Literature
- Lists of Links to Reliable Web Sites
Electronic Texts
Please note, online books found in these sources are almost always older books no longer protected by copyright. It is extremely unlikely you will find a recently published book online for free.
- Electronic Text Center- English Online Resources - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/collections/languages/english/
An archive of electronic versions of classic works of literature among other titles.
- The Online Books Page - http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
A large collection of online books.
- Online Texts - http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.60.00/
Lists both collections of online texts and links to individual full text works.
- Project Gutenberg - http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
A catalog of more than 17,000 online books.
Literary History and Criticism
- 100 Best Novels - http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html
Time magazine selects the 100 best novels published from 1923 to the present and provides brief plot summaries.
- Cambridge History of English and American Literature - http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/
Online version of an 18 volume set published between 1907 and 1921.
- Internet Public Library Literary Criticism Page - http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
Outstanding. Search by country and time period or author's name.
- Online Literary Criticism Collection - http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.20.00/
Links to online book reviews and literary criticism.
- Literary History - http://www.literaryhistory.com/
"A selective bibliography of open access articles for more than 300 authors, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Authors of Web Sites."
- Literary Resources on the Net - http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
This outstanding site, the project of a Rutgers University collects hundreds of excellent literature links. It can be both browsed and searched.
- Luminarium - http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm
Outstanding coverage of English literature from the Middle Ages to the 17th century.
- Outline of American Literature - http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oal/oaltoc.htm
A substantial Web page covering U.S. literature.
- Simond's History of American Literature - http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/270/frameset.html
An online textbook history of literature.
- Victorian Web - http://www.victorianweb.org/
This most excellent site covers the history and literature of the Victorian era.
Poetry
- Bartleby Verse Collection - http://www.bartleby.com/verse/
An online collection of poems published before 1926 (roughly.)
- English Poetry - http://library.cortland.edu/internetresources_subjects.asp?SubID=A9B0
A short list of links to online poetry and criticism. Covers both American and British authors.
World Literature
Individual Authors --American
- Maya Angelou - http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/angelou_maya.html
Biography, bibliography and list of links.
- James Baldwin - http://partners.nytimes.com/books/98/03/29/specials/baldwin.html
Reviews of Baldwin's books and articles about him from The New York Times.
- Stephen Crane - http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/crane/index.html
Biographical information, links to e-texts and an excellent bibliography of Crane criticism.
- Willa Cather Electronic Archive - http://cather.unl.edu/
Collection of primary, critical, biographical and other materials about Willa Cather.
- Emily Dickinson - http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/dickinson.htm
Biographical information, essays and links to texts of her poems.
- Dreiser on the Web - http://www.uncwil.edu/dreiser/TDweb.htm#menu
This helpful essay points the reader to useful Web sites on Theodore Dreiser.
- William Faulkner on the Web - http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/%7Eegjbp/faulkner/faulkner.html
Although this site will never be a contender for design excellence awards, it leads the reader to a great deal of useful information about Faulkner and his works.
- Nathaniel Hawthorn - http://www.eldritchpress.org/nh/hawthorne.html
Biography, links to e-texts and criticism.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald Society - http://www.fitzgeraldsociety.org/
Biography, bibliographies, lists of e-texts and links to reliable resources.
- Ernest Hemingway -
http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/07/11/specials/hemingway-main.html
Reviews of Hemingway's books and articles about him from The New York Times.
- Zore Neale Hurston - http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/hurston_zora_neale.html
Biography, bibliography, and list of links.
- Maxine Hong Kingston - http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/kingston_maxine_hong.html
Biography, bibliography and list of links.
- Carson McCullers Sites - http://www.carson-mccullers.com/html/links.html
A list of links to reliable sites about Carson McCullers.
- Annina's Tony Morrison Site - http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/tonimorrison/toni.htm
Biographical information and critical essays about the books.
- eOneill.com - http://eoneill.com/
"An electronic Eugene O'Neill Archive."
- Edgar Allan Poe - http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/
Biography, links to e-texts, and links to more information.
- Katherine Anne Porter - http://www.millikin.edu/aci/crow/chronology/porterbio.html
Chronology, bibliography and links to more information.
- Critical Resources John Steinbeck - http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejournal/steinbck.htm
Lists helpful Web resources about this American author.
- Mark Twain - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
Although articles from Wikipedia may not be reliable, this one contains an excellent list of links to good Web sites about Twain.
- Eudora Welty on the Web -
http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/w/welty21.htm
A short but good list of links.
- Walt Whitman Archive - http://www.whitmanarchive.org/
Biography, bibliography, e-texts, criticism etc.
- Whitman: Poet at Work -
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/whitman/
From the Library of Congress, this site offers access to four of Walt Whitman's notebooks.
Individual Authors and Works--British and Irish
- Jane Austen Information Page - http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janeinfo.html
E-texts, online criticism and a bibliography of print criticism.
- Beowulf in Hypertext - http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~beowulf/
This excellent site covers the text, the characters, and the history in Beowulf as well as providing links to more information.
- William Blake Archive - http://www.blakearchive.org/main.html
An excellent collection of e-texts of both written works and art works, an extensive selected bibliography of criticism, a biography and a text and image search.
- The Bronte Sisters - http://www.bronte.org.uk/brontes/1.asp
A history of the family and discussion of the novels.
- Lord Byron - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron
This Wikipedia entry is most useful for the list of links at the bottom of the page.
- Chaucer Pages - http://www.unc.edu/depts/chaucer/chpages.htm
A short, annotated list of the best of the best pages on Chaucer.
- Charles Dickens Page - http://www.fidnet.com/~dap1955/dickens/
An outstanding site which contains a biography, discussion of the novels, and links to more information.
- John Donne - http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/
Texts of works, essays, and links to additional information.
- George Eliot - http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/eliot/eliotov.html
An excellent page covering her life, time and work.
- Thomas Hardy's World - http://www.gettysburg.edu/academics/english/hardy/
This page covers the life and works of Thomas Hardy.
- Gerard Manley Hopkins - http://www.dundee.ac.uk/english/hopkins.htm
Links to e-texts and online criticism and helpful bibliographies.
- Sir Thomas Malory - http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/malory.htm
Introduction to the life and works of Malory.
- John Milton - http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/milton/index.html
Texts of works, essays, and links to additional information.
- Sir Walter Scott - http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/home.html
A fairly comprehensive guide to Scott's life and works.
- Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet - http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/
An excellent starting point for information about Shakespeare and his works.
- Edmund Spenser Home Page - http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenser/main.htm
Biography, bibliography and online texts.
- Jonathan Swift - http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/swift/swiftov.html
This site sets Swift into the political and social history of his times as well as providing access to texts. (Ours is not to reason why he is included on the Victorian Web.)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson - http://charon.sfsu.edu/TENNYSON/tennyson.html
Biography, e-texts, bibliography of criticism and a helpful guide to writing papers about his poetry.
- William Wordsworth Circle Links - http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/english/journal/wordsworth/related.html
Short list of helpful links about Wordsworth and other Romantic poets.
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