Literature
Literature Links
- SparkNotes.com E-texts and free study guides on the Internet, written entirely by Harvard students and teachers. Includes plot summaries and discussion forums.
- Invisible Library A collection of imaginary authors and titles mentioned within real books.
- Five Books Guide to the history of English language and literature. Site delivers little-known literary and linguistic facts in entertaining sections.
- The English Server Includes a variety of literature-related materials, including etext archives of prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction; links.
- Littera Scripta E-mail lists and conferences relating to books, reading, and literature.
- The Internet Public Library Online public library features directories of online texts, newspapers, magazines, reference materials with special sections for youth.
- The Western Canon Resource links to classic literature arranged by historical period, by author, and by subject.
- futurebook.org Attempts to discuss how future generations will regard the book. Includes a timeline of information technology.
- Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders Search to find contact information for the copyright holders of authors and artists whose works can be found in libraries and archives across North America and the UK.
- How to Excel in an Undergraduate Literature Course Advice from a professor on what to expect and how to excel in college literature courses.
- Literary Dictionary Compilation of terms which first appeared in literature. Also includes a short list of words which failed to become part of the English vernacular.
- An Animated History of Books Starts with the cavemen, then moves all the way to the present and projections for the future.
- AOL Anywhere - Reading and Literature Resource for information on featured authors and poets, and literature appreciation. Includes links to tools for writing papers, finding famous quotes, and getting published.
- Electronic Literature Directory A comprehensive database of listings for electronic works, their authors, and their publishers. The descriptive entries cover poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction that makes significant use of electronic techniques.
- The Electronic Labyrinth Both utilizes and focuses upon the medium of hypertext as it relates to literature and its concrete manifestations--from palimpsests to mechanically printed books to CD-ROMs -- throughout history to the present, with speculation on the future.
- A Collection of Classics Lets users explore the meaning of a "classic," introduces users to the authors who have written classics, gets users on the path to making their own classics.
- Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Batleby.com's publication of Brewer's classic. Includes derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words.
- The Libyrinth Site focuses on 20th century contemporary literature and author resources available online.
- On-Book: Introduction to Literary Study Contains definitions of literary terms, brief explanations of a variety of literary theories, directions for doing various kinds of literary analysis, and links.
- A Celebration of Women Writers Comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers, and complete published books written by women. Searchable by time period, country, and author's last name.
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