptive commentary attached to each one is given line by line with illustrations, and graphics such as paintings and engravings. Moreover, the site gives explanations of difficult words and phrases, and on how the language was used in that period. Included are also sonnets by other Elizabethan poets such as Spenser, Sidney and Drayton. The poems of Thomas Wyatt are also presented here, with both old and modern English versions, and with brief commentary. The site offers a huge amount of information not only to Shakespearean studies students but also to those who are interested in Elizabethan sonnets. Given the various images related to sonnets and authors, you can navigate without any sense of boredom.

URL : http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/

Keyword(s) : Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Sonnet, Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600