An introduction to Orlando… Up-to-date collaboratively authored biographical and critical material on over 800 British women writers Covers a wide-ranging time span, from early medieval to the present Includes related material on literary, social and historical events, male writers and non-British women writers Extensive pathways available: simple queries by author, occupation, genre or place; or more powerfully focused search options exploiting the rich tagging underlying the site Thousands of cross-linked references between entries Regularly updated at six month intervals with new or revised entries, along with information relating to living writers An introduction to Orlando… Up-to-date collaboratively authored biographical and critical material on over 800 British women writers Covers a wide-ranging time span, from early medieval to the present Includes related material on literary, social and historical events, male writers and non-British women writers Extensive pathways available: simple queries by author, occupation, genre or place; or more powerfully focused search options exploiting the rich tagging underlying the site Thousands of cross-linked references between entries Regularly updated at six month intervals with new or revised entries, along with information relating to living writers

Orlando Home Page From the homepage… Access individual author entries or search on names Construct bespoke timelines Pursue detailed lines of enquiry via complex tag searches From the homepage… Access individual author entries or search on names Construct bespoke timelines Pursue detailed lines of enquiry via complex tag searches Left hand navigation provides a selection of entry points into the textbase Full help options, plus quick tips for new users, available on every page

People: Search by Name Search for entries by name alphabetically, or list chronologically Search options allow the user to modify the lists by date or scope

Mary Wollstonecraft Overview Each author overview screen offers the various ways in which material is organised in Life and Writing entries and other categories Tabs to related screens with further detailed links Links to related entries

Muriel Spark Life Screen Full citation details for use in coursework and notes Detailed author life highlights page split into relevant categories for ease of navigation

Mary Shelley Chronology Search Excerpt from timeline on Mary Shelley (reached via her author overview page or chronology search Each result is coded according to a set of criteria for easy reference: Quill pen - events relating to British women Globe - national/international events Books - general writing People - social climate Each result is coded according to a set of criteria for easy reference: Quill pen - events relating to British women Globe - national/international events Books - general writing People - social climate

Chronology Search by Date Bespoke chronology creation by date: limit by date and event type and choose preferred type of results (full or short entries)

Chronology Search Excerpt from results on comprehensive chronological search on dates 1 June – 31 August 1975 Full search criteria as selected by the user is displayed at the top of the screen Excerpt from results on comprehensive chronological search on dates 1 June – 31 August 1975 Full search criteria as selected by the user is displayed at the top of the screen Links to scholarly notes available at the end of each timeline entry; again, all entries are coded according to scope

Refined Chronology Search Excerpt from results from the same search query, but with other categories toggled off and only British women writers queried Highlighted text links to relevant author overview page, with links allowing user to drill further down

Tag Diagrams Tag diagram displaying one section (Production) from the three-part Writing tagset Tag diagram showing all the content or semantic tags from the Life tagset Diagrams illustrating how the tagging system functions are provided throughout the Tag Search screens…

Tag Search Options Full range of tags cover every aspect of the writer’s life and work, from health to marital status Full range of tags within Life subset cover every aspect of a writer’s life, from health to marital status

‘Class Issues’ Tag Search Results Excerpts from tag search (in Lives) on tag, part of the highly complex tag Text relating to tags is highlighted for easy reference

‘Violence’ Tag Search Results Excerpts from tag search (in Lives) on tag, bringing together both the personal and political Again, text relating to the selected tag is highlighted for easy reference

‘Motif’ Tag Search Results Excerpts from a more complex tag search (in Writings) on tag, with attribute value “violence”

‘Attitudes’ Tag Search Results Excerpts from tag search (in Writings) on tag This tag is designed to capture authors’ attitudes specifically to writing and to writing as a woman

Further Results from ‘Attitudes’ Tag Search

‘Penalties’ Tag Search Results Excerpts from tag search (in Writings) on tag

‘Intertexuality’ Tag Search Results Excerpts from a more complicated tag search (in Writings) on tag containing “Jane Austen”

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