Description

This collection of 341 titles was published in Great Britain during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and is predominantly literary in nature. Besides literary reviews and miscellanies, there are also theatrical, satirical, political, religious, and women's magazines. Essays, book reviews, poetry, serialized fiction, and articles on contemporary subjects are also included.

Important writers represented, include, Defoe, Addison, Steele, Swift, Smollett, Goldsmith, Johnson, Mill, Hunt, Lamb, Tennyson, Dickens, and George Eliot. Famous journals represented include the Spectator, the Guardian, the Rambler, the Monthly Review, and the New London Magazine.

Location

English Literary Periodicals is located in the Capen Multimedia Center. Call numbers vary by title; most are MicFilm AP3 and AP4

Access

Some of the titles in this collection are accessible via BISON – UB Libraries catalog. To determine microfilm locations for each journal, consult:

Accessing English Literary Periodicals: a Guide to the Microfilm Collection. This guide contains title, subject, editor and reel number indexes. Article-level indexing is not provided. Capen Multimedia Center Reference Z692 .S5 U56 1981

Additional resources:

Studies in the Early English Periodical. The collection is based on this bibliography. Lockwood Library Book Collection PN5124 .P4 B6