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• General 18th-century resources
• Thomas Gray resources

General 18th-century resources

1. International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies with links to national, regional, and associated societies, and the ISECS-direct membership database
2. Eighteenth-Century Resources maintained by Jack Lynch, Rutgers University
3. English Literature: Restoration & 18th-century at Voice of the Shuttle, UCSB
4. C18-L: Resources for 18th-century studies across the disciplines at Penn State
5. Calls For Papers: Eighteenth Century at the University of Pennsylvania
6. English Literature (18th century) resources at Intute: Humanities, University of Oxford
7. 18th century literature resources at Anglistik Guide, Göttingen State and University Library
8. A Preface to Eighteenth Century Poetry by James Sutherland. London: Oxford UP, 1948
9. Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) from Gale and ECCO-TCP at the University of Michigan (subscription required)
10. Electronic Enlightenment digital correspondence project, University of Oxford (subscription required)
11. London 1753 exhibition at the British Museum
12. Enlightenment exhibition at the British Museum
13. English Poets of the Eighteenth Century, selected and edited with an introduction by Ernest Bernbaum. Online at Project Gutenberg
14. Long 18th century resources, part of Early Modern Resources ed. by Sharon Howard, University of Sheffield
15. The Sister Arts: British Gardening, Painting, & Poetry 1700-1832, ed. by Lisa L. Moore, The University of Texas at Austin
16. Eighteenth Century in the dmoz Open Directory Project
17. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, in 18 volumes, ed. by A. W. Ward, A. R. Waller et al. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons; Cambridge, England: CUP, 1907-21: Volume IX: English "From Steele and Addison to Pope and Swift", Volume X: English "The Age of Johnson", Volume XI: English "The Period of the French Revolution", at Bartleby Great Books Online
18. Restoration and 18th-century English poetry bibliography [DOC], part of A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism and Philology by José Ángel García Landa, University of Zaragoza, Spain
19. 18th Century Journal and 18th Century Blog in Literature Compass from Blackwell Publishing
20. Romantic Circles, ed. by Neil Fraistat, Steven E. Jones, and Carl Stahmer, published by the University of Maryland
21. English Literature: Restoration and 18th-Century (1660-1785) in Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature, ed. by Anniina Jokinen
22. Spenser and the Tradition: English Poetry 1579-1830, ed. by David H. Radcliffe, Virginia Tech
23. 18th Century Bibliography, ed. by Ian Franklin, South East Essex College of Arts and Technology, Southend
24. 18th Century Online Encyclopedia: Enlightenment and Revolution, ed. by Kevin D. Dodson, Lamar University and Guy Toubiana, The Citadel
25. The Long Eighteenth, 18th-century blog, Carrie Shanafelt, City University of New York, and David Mazella, University of Houston
26. Textual Studies, 1500-1800, early modern textual studies blog, Kevin Curran, University of North Texas
27. EighteenthCentury.org blog, George H. Williams, University of South Carolina Upstate
28. Early Modern Online Bibliography blog, Anna Battigelli, SUNY Plattsburgh, and Eleanor Shevlin, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
29. Eighteenth-Century Book Tracker, ed. by Benjamin F. Pauley, Eastern Connecticut State University
30. 18thConnect, a collaborative online research environment for scholars working on the literature, history, the fine arts, and philosophy of the long eighteenth century (1660-1800)

