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

General Resources->Digital Repositories
General Resources->Art Galleries/Museums
English Literature->Poetry->By period->17th century

The Milton-L home page was created as a resource for an internet community devoted to the life and works of the poet, John Milton (1608-1674). This home page is primarily intended to act as an email discussion group about Milton. This site also provides a sizable number of Milton resources including e-texts, images and book reviews of Paradise Lost. There is also a selection of critical articles. In addition, the site offers audio versions of a selection of Milton’s poems which users are able to download. Currently, there are more than 520 subscribed members from around the world. Anyone interested in discussing Milton can become mailing member of this site. There is also an email archive which is indexed by month and year. This well-organized and informative home page has won several awards including the Literary Research Award.

URL : http://www.richmond.edu/~creamer/milton/chron.html

Keyword(s) : England, History, 17th century, Christianity and literature, History of doctrines, Dissenters, Religious, Literature and science, Protestantism and literature, Milton, John, 1608-1674, Paradise lost

English Literature->Poetry->By period->17th century
General Resources->Libraries

This website is dedicated to a group of seventeenth century poets including Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick, Edward Herbert, Thomas Carew, James Shirley, Mildmay Fane, Edmund Waller, Sir John Suckling, Richard Lovelace, Abraham Cowley and Henry Vaughan. They are classified as the cavalier poets because of their Royalist political sympathies. These cavalier poets share the same use of colloquial language and an easygoing attitude towards life. The site consists of quotes, biographies, works in online text and a number of critical essays on aforementioned authors as well as links to other useful sites. Besides, there are introductions of books related to some of the poets. This site, which is very well organized, is very useful to students interested in seventeenth century English literature.

URL : http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/cavalier.htm

Keyword(s) : cavalier, Social life and customs, 17th century, Literature and society, Royalists

English Literature->Poetry->By period->17th century
English Literature->Literature in Translation

This web resource was collaboratively created by Thomas Luxton, associate professor of English at Dartmouth and his students. It has been developed since 1997. The site presents extensive electronic texts of John Milton (1608-1674). There are his Latin poems and prose works as well as his well-known poems. These texts include hypertext links to brief commentary or glossary. There is also a huge bibliography of Milton criticism. Some of the linked critical articles are available. In addition, there are numerous research links to Greek and Latin literature, bible commentary, religion and theology, as well as other Milton sites. The site has received a number of awards, including the Bess Award and the Swan Award.

URL : http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/

Keyword(s) : Milton, John, 1608-1674, Christianity and literature, England, History of doctrines, History and criticism, Protestantism and literature

English Literature->Poetry->By period->17th century
General Resources->Libraries
General Resources->Art Galleries/Museums

This web resource is accompanied by an exhibition at the department of Rare Books and Special Collection at the Thomas Cooper library, University of South Carolina. In particular, the site offers biographical details on John Milton (1608-1674), one of the greatest influential English poets. He was a puritan and wrote to advocate the cause of the parliamentarians during the civil war. The site provides information on Milton’s life and the political, social and religious scene of 17th century England, divided into seven sections: introduction, Milton’s early years, Italy and the 1640s, civil war, Paradise Lost, Milton’s reputation, and further references.

URL : http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/britlit/milton/milton.html

Keyword(s) : Paradise lost, Milton, John, 1608-1674, Civil War, 1642-1649, Literature and the war, Great Britain, 17th century, Christianity and literature, Dissenters, Religious, Protestantism and literature, History of doctrines