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‘Libraries are the wardrobes of literature, whence men, properly informed may bring forth something for ornament, much for curiosity, and more for use’ - William Dyer
Welcome to the Great Writers Inspire Resources Library. Here, you can search for and access thousands of literary open education resources such as audio and video podcasts, essays, ebooks, images and more. Explore the virtual shelves by searching by keyword in the title, author, and by media type.
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Displaying 1 - 50 of 51| Format | Title | Author/Contributor | Source | Date Published |
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| Essay | Celebrating women's writing: the pen in their hands | Ros Ballaster | 04 Mar 2020 | |
| Essay | Exhibiting Maria Edgeworth and Her Fellow Literary Lions | Ros Ballaster, Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull | 25 Feb 2020 | |
| Essay | Maria Edgeworth - A biographical note. | Ros Ballaster | 04 Feb 2020 | |
| Audio | Male memory, female subject: the case of Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft | Janet Todd | https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ | 01 Mar 2019 |
| eBook | Lady Susan | Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 | http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3063 | 30 Mar 2017 |
| eBook | Love and Freindship | Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 | http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3064 | 27 Mar 2017 |
| eBook | The Watsons | Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 | http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3065 | 27 Mar 2017 |
| Video | What's so great about Austen? Isn't she just bonnets and balls? | Sandie Byrne | http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ | 07 Oct 2013 |
| Audio | What's so great about Austen? Isn't she just bonnets and balls? | Sandie Byrne | http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ | 07 Oct 2013 |
| Audio | The real Jane Austen: A life in small things | Paula Byrne | http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ | 01 Feb 2013 |
| Audio | Language and History | Simon Horobin | http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ | 30 Oct 2012 |
| Image | Bennet family at home (image) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page | 09 Oct 2012 | |
| Image | Pride and Prejudice title page | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page | 09 Oct 2012 | |
| Image | Steventon Rectory | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page | 09 Oct 2012 | |
| Image | Jane Austen's House in Chawton | Rudi Riet | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page | 09 Oct 2012 |
| Essay | Tour: Women's Writing | Alex Pryce | 27 Sep 2012 | |
| Other | Jane Austen’s readers (essay) | Katie Halsey | http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/literature-and-creative-writing/history-reading-introduction-reading-the-past/content-section-3 | 16 Aug 2012 |
| Essay | Notions of Authorship | Kate O'Connor | 07 Aug 2012 | |
| Essay | Approaching Political Literature | Kate O'Connor | 06 Aug 2012 | |
| Essay | Feminist Approaches to Literature | Kate O'Connor | 03 Aug 2012 | |
| Essay | Economic and Social Literary Criticism | Kate O'Connor | 03 Aug 2012 | |
| Video | Genre (pt.2) | Jane Rickard | http://www.theenglishfaculty.org/a-levels/item/290-genre-pt2 | 03 Aug 2012 |
| Video | Genre (pt.1) | Jane Rickard | http://www.theenglishfaculty.org/a-levels/item/291-genre-pt1 | 03 Aug 2012 |
| Essay | Questions of Genre | Kate O'Connor | 03 Aug 2012 | |
| Essay | Victorian Poetry and Fiction | Charlotte Barrett | 01 Aug 2012 | |
| eBook | Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen | http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/austen/jane/a93n/ | 16 Jul 2012 |
| Video | 'A Dead Silence': Reading Jane Austen's Mansfield Park pt2 | Richard De Ritter | http://www.theenglishfaculty.org/a-levels/item/323-a-dead-silence-reading-jane-austens-mansfield-park-pt2 | 13 Jul 2012 |
| Video | 'A Dead Silence': Reading Jane Austen's Mansfield Park pt1 | Richard De RitterRichard De Ritter | http://www.theenglishfaculty.org/a-levels/item/324-a-dead-silence-reading-jane-austens-mansfield-park-pt1 | 13 Jul 2012 |
| Essay | The Anonymous Jane Austen | Kate O'Connor | 11 Jul 2012 | |
| Audio | Jane Austen's Manuscripts Explored | Kathryn Sutherland | http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ | 08 Jun 2012 |
| Video | Jane Austen's Manuscripts Explored | Kathryn Sutherland | http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ | 08 Jun 2012 |
| Audio | The Watsons: Jane Austen Practising | Kathryn Sutherland | http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ | 08 Jun 2012 |
| Video | The Watsons: Jane Austen Practising | Kathryn Sutherland | http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ | 08 Jun 2012 |
| eBook | Lady Susan | Jane Austen | http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/austen/jane/a93l/ | 18 Apr 2012 |
| eBook | Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen | http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/austen/jane/a93n/ | 18 Apr 2012 |
| eBook | Sense and sensibility | Jane Austen | http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/austen/jane/a93s/ | 18 Apr 2012 |
| eBook | Pride and prejudice | Jane Austen | http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/austen/jane/a93pr/ | 18 Apr 2012 |
| eBook | Mansfield park | Jane Austen | http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/austen/jane/a93m/ | 18 Apr 2012 |
| eBook | Emma | Jane Austen | http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/austen/jane/a93e/ | 18 Apr 2012 |
| eBook | Persuasion | Jane Austen | http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/austen/jane/a93p/ | 18 Apr 2012 |
| Essay | Frances Burney: the "Mother of English Fiction" | Kate O'Connor | 13 Apr 2012 | |
| Other | The uncensored Jane Austen | Janet Todd | https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/the-uncensored-jane-austen | 13 Apr 2012 |
| Essay | Spiritualism, Science and Atavism | Charlotte Barrett | 10 Apr 2012 | |
| eBook | Introductions to Jane Austen | John Bailey | https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/dbooks | 05 Apr 2012 |
| eBook | Love & freindship [sic] and other early works : now first printed from the original ms. | Jane Austen | https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/dbooks | 13 Mar 2012 |
| eBook | Sense and sensibility | Jane Austen | https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/dbooks | 13 Mar 2012 |
| eBook | Northanger abbey, and Persuasion. | Jane Austen | https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/dbooks | 13 Mar 2012 |
| eBook | Emma | Jane Austen | https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/dbooks | 13 Mar 2012 |
| eBook | Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/dbooks | 13 Mar 2012 |
| eBook | Mansfield park | Jane Austen | https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/dbooks | 13 Mar 2012 |