Literature and Critical Resources

Resources on Specific Genres or Time Periods

Online Literature Resources -- From the Internet Public Library.  An excellent first stop for criticism.

Literary History.com -- "A guide to critical articles on literature for readers, students, scholars, writers, and teachers." Includes web indices of 19th and 20th Century literature by author.

Literary Index -- An extensive guide to Internet resources in literature. From Vannderbilt University.

Literary Resources on the Net -- A useful directory from Rutgers University.

Voice of the Shuttle -- "A structured and briefly annotated guide to online resources that at once respects the established humanities disciplines in their professional organization and points toward the transformation of those disciplines as they interact with the sciences and social sciences and with new digital media."

Anglistik Guide -- An excellent guide to scholarly Internet resources on Anglo-American literature from -- of all places -- Gottingen, Germany.

Victorian Web -- A valuable guide to literature of the Victorian Age (1830-1900).

American Collection Educator's Site -- James Agee, Henry James, Eudora Welty, Langston Hughes, Willa Cather, Esmerelda Santiago.  A companion site to Masterpiece Theater.

Web English Teacher -- "The best of K-12 English/Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, Web Quests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities."

Movie Review Query Engine --  Find reviews of current and past movies.

Academy of American Poets -- A plethora of poetry resources.

American Verse Project -- From the University of Michigan: "assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920." With multiple search options.

Modern American Poetry -- "An online journal and multimedia companion to Anthology of Modern American Poetry, edited by Cary Nelson."

Internet Poetry Archive

Bartleby.com: Verse -- "The classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference free of charge for the home, classroom, and desktop of each and every Internet participant."

Magic Island Poetry Database -- "14191 poems from all over the world ... 852 Chinese poems.  Posted by a very busy poetry-lover.

Atlantic Online: Poetry Pages -- Poetry from the Atlantic Monthly.

Favorite Poem Project -- From the Poetry Society of America.

Great Books -- The full text of the works of 240 of the greatest authors in world literature, with links to other literary resources.  Sponsored by the Access Foundation.

American Studies at the University of Virginia -- Hypertext versions of a large collection of American Classics and related literature.

Bartleby.com -- "The classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference free of charge for the home, classroom, and desktop of each and every Internet participant."

Project Gutenberg -- "The Internet's oldest producer of FREE electronic books."  A large selection of classic literature.

Electronic Classics Site -- E-texts from Penn State.

Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts -- "A collection of public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy."

The Labyrinth -- Resources for Medieval studies from Georgetown University.  An excellent resource!

Perseus Digital Library -- Primary and secondary sources on Greece and Rome, the English Renaissance, the history of London, and much more.  From Tufts University.  Another excellent site!

Encyclopedia Mythica -- "An online encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legends. It currently contains over 6,100 entries on gods and goddesses, heroes, legendary creatures and beings from all over the world."

Victorian Web -- A valuable guide to literature of the Victorian Age (1830-1900).

16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)

Children's Literature Web Guide

American Rhetoric  -- "Growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two."  

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century

Literary Gothic

Victorian Ghost Stories

Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project -- From the University of Virginia.

Camelot Project -- "Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information."  From the University of Rochester.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

Gulliver's Travels By Jonathan Swift

Mark Twain in His Times

Knowing Poe -- "The literature, life, and times of Edgar Allen Poe."

Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture -- Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Hans Christian Anderson

The Lord of the Rings: Beyond the Movie -- From National Geographic.

PBS Biographies

American Collection Educator's Site -- James Agee, Henry James, Eudora Welty, Langston Hughes, Willa Cather, Esmerelda Santiago.  A companion site to Masterpiece Theater.

BBC Four Interviews -- Access to the interview archives of the BBC.  Lots of stuff!

The Labyrinth -- Resources for Medieval studies from Georgetown University.  An excellent resource!

Perseus Digital Library -- Primary and secondary sources on Greece and Rome, the English Renaissance, the history of London, and much more.  From Tufts University.  Another excellent site!

Encyclopedia Mythica -- "An online encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legends. It currently contains over 6,100 entries on gods and goddesses, heroes, legendary creatures and beings from all over the world."

Greek Gods and Goddesses -- From the BBC Religions and Ethics site.

Greek Mythology Link -- "Texts, Images, Charts and Maps."

Citation Machine -- Plug in your information and get a correct citation.

BibMe -- "Your one-stop source for all your bibliography needs!"

EasyBib -- "A free MLA bibliography composer. By using it, students can format over thirty different types of sources. These sources are then alphabetized and formatted for printing."

OWL -- Research and documentation help from the Online Writing Lab from Purdue University.

NoodleTools-- "A suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research. From selecting a search engine and finding some relevant sources, to citing those sources in MLA or APA style.

Citation Styles Online!

OSLIS Secondary: How to Cite Sources -- From the Oregon School Library Information System.

Citing Internet Resources -- How to cite online images, sounds, and more.  From Classroom Connect.

Basic Steps in the Research Process -- Takes you through the process of writing a research paper, including a handy Outline Maker.  From Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.

The Writing Process -- "Conn McQuinn from Puget Sound ESD in Burien, Washington guides teachers and students alike through the Writing Process."

English Language Arts Annotated Writing Models -- Models of different writing genres for grades 6 - 12 with helpful notes.  Includes Expository, Persuasive, Literary Response, Creative and Expressive, and Reflective Essay.  From Greece Central School District in Monroe County, New York.

Grammar Resources on the Web -- From the University of Chicago Writing Program. Mmmmmm, grammar ...

Word Spy -- "This Web site and its associated mailing list are devoted to recently coined words, existing words that have enjoyed a recent renaissance, and older words that are being used in new ways."

Biography Maker -- Steps and tips for writing an interesting biography.  From Bellingham, Washington Public Schools.

The Phrase Finder -- "Meanings and Origins of Phrases, sayings, cliches and quotes ."