Literature and Literary Criticism

An online collection of early British newspapers and news pamphlets from the period. Supplied by the British Library. Includes material from London, the British Isles and the colonies. Coverage: 1600 - 1799.

Full text digital articles from American newspapers. Coverage varies from paper to paper.

Full article access to newspapers from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Includes both major news publications and penny papers. Coverage: 1800-1900.

Full article access to major, rural, and specialty news sources.

Nineteenth century newspapers published by and for African-Americans. Contains the full articles of several major African American newspapers published in the United States between 1827 and 1900. Covers 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.

Search British magazines and newspapers from the 17th-20th centuries

Digital reproduction of the Illustrated London News. Covers 1842-2003.

Search the London Times archive

Materials published in the U.S. and England during the 19th century.

Correspondence between some of the greatest thinkers and writers of the 18th century and their families, friends, bankers, booksellers, and publishers. Over 55,000 letters and documents from over 6,500 correspondents spanning from the 17th to the mid-19th century.

Magazine intended to entertain, inform and educate women.  UMKC access includes issues published from 1830-1855.

Contains full-text images of every work printed in the U.K., British North America and in English printed elsewhere between 1473 and 1700.

Correspondence between some of the greatest thinkers and writers of the 18th century and their families, friends, bankers, booksellers, and publishers. Over 55,000 letters and documents from over 6,500 correspondents spanning from the 17th to the mid-19th century.