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

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

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 for entries by name alphabetically, or

list chronologicallySearch options

allow the user to modify the lists by

date or scope

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

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 linksTabs to related screens with further detailed links

Links to related entriesLinks to related entries

Muriel Spark Life Screen

Full citation details for use in coursework and

notes

Full citation details for use in coursework and

notes

Detailed author life highlights page split

into relevant categories for ease of

navigation

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

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)

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 1975Full 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 1975Full 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

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

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

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 displaying one section (Production) from

the three-part Writing tagset

Tag diagram showing all the content or semantic tags

from the Life 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…

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 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

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 <class issue>, part of the highly complex <cultural formations> tag

Excerpts from tag search (in Lives) on tag <class issue>, part of the highly complex <cultural formations> tag

Text relating to tags is highlighted for easy reference

Text relating to tags is highlighted for easy reference

‘Violence’ Tag Search Results

Excerpts from tag search (in Lives) on tag <violence>, bringing together both the

personal and political

Excerpts from tag search (in Lives) on tag <violence>, bringing together both the

personal and political

Again, text relating to the selected tag is highlighted for

easy reference

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 <motif>, with attribute value “violence”

Excerpts from a more complex tag search (in

Writings) on tag <motif>, with attribute value “violence”

‘Attitudes’ Tag Search Results

Excerpts from tag search (in Writings) on tag <attitudes>

This tag is designed to capture authors’ attitudes

specifically to writing and to writing as a woman

Excerpts from tag search (in Writings) on tag <attitudes>

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 <penalties>Excerpts from tag search (in Writings) on tag <penalties>

‘Intertexuality’ Tag Search Results

Excerpts from a more complicated tag search (in

Writings) on tag <intertextuality> containing

“Jane Austen”

Excerpts from a more complicated tag search (in

Writings) on tag <intertextuality> containing

“Jane Austen”

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