Literature Online (LION) is an online resource for the study and teaching of literature in English. It combines the texts of over 355,000 literary works with a vast library of key criticism and reference resources. Literature Online’s collection of  poetry, prose,  drama, criticism and reference resources, including an ever-growing library of full-text journals and author biographies, which helps to keep you up to date on the latest research into every aspect of literary and linguistic study.

You can access Literature Online using this link.

Literature Online has a number of search options which are available from the homepage 

A wide variety of resources are available through Literature online, including 350,000 full text works of poetry, drama and prose.  There is an extensive reference collection including encyclopaedias, companions, dictionaries, biographies and study guides.

All the content held on Literature online can be access through searching the search box on the Library homepage.

You can Download or Print resources from Literature Online for your own use.  Many files are available as PDF files and can easily be printed or saved.  

The Proquest platform for Literature Online is designed for use with mobile devices.  PDF files can be downloaded to your device, and you should be able to read all other files on a range of mobile devices.

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