Primary Texts

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The Primary Texts section is intended as an online repository for all primary sources relevant to the study of the life and works of Thomas Gray. It provides electronic editions of Gray's poetry, including extensive collaborative commentary. It also contains selected prose works as well as a browsable calendar to the known correspondence of Gray. In addition a concordance to the complete poetry is available. These primary sources may also be searched with a simple search tool for quick access to the texts from search results. This section also provides access to digitized materials, such as digital images of important 18th-century editions, in the digital library. It also contains a finding aid to Gray manuscripts. The principal goal of the Primary Texts section is to offer free access to a growing number of significant electronic primary sources for use by students, scholars, and teachers, and to stimulate discussion by providing an opportunity to add notes and queries to any part of any of the texts available in the Archive.

The Primary Texts section is subdivided into the following parts, each of which provides different ways of navigating, exploring, and using Gray's texts:

Poems: annotated electronic editions of Gray's poems
Prose Works: selected essays and criticisms on various topics
Letters: browsable calendar to Gray's correspondence
Concordance: concordance to the complete poems
Digital Library: digitized facsimile editions of Gray's works
Finding Aid: integrated guide to Gray manuscripts

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