As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700 in the Gregorian calendar.
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English Literature: Renaissance and Seventeenth Century - Part of Alan Liu's Voice of the Shuttle project. Links to information on writers, criticism, journals, newsgroups, listservs, and conferences in early modern literary studies.
Celebration of Women Writers: 1601-1700 - A collection of links to pages on a wide variety of seventeenth-century women writers.
Charles Sackville (1643-1706), Earl of Dorset - Text of Samuel Johnson's biography of the poet, brief selection of his works and links.
Early Modern Literary Studies - An online journal with essays and reviews on topics in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature. Links to conference information, discussion groups, electronic texts, and Internet resources.
Meta Description: [ Early Modern Literary Studies is a peer-reviewed e-journal covering English literature, literary culture, and language during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. ]
English Literature: Early Seventeenth Century (1603-1660) - Biographies, works, essays, and collected web resources for Donne, Bacon, Jonson, Herbert, Herrick, Milton, Wroth, Carew, Lovelace, Suckling, Vaughan, Crashaw, and Waller.
Meta Description: [ Biographies, works, essays, and collected Web resources for Donne, Bacon, Jonson, Herbert, Herrick, Milton, Wroth, Carew, Lovelace, Suckling, Vaughan, Crashaw, and Waller, Wroth, Fletcher, Webster, Dekker, Osborne, and Cavendish. ]
Essays on Early Seventeenth-Century English Literature - Links to full-text essays. Distinguishes between student essays and professional pieces.
Gratiae Ludentes - A Renaissance Jestbook - Prepared by students from the Department of English, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
History of Prose Style - Prose selections from a reader compiled by John F. Tinkler at Towson University.
Jacobean Drama: Summaries - Synopses of major plays. From Professor An Sonjae of Sogang University, Seoul.
John Denham (1615-1659) - Text of Samuel Johnson's biography of the poet, brief selection of his works and links.
John Dryden (1631-1700) - Text of Samuel Johnson's biography of the poet, brief selection of his works and links.
Meta Description: [ Part of the Penn State Archive for Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets, this page features Samuel Johnson's Life of John Dryden in its entirety and an illustration from the first edition of Works of the English Poets with prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson. 68 vols. Vol 13. Lo... ]
Literary Resources: Renaissance - Jack Lynch's index of resources for the study of Renaissance and seventeenth-century English literature.
Meta Description: [ Index of literary resources available on the Web, focusing on those of interest to scholars. Searchable and organized by period and topic. ]
Ned Ward's London Spy - Ward's descriptions of people and events, by Joe Wortham.
Poets' Graves - Poetry resource site listing the burial sites of major poets. Also includes: glossary of poetic terms, poets on poetry and a poetry forum.
Seventeenth-Century Women Poets: Bibliography - A bibliography of Internet resources and literature on seventeenth-century women poets and writers.
Meta Description: [ Internet resources and literature on 17th century women poets and writers ]
Some Notes to John Donne Studies - Reviews on Donne's works by Julian Darius.
Meta Description: [ A review, by Julian Darius, of articles relating to John Donne. ]
Sources for Seventeenth-Century English Literature - History and politics, women in seventeenth-century England, Renaissance music, Renaissance theatre, art and architecture, and the Black Death.
Timeline of English Poetry, 1603-1667 - Links to an English poetry history timeline. Part of Representative Poetry On-line at the University of Toronto.
Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon (1633-1685) - Text of Samuel Johnson's biography of the poet and selection of his works.
Meta Description: [ Samuel Johnson's Life of Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon (1633-1685), in its entirety is presented by The Penn State Archive for Samuel Johnson's Lives of the English Poets -- a resource for study, instruction, and entertainment. ]
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