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English Language and Literature

Literature:

• Lindex Gale's Literary Index provides an index of authors, titles and subjects to the sets and volumes of Gale's Literary Criticism reference sets. The SHS library has many of these sets.
  
  
• Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection IPL offers over 4500 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works.
  
  
• Great Writers and Poets. Includes important literary prize winners and list index to authors.
  
  
• Literary Resources on the Net Links to English language resources by subject.
  
  
• PAL: Perspectives in American Literature A research and reference guide to American literature from early American through late twentieth century.
  
  
• Project Gutenberg Full-text classic literature.
  
  
• Classics Archive Find full-text classic literature in a searchable or browsable database.
  
  
• Classic Reader This collection currently contains 651 books and 906 short stories by 196 authors. New works are added to the collections on a regular basis.
  
  
• Bartleby Library Full-text classic poetry and prose, quotations and more.
  
  
• Bibliomania A British site that provides full-text for over 2000 classic works, as well as study guides and reference materials.
  
  
• Google Book Search Allows you to search the text of over seven million books online.
  
  
• Electronic Text Center Full-text English language resources from the University of Virginia.
  
  
• On-Line Books Page Links to full-text books available on the internet. Also includes foreign titles.
  
  
• The Cambridge History of English and American Literature Considered one of the most important words of literary history and criticism, this complete online version of the text contains thousands of essays with topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama to history, theology and political writing. From Bartleby.com
  
  
• Sparknotes Mostly a commercial site, but also has hundreds of free study guides to classic literature and drama.
  
  
• Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts Full-text folk tales and myths from around the world.
  
  
• Mything Links "An annotated and illustrated collection of worldwide links to mythologies, fairy tales and folklore, sacred arts and sacred traditions" from the Pacifica Graduate Institute.
  
  
• Bulfinch's Mythology A classic source for mythology which includes full-text Greek, Roman, and other classical myths as well as legends of the Middle Ages, including those of King Arthur and Charlemagne, with links to other sources.
  
  
• Classical Mythology Provided by a professor of history from Temple University, this site provides excellent information on Greek and Roman mythology, study guides for Homer, Sophocles and Euripides, as well a glossary for mythological terms.
  
  
• Mythweb Offers an encyclopedia of mythology, colorful illustrations and an easy to read text option
  
  
• Today in Literature This is a high-tech page-a-day calendar which offers an "original biographical story each calendar day about the great writers, books, and events in literary history."Articles are footnoted with a wide variety of links to related articles and texts. Free use but requires registration. Archived stories require subscription.
  
  
• Dictionary of Phrase and Fable First hypertext edition of Brewer's dictionary of Phrase and Fable from Bartleby.com.
  
  
• Quotations Search Bartlett's Dictionary of Familiar Quotations from Bartleby.com.
  
  
• Quotation Ring Searchable access to an interconnected Web Ring of quotation related Web sites.
  
  
• The Quotations Page Great popular quotations and quotation links plus motivational quotes for the day.
  
  
• Quoteland.com Quotations by topic, literary quotes, humorous quotes and more.
  
  
• The Quotations Archive A comprehensive database of general purpose quotations, searchable by subject, author, or keywords, plus links to other quotation sites.
  
  
• Literary Kicks Biographical information of Beat Generation authors and poets and includes articles and samples of their work.
  
  
• Authors on the Web Provides links to author biographical sketches.
  
  
• Litweb provides biographies for over 500 well-known authors. Each biography includes facts about the author's life. a complete list of works, and links to additional information. as well as facts about prizes in literature.
  
  
• American Writers This C-SPAN companion site offers an in-depth look at 45 American writers who helped shape a nation, featuring biographical and historical background information for each featured author.
  
  
• A Celebration of Women Writers This site is devoted to promoting an awareness of the importance of women's writing. Can be browsed alphabetically by name, century, or country. Also provides links to sites devoted to specific writers.
  
  
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color This site from the University of Minnesota focuses on North American women writers of color, and provides biographical information, some critical analysis and lists of works by and about the writer as well as links to related Web sites.
  
  
• Teenreads.com Caters to young adult readers and provides author interviews, book reviews, a message board and an excellent newsletter.
  
  
• Guys Read An excellent web site which help visitors to find find books that would interest boys and adult males. Searchable by subject, author or title, and provides lists of favorite books.
  

Poetry:

• American Verse Project Archive of volumes of American verse prior to 1920.
  
  
• Bartleby Verse Archive of American and English Poetry from 1250-1920.
  
  
• Poets' Corner This is a searchable anthology of more than 4,700 works by more than 560 poets, which is ever-expanding.
  
