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English & Related Literature

Yorkshire connections to Literature

Welcome to your online guide to finding resources for English and Related Literature.
Book of hours Chandos portrait of Shakespeare Jonathan Swift Oscar Wilde Toni Morrison Kincaid Richard II and Henry IV
Medieval  Renaissance Eighteenth Century Nineteenth Century Twentieth Century - Current Global and Postcolonial
Literature		 Yorkshire Connections to Literature

 

You are on the Yorkshire Connections to Literature page. Follow the links above to see the literature collections grouped by Period and Place.

Prehistoric to Norman

Prehistoric to Norman

 

Welcome to Virtual Tours of York 1! York: Town and Gown: History and Prehistory

For information about Anglo Saxon, Norse, Celtic, Viking, Roman and Norman

Jonathan Brockbank, Department of English and Related Literature 

Victorian Yorkshire

Victorian Yorkshire

 

Welcome to Virtual Tours of York 2 ! Victorian York: Townscape and Workscape
 
These are tours that explore York through sites and details neglected by 'official' tours and the tourist industry.   The tours evolved from walking tours of York that investigating themes derived  from the Department of English and Related Literature 'Victorian Literature' module, but you don't have to have done the course to follow these examinations of York's cultural and historical past.

Medieval to Modern Yorkshire

modern yorkshire

VIRTUAL TOURS OF YORK 3 Approaches to Literature Medieval to Modern

These are tours that explore York through sites and details neglected by 'official' tours and the tourist industry.