Unique database containing:
- Over 20,000 listings
- More than 1000 writers
- Fully searchable
- Regular updates
Orlando is a comprehensive electronic database relating to women's writing in the British Isles. It offers a wealth of biographical and critical information on more than 1000 writers, together with entries on literary and historical events.
Extensive search capabilities
The database offers entries on authors' lives and writing careers, contextual material, timelines, internal links and bibliographies. Entries are tagged, enabling searches to focus not only on author, date and place but also on such issues as genre, intertextuality, and relations with publishers.
For scholars and students of literary and cultural history at all levels:
- Undergraduates, seeking to further their knowledge
- Lecturers producing course packs and timelines
- Graduate students and academic researchers who need precise and up-to-date information relevant to their research interests