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Bibliomania-"Hundreds of searchable full text works of classic fiction, popular fiction, short stories, drama, poetry, dictionaries, research and religious texts."
Celebration of Women Writers-"The Celebration of Women Writers recognizes the contributions of women writers throughout history. Women have written almost every imaginable type of work: novels, poems, letters, biographies, travel books, religious commentaries, histories, economic and scientific works. Our goal is to promote awareness of the breadth and variety of women's writing."
ClassicAuthors.Net-a timeline of the author and works available online
Doucette Index-K-12 Literature Based Teaching Ideas: A Index to Books and Websites
Electronic Text Center from the University of Virginia Library
eNotes Literary Criticism- The criticism collection includes more than 40,000 full-length or excerpted essays, spanning more than 25 years of literary criticism. There are some free resources; for others you need a paid subscription
Internet Classics Archive-"Select from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and "reader's choice" Web sites. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation."
Internet Public Library Literary Criticism Collection-This site contains over 3800 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, title, or by nationality and literary period."
LibriVox-free audio books from the public domain. There are several options for listening. The first step is to get the mp3 or ogg files into your own computer.
Lit Links-annotated links organized alphabetically by author to show you what kinds of information about a work, its author, or period you'll find on each site
Literary Encyclopedia-provides over 3300 authoritative profiles of authors, works and literary and historical topics.
Literature Network-"We offer searchable online literature for the student, educator, or enthusiast. To find the work you're looking for start by looking through the author index. We currently have over 300 full books and over 1000 short stories and poems by over 90 authors. Our quotations database has over 8500 quotes."
ManyBooks.Net-" The staff members at Manybooks.net have adapted the e-texts created by the Project Gutenberg DVD and placed them online in a host of formats, including pdf, eReader, and as Palm document files"
Online Books Page-This site hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Library "is a directory of books that can be read freely on the internet.
Online Literary Resources-This set of pages maintained by Jack Lynch of Rutgers University is a collection of links to sites on the Internet dealing especially with English and American literature
Read Print-A website that offers thousands of free books and information about authors.
Today in Literature-"a calendar of engaging stories about the great books, writers and events in literary history."
American Literature on the Web-"This set of American literature resource pages is mainly a collection of links to sites on the Internet especially dealing with American literature and its social, cultural contexts. It includes homepages and documents on over 300 authors and electronic texts of their works. I have also included literary indexes which contain pointers to individual author sites, electronic texts or other related materials."
American Writing Gateway- "The links on this site will direct you to the best online material about some widely taught American writers. Selections were based upon teacher and student resource value, navigability, unique features and overall impression. Each site has been evaluated by several teachers, and their combined reviews are reflected here."
Brief Timelines of American Literature and Events:Pre1620-1920-"This timeline provides a short chronology of events in American history and literature."
Cambridge History of English and American Literature-"Considered the most important work of literary history and criticism ever published, the Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing. The set encompasses a wide selection of writing on orators, humorists, poets, newspaper columnists, religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, song writers, and even non-English writing, such as Yiddish and Creole." Click on one of the indexes to find your topic."
Complete Works of Mark Twain-all books and a biography available online
Knowing Poe-"This recent Webby winner for Best Education Web site of 2005 provides an in-depth look at the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe. The site, created by Maryland Public Television, allows visitors to explore Poe's worlds-both fictional and real-from a number of perspectives, learn about the continuing impact of Poe's legacy, as well as study the "hard facts" about life and death in Baltimore and the United States during Poe's lifetime. In addition, the site offers educators lesson plans created by Maryland teachers, primary source documents, links for further research, and materials for activities related to Poe that students of all ages will find enjoyable."
PAL: Perspectives in American Literature-A Research and Reference Guide-This site is arranged chronologically by time periods of literature. There is an introduction to each time period, then a list of authors. Most author pages include a very short biography, a list of works, a bibliography, and some study questions.
