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Appendix E Accessing Original Texts Online This is a list of Web sites that contain particularly extensive collections of original texts and that are free for researchers (but not necessarily for performance). These sources will help in finding original texts to build a network of sources. Accessible Archives (http://www.accessible.com/accessible/) is a full-text searchable database that contains periodicals from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Used in conjunction with Paratext’s “19th Century Masterfile” (http://poolesplus. odyssi.com/19centWelcome.htm), the site grants access to a staggering amount of documents from the period. All about Jewish Theatre (http://www.jewish-theatre.com/) is Moti Sandak’s awardwinning clearinghouse and world network for all things conceivably related to Jewish drama. Artslynx International Arts Resources (http://www.artslynx.org), associated with the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA), is a major bibliography and “link dump” containing an exhaustive and well-organized theater archive. Particularly useful in terms of nineteenth-century theater in England and the United States and in its multi-art form eclecticism. Christian Classics Ethereal Library (http://www.ccel.org/), hosted at Calvin College, contains a tremendous amount of Christian literature, extending from the birth of Jesus to the Chronicles of Narnia. Especially of concern are the Fall of Rome and excerpts of the Early Church Fathers. The site features audiobooks and cross-referencing of arcane passages with the Bible. Eighteenth Century Resources (http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/index.html), hosted by Jack Lynch and Rutgers University, tracks the movement of Americans into the English literary landscape. It is unique in terms of its variety and organization , but use the subject links rather than the search mechanism provided to navigate effectively. HarpWeek (http://www.harpweek.com/) provides the complete archive of Harper’s Weekly, an excellent source of information and theater criticism, from its first publication in 1850. 192 Ibsen Voyages with Brian Johnston (http://www.ibsenvoyages.com) is a repository of the dramaturgical work of Brian Johnston, including Hegelian analyses of Ibsen, extensive historical notes, criticism, and information on important productions. Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) archives eighty-five billion Web pages. Just about anything one can find online, one can find here. Internet Broadway Database (http://ibdb.com) is an increasingly useful resource for information on Broadway shows, including many useful links and production data not found elsewhere. The Internet Classics Archive (http://classics.mit.edu/index.html), hosted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, contains complete full, searchable text works of Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Aristotle, Julius Caesar, Cicero, Euripides, Sophocles, Virgil, and many more, extending from the early eighth century bce to later writings by authors such as Omar Khayyam and Sa’di. The archive is networked with online booksellers to facilitate the purchase of different translations and various commentaries. Internet Medieval Sourcebook (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html), hosted at Fordham University, contains letters, diaries, court records, theological treatises, pacts, papal bulls, and a useful section on Islam and its medieval relationship to Christendom. There are also bibliographies that provide useful commentary. Luminarium (http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm) focuses in Renaissance and seventeenth-century literature that is difficult to find elsewhere online, including many plays and dramaturgical essays. The external links (located just below the painting centerpiece on the Web site) are remarkably useful. Perseus Project (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu), hosted at Tufts University, contains resources and original texts extending from Ancient Greece to the English Renaissance . The project is convenient because it uses Java tools to display facsimiles of original text. Perseus also has a number of reference works available. All of these texts are searchable in an efficient manner: by subject, author, and individual wording . An indispensable resource. Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org) maintains an archive of at least eighteen thousands books with deep collections in German, French, and Italian. TheatreHistory.com (http://www.theatrehistory.com/) is an extensive collection of resources ranging from topical summaries and encyclopedia-style articles to images . It contains an online bookstore, a script archive, and an interesting “Today in Theatre History” feature. A useful early stop in research. Twentieth Century North American Drama (http://www.alexanderstreet2.com/), compiled by the Alexander Street Press and the University of Chicago, contains texts from North American drama along with great production information, including twenty-one hundred plays by black authors from 1850 to the present. ACCESSING ORIGINAL TEXTS ONLINE 193 ...

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