Literature

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American Literature

American and English Literature Internet Resources
This site from Southern Connecticut State University provides an extensive range of links to bibliographical and textual resources. In addition to more scholarly material, the site also provides links to newsgroups, author home pages and listservs. Fields of study are distinguished by geographical range (English or American) as well as by genre. Each resource listed has a useful summary of its content.There is an impressive range of material on single authors under Individual Home Pages.

Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
Literature, reference and verse, fiction and nonfiction, biographies, dictionaries, and quotations.

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature is considered one of the most important works of literary history and criticism published on writings in the English language. Compiled over fourteen years, from 1907 to 1921, the Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing.

Native Literature Directory
A directory of Native American stories from the American Indian Heritage Foundation.

The New York Times Book Review
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.

Perspectives in American Literature
A site featuring literary biographies and extensive bibliographies for more than 240 American authors.

Voice of the Shuttle: Literature (in English)
This comprehensive portal is produced by Alan Liu and a development team in the UC Santa Barbara English Department. A superb collection of electronic resources for the humanities. A wonderful place to start.

The Web of American Transcendentalism
This site contains a wealth of information about the roots, influences, and works of the American Transcendentalist writers. Includes a thorough list of links to Transcendentalist authors and their texts, extensive background information and criticism on their ideas and philosophy, and links to additional web resources and bibliographies. From the English Department at Virginia Commonwealth University.

English Literature

American and English Literature Internet Resources
This site from Southern Connecticut State University provides an extensive range of links to bibliographical and textual resources. In addition to more scholarly material, the site also provides links to newsgroups, author home pages and listservs. Fields of study are distinguished by geographical range (English or American) as well as by genre. Each resource listed has a useful summary of its content.There is an impressive range of material on single authors under Individual Home Pages.

Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
Literature, reference and verse, fiction and nonfiction, biographies, dictionaries, and quotations.

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature is considered one of the most important works of literary history and criticism published on writings in the English language. Compiled over fourteen years, from 1907 to 1921, the Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing.

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
Medieval, Renaissance, 17th Century and Restoration and 18th Century literary texts. Entries for each author include: works, biography, criticism, quotations and links. Texts are from The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 6th ed.

Norton Anthology of English Literature
This site is a web companion to the Norton Anthology of English Literature. It is a comprehensive resource designed for students up to undergraduate level and offers topics for study and discussion under subject areas defined by specific periods of English Literature. The periods covered are the Middle Ages, the Sixteenth Century, the Early Seventeenth Century, the Restoration and Eighteenth Century, the Romantic Period, the Victorian Age and the Twentieth Century

Voice of the Shuttle: Literature (in English)
This comprehensive portal is produced by Alan Liu and a development team in the UC Santa Barbara English Department. A superb collection of electronic resources for the humanities. A wonderful place to explore.

Literary Criticism/Literary Theroy

Internet Public Library Literary Criticism
Search by author, title, and literary period. Includes links to sites covering American, British, Canadian, French, Italian, Latin American, Spanish, German, Russian, and other literatures.

Introduction to Modern Literary Theory             This web site is written and edited by Dr Kristi Siegel of Mary Mount College. The site aims to introduce students to the key terms and ideas of literary theories. Siegel provides a sketch of the theory - including basic concepts and main thinkers. She lists the key texts in the field, and provides a bibliography of secondary reading. Links to other relevant web sites are provided.

Voice of the Shuttle: Literary Theory
This comprehensive portal is produced by Alan Liu and a development team in the UC Santa Barbara English Department. A superb collection of electronic resources for the humanities. A wonderful place to explore.

Poetry

About.com Guide to Poetry
About.com's poetry page administered by Bob Holman and Margery Snyder. Includes history, biographies, announcements, reviews, related sites, a forum, and more.

Academy of American Poets
A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies, and weekly features. 

Bartleby.com: Verse
This verse section of the Bartleby.com site includes the online text of several public-domain poetry anthologies and collections, including The Oxford Book of English Verse, Modern American Poetry, and Lyrics & Poems of the 17th Century.