Includes comprehensive information on authors such as Sir Thomas Malory, Sir Gawain, and Chaucer, as well as information on medieval plays and lyrics. Features a guided tour of the collection with a history of these two types of popular literature, which were printed in the second half of the 19th century.
Exhibit also includes a timeline of significant events in American history during that time period.
Images from the collection can be browsed and selected texts can be read. A gathering of links to select electronic texts of fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth century materials which are on the Internet, as well as others which have bearing upon this time period. Beautiful site devoted to such authors as John Donne, John Milton, Andrew Marvell, and Richard Lovelace. While this site is not in any way extensive, it provides an excellent introduction for those users who may need a concise definition of gothic literature. The definition itself is quite thorough.