General Links
Voice of the Shuttle, compilation of English literature sourcesInternet Public Library: Literary Criticism, a selection of scholarly criticism, alphabetized by author
How to Find Literary Criticism on the Web
Language Sites on the Internet, etymology, dictionary, and thesaurus links, and links to many other word and grammar sites
All Readers.com, an interesting search engine that allows you to search by authors, plot points, characters, etc.
Heath Anthology of American Literature Resources
Library Spot: Literary Criticism
Literary Resources for the College and High School Student, very large indexes of writers, literary resources, language information, and links.
On-Line Literary Criticism, "1352 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by literary period."
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, "This bibliography presents selected articles, books, electronic documents, and other sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet and other networks. Most sources have been published between 1990 and the present; however, a limited number of key sources published prior to 1990 are also included. Where possible, links are provided to sources that are available via the Internet."
WordWizard Portal, "for lovers of of English language" (about word origins, etc.)
Guides to Literature
Literary Theory: A Guide to Sources on the Internet
BookRags, "comprehensive guides to classic literature"Reading Group Guides.com, "the on-line guide for reading groups"--good for discussion questions
NovelGuides, information on major novels' themes, characters, metaphors, etc.
Sparknotes, information and some commentary on various literary works
Reference
African-American Literature On-Line, "The purpose of this web site is to provide the reader with a comprehensive guide to African American Literature during the Twentieth Century. Here, you will find over 75 novels, poems, autobiographies, and essays along with summaries of the selected literature. Also, we have provided you with some significant events of each decade and the literary themes that African American authors were writing about during that decade. This web site is targeted towards high school students because we felt they would be at a level of maturity that would allow them to have a better grasp of what the authors were writing about during that time period. "Project CROW, a directory of American literature resources
Bible Study Tools, online study Bible, interlinear Bibles, commentaries, concordances, lexicons, and much more.
Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Culture
A Glossary of Literary Terms and A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
Modern American Poets, site with links to major poets and excerpted criticism. Very useful for teachers.
Religion On-Line, "Full texts by recognized religious scholars...more than 1100 articles and chapters" on topics including Old and New Testament, Theology, Ethics, History, Comparative Religion, Pastoral Care, Counseling.
Wired for Books, the project to encode author interviews from NY radio program
Authors
Book Cafe, perhaps the best place to go if you are looking for information on individual authors (this site has an impressive collection of links for contemporary authors as well).Book-Wire, collection of author indexes
Samuel Beckett, web site and resources
Lord Byron, "a comprehensive study of his life"
Geoffrey Chaucer Site (Harvard)
Caxton's Chaucer (two editions of Canterbury Tales, British Library)
T.S. Eliot Site ("What the Thunder Said")
John Keats, "a comprehensive study of his life and works"
John Keats, web pages by Lilia Melani, City University of New York
Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Society of Baltimore)
Periods
Old English Pages, electronic texts, translations, links, art, history, etc.Luminarium, a beautiful site for medieval, renaissance, and 17th century authors
On-Line Medieval and Classical Library, a collection of some of the most important works of classical and medieval civilization
Netserf, an excellent site for medieval resources
Victorian Web, an outstanding collection of full-text documents
Nineteenth-Century English Novel, web pages by Lilia Melani, City University of New York
Syllabi for early American history and literature, with readings and links
Guide to American Literary Movements
Electronic Archives for Teaching American Literature, syllabi, teaching materials, etc.
Types
African-American Women Writers of the Nineteenth CenturyAfrican-American Texts On-Line
Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury: A Bibliography
Bloomsbury (Tate site)
Breakthrough Books, "breakthrough" books in various fields (Lingua Franca)
Cyberspace, Hypertext and Critical Theory
A Digitalized Library of Southern Literature (to 1920s)
Electronic African Bookworm, "designed specifically for use by book professionals in Africa, and by African writers and scholars"
Empty World, apocalyptic literature and films
Everything Postmodern, a comprehensive guide to postmodern culture and criticism
Existentialism: an Introduction
Exploring Modern Magic Realism
The Fantastic in Art and Literature
Feminist Theory Website (hosted by Virginia Tech)
Folk Music of England, Scotland, Wales, and America
Gareth Long's Encyclopedia of Monsters, Mythical Creatures, and Fabulous Beasts
Irish Knowledge, "to help you find the most useful Internet resources in the field of Irish historical, literary and cultural studies."
Lesbian Pulp Fiction Collection ("Women in the Shadows") (Duke)
Letters and Diaries, list of annotated links to sites about and for writers of letters and diaries.
List of Novels based on Fairy Tales
The Literary Gothic, bills itself as "the web's premier guide to Gothic literature"
Literary Kicks, backgrounds and biographies of the Beats
MacGuffin Guide to Detective Fiction
Native-American Authors, bibliographies, biographies, links.
New Testament Gateway, "annotated guide to good academic New Testament web resources."
Short Stories at East of the Web, a collection of classic and modern short stories.
Slave Narratives and Slavery Links
Social Criticism Review, selected readings in social criticism.
Southwestern Literature, a background for literature of the American Southwest (Abbey, Anaya, Chavez, Kingsolver, McCarthy, Nichols, et al.)
Theater History on the Web, an excellent collection of links.
Victorian Emporium, information on Victorian etiquette, rituals, wedding customs, society, tea rooms, mourning, recipes, etc.
Women and Gender Studies, Literature and Culture Web Sites (Association of College Research Libraries)
Databases (searchable)
Collected Works of ShakespeareShakespeare plays, scholarly, fully annotated editions of the plays
Bartleby's Oxford Shakespeare Site
Alex Catalog of Electronic Texts (includes concordances)
Electronic Texts
On-Line Books Page, the best place to search for free electronic books.Search E-Books.com, search 1000s of on-line e-texts for words and phrases
The Bartleby Library at Columbia University, a useful site for reading poetry and reference works on-line
Electonic Text Collections in Western European Literature (other than English) (UVA)
Free E-Books Library (UVA)
The Unbound Bible, nearly every version of the Bible available here.
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, an encyclopedia in 18 volumes (1907-21)
Translation
Babel Fish 2000, Altavista's translation service
Periodicals
Arts and Letters Daily, regularly updated collection of links to literary and arts sites
Style Guides
MLA Style ManualColumbia Guide to On-line Style
Citation style guides, a list of links to MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.
Research Page
English and Related Links
Library Links
Subject Catalogs
Search Engines
Encyclopedias and Literary Organizations