The Links

GENERAL

Luminarium

Centred on the first half of the seventeenth century, it features only the works of Margaret Cavendish. The webpage for the eighteenth century includes entries for Behn, Congreve, Dryden, and pepys. Luminarium is still a fundamental site on English literature and culture.

The Voice of the Shuttle on the Restoration and Eighteenth-Century

Another essential site for information on English literature and culture -though its emphasis is on the 18th century rather than the Restoration.

Politics, Literary Culture, & Theatrical Media in London

Created by a team of historians and literary scholars at the University of Massachusetts, this website explores the social, political and literary world of London between the reign of Charles I and the early Hanoverian period. It includes sections on Restoration theatre.

Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature

A page kept by Mark McDayter from the University of Western Ontario (Canada), with abundant information on web- and research-resources on the literature of the period.

Restoration Theatre: Staging, Scenery, Dramaturgy

A website kept by Tim Keenan (Liveropoll-Hope Univ.), dedicated to the analysis of evidence concerning staging practice in early Restoration drama (1660-1674), particularly for plays premiered by the Duke's Company at Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Restoration Theatre Song Archive

A collection of the songs included in Restoration plays. Listed by author, composer, play title and date. A must for those interested in this aspect of English drama.

SPECIFIC AUTHORS

Aphra Behn

The Aphra Behn Page features a good list of resource material on Aphra Behn. There is also an Aphra Behn Society page.

Margaret Cavendish

The Margaret Cavendish Society keeps a page with resources on Cavendish, including links to her works. See also the entry at Luminarium above.

John Dryden

Dryden has been much neglected on the web. Yet Bartleby lets you browse volume 8 of The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, edited by A.W. Ward and A.R. Waller, which discusses Dryden's works and times.

Samuel Pepys

Phil Gyford is helping build up a highly interesting page on the Diary. The diary entries are annotated by him and other contributors. The page on Background Information offers data on a wide variety of topics, from art and literature to fashion, people, places and travel.

Wheatley's version of the Diary (1660-1669) can be downloaded from the Guttenberg Project database. There is also a version at Bibliomania.

JOURNALS

Early Modern Literary Studies

An open online journal, it publishes articles and reviews on literature produced until the late seventtenth century. It is online, and available for browsing.

SEDERI Yearbook, the Journal of the Spanish and Portuguese Association of English Renaissance Studies

Published by the Spanish and Portuguese Association of English Renaissance Studies, it often includes essays on Restoration theattre and culture. Its articles can be read online or downloaded as pdf.

ESSAYS

The London Stage, 1660-1800, Part 1: 1660-1700

Made available via the Hathi Trust Digital Library, it is a calendar of dramatic productions staged in London from the opening of the theatres in 1660 to 1700. Although somewhat outdated, it is still the most useful source on dates of performance of Restoration drama.

The London Stage, 1660-1800, Part 2: 1700-1729

Although the original 1960 eidtion is available at the Hathi Trust Digital Library and the Internet Archive, for theatrical activities held between 1700 and 1711 (volume 1 of this Part 2) it is best to consult Judith Milhous and Robert D. Humes' new version, sadly unpublished but fortunately posted on the web by their editors.