  
• Norton Poets This site contains short biographies of nearly 100 contemporary poets, a multimedia section allowing one to listen to poets reading their own work, provides links to author's individual sites and an impressive related reading list of links.
  
  
• Great Writers and Poets. Includes important literary prize winners and list index to authors.
  
  
• Galaxy Poetry Links Guide to poetry, arranged alphabetically, from eiNET directories
  
  
• The Internet Poetry Archive A unique site providing access to some contemporary works, including those by Seamus Heaney, Yusef Knomunyakaa, Phillip Levine, Czelaw Miosz, Robert Pinsky, Margaret Walker and Richard Wilber. Links to biographical, poetry text, bibliography, etc.
  
  
• Poets.org Provides a searchable database of the works of selected major poets from the American Academy of Poets.
  
  
• Modern American Poets This site from the Dept. of English at the University of Illinois is an online journal and multimedia companion to the Oxford Anthology of Modern American Poetry which studies over 150 modern American poets. Contains sample poems, criticism and analysis, commentaries, biographical info. and more.
  
  
• Favorite Poem Project Founded by former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, this is a collection of Americans reading their favorite poems, a continuing database, plus two anthologies of poetry to explore.
  
  
• The Atlantic Online: Poetry Pages Search a collection of poems published in the digital edition of the Atlantic Monthly magazine since 1993.
  
  
• RPO: Representative Poetry Online Extensive resources on poets, poetic language, literary criticism, and poems from the University of Toronto.
  
  
• Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools Established by Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States, this site is an effor to expose students to poetry on a daily basis.
  
  
• Online Poetry Classroom A resource for teachers and students alike, this site contains texts of over 1200 poems, biographies of over 450 poets , a timeline of poetry, and clips of authors reading their own poems, teacher forums, lesson plans, and links to more virtual poetry resources.
  
  
• Types of Poetry From Shadowpoetry.com, this page provides a definition and an example of more than 50 different kinds of poetry.


• Glossary of poetic terms A study guide for poetry which includes a large glossary that can be downloaded and searched.

Drama:

• Playbill Resources and links for drama and dramatists.
  
  
• Complete Works of Shakespeare All of Shakespeare's works, searchable by keyword. Includes related articles and recommended links.
  
  
• The Oxford Shakespeare The 1914 Oxford edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare ranks among the most authoritative published this centruy. Search the 37 plays, 154 sonnets and miscellaneous verse which constitute the literary cornerstone of Western civilization. From Bartleby.com
  
  
• The Folger Shakespeare Library Holds Shakespearean material and also a vast collection of rare Renaissance books and manuscripts on all disciplines.
  
  
• Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet A very user-friendly Shakespeare site that includes information on his life and times, including a timeline and genealogy, sources for his works, scholarly criticism, the theatre, the Renaissance, teacher materials, links to other good sites and more.
  

Grammar and Writing:

• English Grammar On-line Web grammar guide includes an English grammar clinic for questions from Edufind.com.
  
  
• A+ Research & Writing for High School Guidance, support, resources and links for writing from the Internet Public Library.
  
  
• Online Writing Lab From Purdue University, this site provides vast resources for writers and teachers of writing.
  
  
• Guide to Grammar & Writing From traditional sentence level lessons on parts of speech to more in-depth areas such as essay writing, this is the ultimate guide to grammar and technical aspects of writing
  
  
• Strunk's Elements of Style Strunk's Elements of Style on-line provides elementary rules of language usage and principles of composition. From Bartleby.com.
  
  
• Grammar Resources on the Web This site from the University of Chicago provides grammar resources that are integrated into a narrative about grammar and good writing. Materials include grammar books and essays, English for non-native speakers, science and technical writing, thesauruses and dictionaries, gender-neutral language and classic style guides.
  
  
• NoodleTools A suite of interactive tools designed to help students with online research, especially great for bibliograpahic citation.
  
  
• MLA Style Provides guidelines and examples on MLA documentation of WEB sites from the Modern Language Association Web site.
  
  
• Glossary of Literary Terms and a Handbook of Rhetorical Devices Searchable indexes for both the glossary and the handbook provides definitions and explanations for literary terms and devices.
  
  
• Acronym Finder A large searchable database, containing about 155,000 acronyms, abbreviations and definitions.
  
  
• The Searchable Phrase Finder This site provides word resources, including: Meanings and Origins, sayings, cliches, provers and quotations. Other features are Euphemisms, Popular Fallacies and phrases with Biblical origins
  
  
• Common Errors in English Provides lists of common errors in grammar usage and spelling.

   

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