The project is a part of a larger database documenting the cultural history of the American South, Documenting the American South, or, The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America . The larger project offers diaries and memoirs, autobiographies, travel accounts, titles on slavery and regional literature drawn from the splendid Southern holdings of the UNC-CH Academic Affairs Library. It represents a significant, but poorly represented part of literary history. The full text of a small number of works. This site features classics in different editions and such special features as The Canterbury Tales with the original text on one side and the modern language translation on the other.
Texts are fully searchable.
From the extensive humanities metasite Voice of the Shuttle , this site points to numerous other sites about African American, Native American, Hispanic American, Asian American, Jewish, and Pacific Islander writers and their work. This site may be browsed by author, title, or literary period. Luminarium also makes accessible in-depth biographical material, criticism, and images of the writers of these eras. From the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, this extensive resource features full text and criticism of writings of 19th century American women. A major collection of electronic versions of classic English-language literature.