LibGuides: Comparative Literature: Primary Sources Online: Other Languages

African Languages

For databases relating to African languages and literature, please see this subject guide:

Africana Studies: Literature Resources
The Brown University Library guide to literature resources for Africa.

African Writers Series This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to key texts of modern African literature, including more than 230 volumes of fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fictional prose

For over 40 years, Heinemann's African Writers Series has published the key texts of modern African literature. It has a unique importance in the history of postcolonial writing. Release Seven of this online edition includes over 230 volumes of fiction, poetry, drama and non-fictional prose, including works by Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Steve Biko, Buchi Emecheta, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Doris Lessing, Nelson Mandela, Dambudzo Marechera, Christopher Okigbo, Okot p'Bitek and Tayeb Salih.

Pauline Epistles: Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy. Ethiopian, 15th century. Luna Collection.

For database relating to ancient languages and literature, please see these suibject guides:

Classics
Librarian Bill Monroe's guide to Classical resources.
Egyptology and Assyriology Subject Guide
Librarian Bill Monroe's guide to Egyptology and Assyriology resources at Brown and Beyond.
Judaic Studies (Ancient & Medieval)
Librarian Bill Monroe's guide to historical resources in Judaic Studies.
Medieval Studies
Librarian Bill Monroe's guide to Medieval Studies.

Iliad manuscript fragment. Egyptian, 3rd-4th centuries.Luna Collection.

For databases relating to Asian languages and literature, please see these subject guides:

Chinese Studies
Librarian Li Wang's guide to resources in the study of China.
Japanese Studies
Librarian Li Wang's guide to resources in the study of Japan.
Korean Studies
Librarian Li Wang's guide to resources in the study of Korea.
South Asian Studies
Librarian Maan Alsahoui's guide to resources in the study of South Asia.

Sutra of Buddha's Names. From Dunhuang.. Early 10th century. British Museum. Luna Collection.

Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek This link opens in a new window
Provides access to books, archival objects, images, film, music, and sound from Germany's cultural and scientific institutions

The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, funded by German federal, state, and local governments, serves as a portal to works from Germany's cultural and scientific institutions. Works include books, archival objects, images, film, music and sound. Currently, over twenty million objects are indexed on the site, nearly eight million of which include digitized media. Copyright information and licensing rights will differ according to participating institutions. The site is searchable in German or English.

Gallica
Online full text resource of historical publications and images from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Periodicals dating back to the 18th century. Searches should be carried out in French.

For other databases relating to European languages and literature, please see these subject guides as well as resource below:

Literary Authors from Europe and Eurasia Web Archive
Curated by librarians from the Ivy Plus Confederation. "The project aims to archive web content related to literary authors (of both fiction and non-fiction essays), translators, critics, and publishers...with the aim of preserving the history of the contemporary literary process as reflected in the non-print publishing activity of important literary figures and organizations."
French and Francophone Studies
Librarian Patricia Figueroa's guide to resources in French Studies.
German Language and Literature
Librarian Laura Stokes's guide to resources in German Studies.
Italian Studies
Librarian Patricia Figueroa's guide to resources in Italian Studies.
Latin American, Iberian, and Caribbean Resources
Librarian Patricia Figueroa's guide to resources in Latin American, Iberian, and Caribbean Studies.
Modern Greek Studies
The Brown Library's guide to resources in the study of modern Greece.
Slavic Languages
Librarian Bill Monroe's guide to resources in Slavic Studies.

Alexander Longinov. Tale of the Cock and the Fox. 1852. Luna Collection.

For databases relating to Middle Eastern languages and literature, please see these subject guides:

Judaic Studies (Ancient & Medieval)
Librarian Bill Monroe's guide to historical resources in Judaic Studies.
Judaic Studies (Modern Period)
Librarian Holly Snyder's guide to resources in modern Judaic Studies.
Middle East Studies
Librarian Maan Alsahoui's guide to resources in Middle East Studies.

Solomon ben Raphael. Bible. 1299. Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Luna Collection.

North American Indian Drama This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to 244 plays by 48 playwrights representing the stories and creative energies of American Indian and First Nation playwrights of the 20th century.

This edition of North American Indian Drama contains 244 plays by 48 playwrights. More than half of the works are previously unpublished, and hard to find, representing groups such as Cherokee, Mtis, Creek, Choctaw, Pembina Chippewa, Ojibway, Lenape, Comanche, Cree, Navajo, Rappahannock, Hawaiian/Samoan, and others.

Native American and Indigenous Studies
Librarian Holly Snyder's guide to resources in Native American and Indigenous Studies.