800-899 Literature
- English as a SecondLanguage. Help for ESL students.http://www.rong-chang.com/
- OWL The Online Writing Lab from Purdue University has very straight forward assistance with questions of grammar and includes easy guides to citation styles in both MLA format and APAformat. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
- Research Paper.Com This site provides ideas and assistance for research projects. It has a directory of over 4,000 topics, and includes tips and techniquesto improve the style and presentation of your report. Topics in the idea directory have been adapted from 10,000 Ideas for Term Papers, Projects,Reports & Speeches by Kathryn Lamm.
- Celebration of Women Writers The goal of the authors is to promote awareness of the breadth and varietyof women's writing throughout history. The resources can be searched by name time period or country. The page is also used to coordinate efforts to make more works by women writers available electronically.
- The Edith Wharton Society
- F.Scott Fitzgerald Centenary Home Page From the University of South Carolina, this web site celebrates his writings, his life, and his relationships with other writers of the 20th century.
- Luminarium Biographies and works of Medieval, Renaissance and 17th Century writers, related essays and articles, music clips of the period and portraits or related art work. A fascinating labor of love.
- Mark Twain Resources on the Web An extensive listing of resources about Mark Twain and his works. You'll findlinks to biographical information, critical essays, historical maps, manuscripts, photos and cartoons, and teaching materials.
- Mr.William Shakespeare and the Internet This superb prizewinning site has lots of scholarly information but some lighter stuff also, a timeline and a quiz.
- Pulitzer Prize Winners The winners since 1917 with full text version for the last few years.
- Bartlett's FamiliarQuotations Familiar Quotations. A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
- Complete works of William Shakespeare What it says
- E Server Formerly the English Server at Carnegie Mellon, now at the University of Washington, a vast collection of full length texts and other resources in Literature and the arts.
- Literary Resources on the Net This site provides links to an extensive list of sites dealing with English and American literature. It is organized by era and genre, and includes women's and ethnic literature.
- Luminarium Biographies and works of Medieval, Renaissance and 17th Century writers, related essaysand articles, music clips of the period and portraits or related art work. A fascinating labor of love.
- Mr.William Shakespeare and the Internet This superb prizewinning site has lots of scholarly information but some lighter stuff also, a timeline and a quiz.
- On-Line Books Page An Index of books online indexes over 11,000 on-line books. Search or browse by author, title, new book listings or subject. A rich collection with numerous book related links.
- Online Medieval and Classical Library This collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization is sponsored by Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE. You may search by keyword, or browse by title, genre,or language. It also includes links to additional information and texts at other Web sites.
- Perseus Digital Library This world famous project was originally a collection of Roman and Greek materials. It now includes Renaissance stuff. Often slow to access, it is worth the wait. In addition to texts, the collection of photos of historical sites as they are now and of artifacts is huge.
- Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg is a collection of full-text books (beyond their copyright Dates) that is continually augmented. This site is set up for full text searching via author or title indexes. Several sites host this resource; as your nearest server you may want to choose Sudbury Valley School.
- Steinbeck's Myths of Okies This article argues that the Grapes of Wrath, usually considered to faithfully reflect the Dust Bowl era, is more fiction than fact. You can visit Weedpatch Camp .
- BritishPoetry 1780-1910 A Hypertext Archive of Scholarly Editions.
- CAPA - Contemporary American Poetry Archive There is more material here than you think at first because these are archived books of contemporary poetry which are out of print.
- Poets'Corner More than 6,000 poems by almost 700 authors but for copyright reasons (read their interesting comment on that) nothing more recent than 1923.
- Poetry 180 A poem a day for American high schools.
Updated November 5, 2006