Literature Online (LION)

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Description:

Literature Online features an ever-growing collection of over 260,000 works of poetry, drama and prose with complementary reference resources, and includes the following:

African-American Poetry 1760-1900
American Poetry 1600-1900
English Poetry
Modern Poetry
Twentieth Century African American Poetry
Twentieth Century American Poetry
Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare (1591-1911)
The Bible in English (Several Versions)
Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged

In addition to the full text of the resources above, LION provides access to an extensive collection of secondary resources (resources ABOUT these works and their authors).

Coverage: Varies

Information Type:

Citations? Yes
Abstracts? Yes
Full-Text? Yes

Update Frequency: Varies

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See Databases by Subject: English Language and Literature in English

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