The online gateway to the long 18th century...

Electronic Enlightenment offers unrivalled access to the web of correspondence between the greatest thinkers and writers of the long 18th century and their families and friends, bankers and booksellers, patrons and publishers.

www.e-enlightenment.com

Electronic Enlightenment is a scholarly research project of the Humanities Division of the University of Oxford, and is available exclusively from Oxford University Press.

Key features

• Cross-search letters from nearly 6,000 correspondents
• Online access to over 53,000 letters and documents from the best critical editions
• Original languages - includes letters in French, German, and Italian as well as English
• Cross-search nearly 230,000 scholarly annotations
• Over 80,000 document sources including both manuscripts and early editions
• Expanding network of external links to other online resources - from Chambers' Cyclopedia to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• Search or browse fields including writer, recipient, date, and location
• Get involved in content and connections - contribute new letters or suggest new correspondents
• Printer-friendly layout
• User-friendly help pages will guide users through the resource
• Updated twice a year - includes published and previously unpublished correspondence