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Literature

 

  1. About.com: Classic Literature :: http://classiclit.about.com/
  2. Academy of American Poets: http://www.he.net/~susannah/academy.htm
  3. American Authors on the Web: http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/AmeLit.html
  4. American Comparative Literature Association: http://www.acla.org/
  5. Australian Literature on the Internet :: http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/litsites.html
  6. Based on the Book :: http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/  Compilation of over 1,000 book titles, short stories, and plays that have been made into motion pictures.

7.       Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism, and Philology, 10th Edition, (2005) http://155.210.60.15/FILOLOGIA_INGLESA/bibliography.html

  1. BL Online: Bibliographie Linguistique - http://www.kb.nl/blonline
  2. BookBrowse.com :: http://www.bookbrowse.com/  BookBrowse collects reviews, user opinions, substantial excerpts, and images of book jackets and author biographies.
  3. Cambridge History of English and American Literature :: http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/ "The Cambridge History of English and American Literature is considered the most important work of literary history and criticism ever published on writings in the English language.
  4. Canadian Literature Archive :: http://www.umanitoba.ca/canlit/
  5. Electronic Archives for Teaching the American Literatures :: http://www.georgetown.edu/tamlit/tamlit-home.html
  6. English Literature on the Web: http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/EngLit.html
  7. English Resources on Web (English, Linguistics, Literature): http://www.fiu.edu/~english/internet.html
  8. E-Server on-line literature collection: http://eserver.org/
  9. Favorite Poem Project :: http://www.favoritepoem.org/
  10. Futurism and the Futurists :: http://www.futurism.org.uk/futurism.htm  This site contains manifestos, poetry, and other primary texts by Futurist authors.
  11. Glossary of Literary Terms :: http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm  Definitions and examples of literary terms.
  12. Glossary of Literary Theory :: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/glossary/Index.html  Glossary of common terminology used in literary theory, browsable alphabetically by main entry.
  13. Glossary of Poetic Terms from BOB'S BYWAY :: http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html An extensive collection of poetic terms and their definitions, with numerous cross-references and examples.
  14. Guide to grammar and style: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/ 
  15. Handbook of Rhetorical Devices :: http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm This book contains definitions and examples of more than sixty traditional rhetorical devices, all of which can still be useful today to improve the effectiveness, clarity, and enjoyment of your writing.
  16. Harvard Classics & Shelf of Fiction :: http://www.bartleby.com/hc/  The most comprehensive and well-researched anthology of all time comprises both the 50-volume '5-foot shelf of books' and the the 20-volume Shelf of Fiction. Together they cover every major literary figure, philosopher, religion, folklore and historical subject through the twentieth century.
  17. Humbul Humanities Hub :: http://www.humbul.ac.uk/  Searchable, browsable collection of Internet resources in the fields of: English, History, Philosophy, History, Philosophy of Science, Theology, Religion, Modern Languages. Intended audience is students and faculty of higher education institutions.
  18. Index Translationum: International bibliography of translations :: http://www.unesco.org/culture/xtrans/  A free database for researching whether a book has been translated into another language.
  19. Internet literary index: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/english/flackcj/LitIndex.html
  20. Internet sites related to electronic literature: http://www.jsu.edu/depart/english/choice.htm
  21. IPL Literary Criticism Collection - http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/litcrit/
  22. Literary Resources on the Net :: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/  An incredibly comprehensive collection of Web sites related to literature & the humanities. Includes Syllabi and Other Course Materials for Literature Courses.
  23. Literary Resources on the Net: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
  24. Literary Timeline :: http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/timeline/Calendar  With this handy search tool, users can look up "significant literary events" for each day of the year.
  25. Native American Literature Resources: http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/
  26. Native Literature Directory :: http://www.indians.org/Resource/natlit/natlit.html  A directory of Native American stories from the American Indian Heritage Foundation.
  27. New York Times Book Review :: http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com  Over 50,000 book reviews back to 1980 from the famed New York Times Book Review are archived and searchable, plus special Web-only features. Registration required.
  28. On-Line English Grammar: http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/
  29. Page :: http://thepage.name/  Offers a digest of the web's best "poetry, essays, language, ideas", updated daily. Also included are extensive links to literary resources at the site, article, and item level.
  30. Perseus Digital Library :: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/  An evolving humanities digital library. Presently collects materials on classics/antiquity, Victorian London, natural philosopher Robert Boyle, the history of Tufts University, and part of the Library of Congress-sponsored American Memory collections.
  31. Perspectives in American Literature: http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/table.html
  32. Pilot-Search.com :: http://www.pilot-search.com/  Pilot-Search.com is a free online search engine - comprised strictly of literary links. Pilot includes over 10,000 searchable links. With over 250 categories Pilot covers Book Reviews, Interviews, individual writers like Tennessee Williams, Ghost Writing Services, e-Text, MFA Programs, Short Story Contests, and much more.
  33. PoemHunter.com :: http://www.poemhunter.com/  A database of nearly 36,000 poems, modern and classic, that allows searching by poet name, poem title, and poem text. More than 5000 poets are included and the site allows poets to submit poems as well.
  34. Poetry Archive :: http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/home.do  Listen to this online poetry archive of historic and contemporary English Language poets reading their own works.
  35. Pulp Fiction Central :: http://www.vintagelibrary.com/pulp/index.htm  This site is an excellent introduction to pulp fiction. It includes an in depth definition of pulp fiction, information on the popular serialized characters, in addition to a few electronic versions of literature which is deemed to be "pulp fiction.
  36. Purple Crayon: A Children's Book Editor's Site :: http://www.underdown.org/ 
  37. Real Mother Goose :: http://trmg.designwest.com/  This popular collection of Mother Goose stories was penned in 1916 by Blanche Fisher Wright. Now it’s available online with complete illustrations.
  38. Renaissance Liturgical Imprints: A Census :: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~davidcr/  This is a database of information about worship books printed before 1601. RELICS now includes information on over 8,890 titles.
  39. Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw of Barnsable and Sherwood :: http://boldoutlaw.com/  This webpage is "dedicated to England's best known outlaw legend." It covers a broad range of information on Robin Hood, with an archive of ballads, comic books and a short story, interviews with contemporary authors of Robin Hood novels, art and photograph gallery, history of the Robin Hood Legend, and historical records.
  40. Science Fiction & Fantasy Research Database - http://lib-oldweb.tamu.edu/cushing/sffrd
  41. Spanish Literature Resources :: http://www.virginia.edu/cla/split.htm  This is a good place to find online Spanish literature available throughout the world. Links include the National Library of Spain, on-line Spanish texts and publications, and book review sites.
  42. Tale of Kieu :: http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/swensson/kieu.html  The Tale of Kieu, written by Nguyen Du,(1766 - 1820), is Vietnam's epic national poem.
  43. Vintage Reading Group Guides :: http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/categories.html  This site offers online reading guides for various books. Designed especially for book groups, the guides include a description of each book, questions, discussion topics, and author biographies.
   

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