Luminarium combines three sites first created in 1996, ages ago in Web years, by Anniina Jokinen. Here users will find texts and supplemental materials for Medieval, Renaissance, and seventeenth-century British literature. The site is well laid out and has an internal search engine for easy retrieval of specific items. Clicking on one of the three periods brings up a list of authors (or in the case of Medieval literature, also lyrics, plays, and anonymous works such as Everyman), a link to essays and articles, and a link to additional resources such as cultural information, art, and so on. For each author, a wealth of links lead to biographical information, texts, secondary sources, and more. The links are mostly external, but they are clearly marked as such. Jokinen diligently updates her site, and it should prove a valuable resource to anyone interested in pre-eighteenth-century literature.
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