Internet Resources for the Earlier Seventeenth Century

Norton Topics Online: The Early Seventeenth Century (1603-1660)

Voice of the Shuttle: English Literature: Renaissance and 17th-Century: A mega-site for authors, essays, and background.

English Literature: Early 17th Century (1603-1660): Luminarium

Additional Sources for 17th Century English literature:  Luminarium

Index of the Literature of the Renaissance and Early Seventeenth Century: San Antonio College Lit Web

British and Irish Authors on the Web

Google Web Directory: 17th Century

English Literature on the Web: 17th Century(and Renaissance)

The English Civil Wars: 

Documents on the English Civil War

English Civil War: Table of Contents. Boise State University

"A Brave Man": Oliver Cromwell, 1599-1658. Cambridge University Library

Wrong Side of the River: London's Disreputable South Bank in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century. Jessica A. Browner.

Printing: Renaissance & Reformation.  Originally exhibited fall 1995, Thomas Cooper Library, University of South   Carolina

Society for Seventeenth-Century Music (Home Page)

The Metaphysical Poets: Study Guide

Metaphysical Lyrics and Poems of the Seventeenth Century. Ed. H J C Grierson. Bartleby.com.

Metaphysical Poets

Metaphysical Poetry: Web-Pages

Seventeenth Century Literature: Cavalier Poets. Luminarium.

Cavalier Lyricists. F W Moorman. Bartleby.com

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Sir Francis Bacon's New Advancement of Learning:  "Statement of Purpose: To explore the many facets of Francis Bacon's life and work via the new digital millennium while entertaining and enlightening you."

FRANCIS BACON (1551-1626): Short biography with a Bacon Timeline

Francis Bacon - "The Secretary of Nature": "The world's a bubble and the life of man Less than a span." Introduction, The Elizabethan Times, Bacon's Philosophy, Bacon's Writings, Bacon the Man, Quotes, Dates, Notes.

Francis Bacon (1516-1626): The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Francis Bacon Gallery: "Bacon's plays have been credited to William Shakespeare, an illiterate peasant. Evidence suggests that Bacon was the author of the poetry of Edmund Spenser, and of the novel Don Quixote . . . Sir Francis Bacon may have been the unacknowledged son of Queen Elizabeth."

Ben Johnson (1572-1637)

Ben Johnson: Luminarium

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Robert Herrick: Luminarium

John Donne (1572-1631)

John Donne: Luminarium

John Donne: The Poetry Archives

John Donne Journal: Studies in the Age of Donne

George Herbert (1593-1633)

George Herbert: Luminarium

George Herbert: Selected Poetry

George Herbert and The Temple

Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)

Andrew Marvell: Luminarium

Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)

Texts: Religio Medici (1643), Pseudodoxia Epidemica, or Vulgar Errors (1646; 3rd edition, 1672), Hydriotaphia & The Garden of Cyrus (1658), Browne's Miscellany Tracts (1683/4), A Letter to a Friend (1690), Christian Morals (1716), Johnson's Life of Browne.

John Milton (1608-1674)

John Milton:Luminarium

The Milton-L Home Page: Devoted to the Life, Literature and Times of John Milton (Chronology, E-Texts, Images, Audio, Articles, Book Reviews, Events)

SELECTED POETRY OF JOHN MILTON (1608-1674) . Representative Poetry On-Line

The Iconography of Paradise Lost: Illustrations by Gustav Dore, John Martin, John B. Medina, Benard Lens, Edward Burney, Richard Westall, Francis Hayman, and William Blake, plus related weblinks.

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