British Literature-Quoted annotations in this section from the Multnomah County Library Site
Absolute Shakespeare-all of Shakespeare's writings plus information about his life and times and the Globe Theatre
Cambridge History of English and American Literature-"Considered the most important work of literary history and criticism ever published, the Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing. The set encompasses a wide selection of writing on orators, humorists, poets, newspaper columnists, religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, song writers, and even non-English writing, such as Yiddish and Creole." Click on one of the indexes to find your topic.
Complete works of George Orwell (plus a biography)-look on the right side of the page for a link to the works of Charles Dickens and Shakespeare as well
Luminariurm:Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485)-"Chaucer, Sir Gawain, Malory, etc. Includes essays and articles on the various works, biographical information on the authors, links to related sources and complete texts. Includes audio clips."
Luminarium: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)-"Sir Thomas More, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser, etc. Includes essays and articles on the various works, biographical information, links to related sources, bibliographies, complete texts. Provides audio clips."
Luminarium: English Literature: Early 17th Century (1603-1660)-"Donne, Jonson, Herbert, Bacon, Marvell, etc. Includes biographical info., bibliographies, links to related sources, complete texts."
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet-an annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on Internet
Palaeography-"Palaeography is the study of old handwriting. This web tutorial will help you learn to read the handwriting found in documents written in English between 1500 and 1800"
Shakespeare on the Net Field Trip-be sure to check the navigation at the bottom of the page
Shakespeare Subject to Change-this project from Cable in the Classroom explores how the printing, editing and directing of Shakespeare's play makes them "subject to change"
Victorian Literature Overview-"A bit academic, but potentially helpful. Includes essays for each author which relate her/his works to the social and scientific contexts of her/his times. The Table of Contents lets you link to a chronology of English literary occurrences from 1770 to the present as well as discussion of various literature-related topics such as canons, genres, and techniques."
Voice of the Shuttle: English Literature-"A bit academic, but potentially helpful. Includes essays for each author which relate her/his works to the social and scientific contexts of her/his times. The Table of Contents lets you link to a chronology of English literary occurrences from 1770 to the present as well as discussion of various literature-related topics such as canons, genres, and techniques. Still under construction."
Academy of American Poets-You can locate information about a poet, poetry exhibits and events, awards, or join a group poetry discussion at this site. Learn to enjoy poetry by looking at "How to Read a Poem".
American Verse Project-The American Verse Project is a collaborative project between the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan Press. The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920. The full text of each volume of poetry is being converted into digital form with various forms of access provided through the WWW.
Bartleby Verse: American & English Poetry: 1250–1920-"With thousands of poems by hundreds of authors, Bartleby.com offers one of the largest free collections of verse on the web."
Favorite Poem Project-This is a project sponsored by the former Poet Laureate, Robert Pinsky. It features videos of people talking about and reading their favorite poems.
Modern American Poetry-MAPS provides a single clearinghouse for some of the best criticism on the best poets of our time.
Poetry Archives-The Poetry Archive has 3745 poems by 145 authors.
Poetry Magic-"Welcome to Poetry Magic, a resource centre for the theory and craft of writing poetry. What is poetry? How does it differ from prose? Why is poetry special, and so difficult to write? This site provides the answers to these and other vexing questions, plus a vast array of material to make your own poetry writing more compelling, authentic and relevant."
Poetry Portal-directory of worldwide poetry online
Poets.org-"Launched in 1996, Poets.org is the award-winning website of the Academy of American Poets. Visitors to Poets.org will find thousands of poems as well as hundreds of poet biographies, essays, interviews, and poetry recordings—with new material being added constantly.
FaganFinder-Quotations and Proverbs Search-search for quotes and slogans
LitQuotes-This literary reference site features quotations from the great works of literature. You can search for quotes in a number of different ways
Motivating Moments-Over 8,000 quotations and 700 stories in our archives and growing
ThinkExist.com-Finding quotes was never this easy
History and Politics Out Loud-This site is an archive of politically significant audio materials for scholars, teachers, and students. Funded by National Endowment for the Humanities in Partnership with Michigan State University.