Thomas Gray resources

1. Overviews
   1. Thomas Gray in Literature Online (LION) published by Proquest (subscription required)
   2. Thomas Gray (1716-1771) in The Literary Encyclopedia (subscription required)
   3. Gray, Thomas from The Literary Gothic, ed. by Jack G. Voller, Southern Illinois University
   4. Thomas Gray (1716-1771) in English Literature: Restoration and 18th-Century (1660-1785), part of Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
2. Texts
   1. Selected Poetry of Thomas Gray (1716-1771) from Representative Poetry On-line, ed. by Ian Lancashire, University of Toronto
   2. Gray, Thomas: e-texts from the Oxford Text Archive, University of Oxford
   3. Gray, Thomas (1716-1771): e-texts from Project Gutenberg
   4. Quiller-Couch, Arthur, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250-1900. Thomas Gray. 1716-1771 at Bartleby Great Books Online
   5. Eliot, Charles W., ed. 1909-14. English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray. The Harvard Classics. Thomas Gray. 1716-1771 at Bartleby Great Books Online
   6. The complete poetical works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith. With biographical sketches and notes. Ed. by Epes Sargent. Online at MOA
   7. The poetical works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie. With a memoir of each. Online at MOA
   8. The poetical works of Thomas Gray. Ed. with a life by Rev. John Mitford. Online at MOA
   9. Thomas Gray works online at the Internet Archive
   10. Gray, Thomas - writer from Harper's Magazine (subscription required)
   11. "Elegia scritta in un cimitero di campagna", trad. di T. Weil, Giotto Ulivi high school
   12. ECCO's digital library of Gray's works from Gale (subscription required)
   13. Extract from Journal in the Lakes at Norton Topics Online: The Romantic Period, W.W. Norton & Co.
3. Quotations
   1. John Bartlett, comp. (1820-1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. Thomas Gray. 1716-1771 at Bartleby Great Books Online
   2. Thomas Gray from Wikiquote
4. Illustrations
   1. Blake's Illustrations to Gray's "Poems" (116 water-colour illustrations) from the William Blake Archive
   2. Blake's Illustrations of Thomas Gray's poetry (samples) from the Virtual Museum of Education Iconics
   3. William Blake, Illustrations to Gray from The Dictionary of Sensibility, University of Virginia
   4. Blake's Illustrations of Thomas Gray's poetry from the Bridgeman Art Library, London
   5. Thomas Gray portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, London
   6. Thomas Gray-related materials at the British Museum, London
5. Audio/Video
   1. Poems by Thomas Gray set to music by John Wall Callcott, at CPDL
   2. "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" read by Anton Lesser (audio recording [MP3]) at The Norton Anthology of English Literature Archive, W.W. Norton & Co.
   3. "Elegy" read by Walter Rufus Eagles (audio recording [RealAudio]), part of his Anthology of Lyrical Audio Poetry in Modern English
   4. Thomas Gray (1716-1771) at Eighteenth-Century Audio: A Collection of Aural Poetry, University of Mary Washington
   5. "Elegy" read by Lavinia Greenlaw (video recording [RealVideo/WMV]) in the "Poets On Screen" library of Literature Online (LION) (subscription required)
   6. Poetry Moment: Thomas Gray, poetry readings blog
   7. "Elegy" read by Jason Mills at Entertonement
6. Biographies
   1. Encyclopædia Britannica: Thomas Gray
   2. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Gray, Thomas at Information Please
   3. Thomas Gray from the Wikipedia
   4. Gray, Thomas (1716-1771) by George E. Haggerty, University of California
   5. Gray, Thomas (1716-1771) by John D. Baird, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required)
7. Literary Criticism
   1. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907-21). Volume X. The Age of Johnson. VI. Gray at Bartleby Great Books Online
   2. Thomas Gray books at Questia Online Library (subscription required)
   3. Poetry reviews: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, by Thomas Gray by Lili Melton at Helium: Arts & Humanities: Literature: Poets & Poetry
   4. "A Long Story" by Thomas Gray (1716-1771) by Martin Porter
   5. Hyper-Concordance of Gray's "Elegy" by Mitsu Matsuoka, Nagoya University, Japan
   6. Analyzing the Ode ["The Bard"] by C. John Holcombe at Text Etc.
   7. "Anonymity, Grief, and Death in Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'" by Megan Memoli in Universal Journal
8. Institutions
   1. Peterhouse, Cambridge: Eminent Petreans: Thomas Gray (1716-1771), brief biography
   2. Pembroke College, Cambridge: 18th-century history with references to Gray
9. Stoke Poges
   1. The Stoke Poges Memorial to Thomas Gray from Stoke Poges Parish Council
   2. Buckinghamshire photographs from the Buckinghamshire County Council
   3. St Giles Church from the Stoke Poges village web site
   4. Thomas Gray's Tomb at Poets' Graves