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Introduction to By Era page

Looking for a specific literary time period? This page is divided into different centuries. Literature prior to the 17th century literature is under Medieval Literature, and literature from the start of the 21st century to the present is under Modern Literature.

Medieval Literature

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to Medieval Literature that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Medieval History Journal
  • Journal of Medieval History

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works:

  • English literature – Early modern, 1500-1700 – History and criticism
  • Literature, Medieval – History and criticism

17th Century Literature

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to 17th Century Literature that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • The Seventeenth Century
  • Milton Studies
  • Seventeenth Century News

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works: 

  • English literature – 17th century – History and criticism
  • English fiction – 17th century – History and criticism
  • Literature, Modern – 17th century – History and criticism

18th Century Literature

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to 18th Century Literature that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Eighteenth-Century Fiction
  • Eighteenth-Century Studies
  • Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works: 

  • English literature – 18th century – History and criticism
  • English fiction – 18th century – History and criticism
  • American literature – 18th century – History and criticism
  • American fiction – 18th century – History and criticism

19th Century Literature

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to 19th Century Literature that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Wordsworth Circle
  • Victoriographies
  • ESQ: A Journal of Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture
  • Romanticism
  • Bronte Studies
  • Dickens Quarterly
  • Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works: 

  • English literature – 19th century – history and criticism
  • English fiction – 19th century – History and criticism
  • American literature – 19th century – history and criticism
  • American fiction – 19th century – History and criticism
  • Romanticism 
  • Gothic revival (Literature) – Great Britain

20th Century Literature

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles for Poetry that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Twentieth Century Literature
  • Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature
  • D.H. Lawrence Review
  • John Updike Review
  • Steinbeck Review

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works: 

  • Modernism (Literature)
  • English literature – 20th century – History and criticism
  • English fiction – 20th century – History and criticism
  • American literature – 20th century – History and criticism
  • American fiction – 20th century – History and criticism
  • Literature, Modern – 20th century – History and criticism

Modern Literature

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works: 

  • English literature – 21st century – History and criticism 
  • Literature, Modern – 21st century – History and criticism
  • American literature – 21st century – History and criticism
  • English fiction – 21st century – History and criticism
  • American fiction – 21st century – History and criticism

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