Seventeenth Century British Literature Research Guide

An in-depth examination of the literary culture and historical context of one year of great literary significance.

Explores how and why seventeenth-century authors interrupted other kinds of expression with autobiographical narratives

Early modern English playgoers attended voyage dramas for the pleasures of imaginative travel.

Argues that the boundary between private and public in early modern literature was flexible, and demonstrates the ways that early modern women manipulated it.

Focuses on the literary relations between England and Spain in the development of an English national literature.

An ecocritical look at ideas about nature in early modern England

Examines many seventeenth century authors (including Behn, Johnson, Spenser and Locke) through the lens of disability studies.