Research Guides: HUM 497: Milton's Paradise Lost: Articles/Databases

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Useful Databases and Websites for this Course

MLA International Bibliography
Indexes critical material on the modern languages, literature, linguistics, and folklore. Provides access to 3,000+ journals, as well as to book chapters, proceedings, etc.
Project Muse
Provides online access to the full text of over 100 journals in the disciplines of literary studies, classics, history, philosophy, political science, and the history of science and medicine.
JSTOR
Provides access to the complete back files of more than 322 cross-disciplinary academic journals in digital format, some of which date from the 1800s.
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Provides indexing, citations and full text of Early English publications from 1475 to 1800. Included are titles listed in the Short Title Catalogue of Early English Books, 1475-1640 (Pollard and Redgrave), Short Title Catalogue of Early English Books, 1641-1700 (Wing), and the Thomason Tracts, 1640-1660. Included are texts covering English literature, languages, music, religion, science, travel and exploration and politics.
Historical Abstracts
Provides access to international scholarly literature on the history of the world, excluding the United States and Canada, from 1450 to the present. Indexes and abstracts journal articles, books, and dissertations.
ARTstor
Provides a broad and deep general collection of images of world art and architecture, as well as special collections including Native American, Asian, American and European art.
Art Index (1984 - present)
Provides coverage of all styles and periods of art. Indexes 300 international periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, mostly written in English. Also indexes art reproductions.
Art Index (1929-1984)
Provides coverage of all styles and periods of art. Indexes 300 international periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, mostly written in English. Also indexes art reproductions.
Bibliography of the History of Art
The most comprehensive art bibliography available worldwide, covering European and American visual arts from late antiquity to the present. This database indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealers
Grove Art Online
A comprehensive online resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide, from prehistory to the present.

Journals about Milton

Milton Studies
Call Number: HAT 2d Floor Stacks PR3579 .M5
Published annually by Duquesne University Press as an important forum for Milton scholarship and criticism, Milton Studies focuses on various aspects of John Milton’s life and writing, including biography; literary history; Milton’s work in its literary, intellectual, political, or cultural contexts; Milton’s influence on or relationship to other writers; and the history of critical response to his work.

Lib. Has Vol. 2, 1970-v.30, 1994.
Milton Quarterly
The Milton Quarterly publishes in-depth articles, review essays, and shorter notes and notices about Milton's works, career, literary surroundings, and place in cultural history.
Lib. Has Vol.4, 1970-v.33, 1999.
Also available via Project Muse. Vol.31, 1997-v.34, 2000.

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Milton Websites

John Milton: Milton-L Home Page
This site is devoted to the life, literature and times of the poet John Milton. On this site you will find links to web resources, information about upcoming events, and information on recently published works of interest to Milton scholars and students.
Milton: John Milton Reading Room
A project of collaboration between Thomas Luxon (Professor of English at Dartmouth College) and his students to create digital versions of Milton's works.
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This site was composed by members of Christ's College, Cambridge, where Milton studied from 1625 to 1632. It was put together specifically for those attempting their first or second reading of Paradise Lost.

HUM 497: Milton's Paradise Lost: Articles/Databases