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Literature/Composition Resources On The Internet



The Literature Resources are divided into these groups: 

Composition and Links to Links
Electronic Texts
Poetry Resources
Various Time Periods/Types
Specific Authors Resources
Banned Books/English Departments Home Pages
Children's Literature Resources
Linguistics/Languages
Journals
Folklore


Composition and Links to Links


Ask Oxford.Com---the site contains a wealth of language-related information and resources. So if you have a query about the English language, need some help with your writing skills, are curious about how dictionaries are made, or simply have some time on your hands to learn about the language, simply consult the experts at AskOxford.com
Booknotes---America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas
Cambridge History of English and American Literature
Citing Electronic Resources
Composition & Writing Hotlist
Common Errors in English
Concordances---Blake, Keats & Coleridge
Composition & Writing Hotlist
Critical Reading---Critical guide contains sections on poetry, fiction, prose in fiction, and writing anaytical essays
Elements of Style---Strunk
Good Grammar, Good Style™ Pages
Guide to Grammar & Writing
Internet Resources for English Teachers
Links to Places Literary
Literature Resources for the High School and College Student
Online Dictonaries
Online English Grammar
On-Line Literary Research Tools
Problem of Meaning in Literature. Problem of meaning discusses the meaning of literature from the point of view of the author, the text, and the reader
Professional Writer's Source
A Web of On-Line Grammars---grammars of as many languages as can be found on the Web. It includes all types of grammars: reference grammars, learning grammars, and historical grammars
Writers Write---Many resources, online journals, etc. for would be writers

Electronic Texts


Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts---Collection of digital documents collected in the subject areas of English literature, American literature, and Western philosophy
ANALYTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ON-LINE NEO-LATIN TEXTS
Bartleby.Com---great books online
Classic Short Stories
Electronic Archive of Early American Fiction
Electronic Text Center---University of Virginia
Electronic Texts---Links to many types of electronic texts
Fiction
Great Books Home Page
Litrix Reading Room
Master Works of Western Civilization
Odysseys of Homer
The Online Book Page--From Penn State
Online Books Page---8,000+ listings
Online Literature---Classics
IPL Online Text Collection---Internet Public Library
Project Gutenberg
Short Stories---From East of the Web-modern&classic

Poetry Resources


Academy of American Poets
American Verse Project
Bartleby Verse: American & English Poetry, 1250-1920
British Poetry 1780-1910
Canadian Poetry Archive
Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Complete Collection of Poems by Rudyard Kipling
Electronic Poetry Center---from the University of Buffalo
Glossary of Poetic Terms
Internet Poetry Archive
Milton Home Page
Neruda's Poetry Site
Other Internet Poetry Sites---from tne University of Buffalo
Poems by Emily Dickinson
Poems by Oscar Wilde
Poesie Francaise---French poetry from the Renaissance to the 20th century
Poetical Works of John Keats
Poets and Writers Online
Twentieth-century Poetry in English---Poetry pages and links are provided
Walt Whitman Hypertext Archive
Web Del Sol---Promote, fund,and support the writing, publishing, and reading of contemporary literature in electronic media
William Wordsworth

Various Time Periods/Types


African American Women's Literature
Anthology Of Middle English Literature (1350-1485)
Arthurian and Medieval Sites
Beat Generation
Bohemian Ink
Canadian Literature Archive
Celebration of Women Writers
Eighteenth Century Resources
Eighteenth-Century Studies---18th century study group from Carnegie Mellon
English Literary History
English Server---Out of Carnegie Mellon
Greek Mythology
The Labyrinth:Resources for Medieval Studies---Georgetown University
Latin American Literature
The Literary Gothic
Literary Resources -- Ethnicities and Nationalities
Literary Resources -- Feminism and Women's Literature
Native American Authors---Information on Native North American Authors with bibliographies, biographical info, links to online resources
Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database
Science Fiction Guide
Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)

Specific Authors Resources


Concordances- Shakespeare:Works
Great Books -- Texts and Fully Searchable Concordances

Louisa May Alcott Web
MAYA ANGELOU PAGES
Jane Austen Info Page---maintained by Henry Churchyard
Jane Austen Site---Goucher College
Blake Multimedia Project
Jorge Luis Borges Center for Studies and Documentation
Lewis Carroll Home Page
Willa Cather Home Page
Chaucer Page---Hanly's WSU
Joseph Conrad Foundation
Complete Works of William Shakespeare---Jeremy Hylton-M.I.T.
The Dickens Page
Digital Dante
William Faulkner On The Web
Folger Shakepeare Library
Thomas Hardy Resource Library
Ernest Hemingway's Places
Hemingway Links
Samuel Johnson
James Joyce in Cyberspace
Jack Kerouac---Offical Web Site
D H Lawrence Collection at The University of Nottingham
Cormac McCarthy home Pages
Life and Works of Herman Melville
Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe
Walker Percy WWWsite
Cyber Tour--Poe Page
Poe Society-Baltimore
Bertrand Russell Special Collections
Shakespeare Web
George Bernard Shaw
Jonathan Swifts Gulliver's Travels
Henry David Thoreau
J.R.R. Tolkien Resources
One Ring--Complete Guide to Tolkien Online
Tolstoy Journal
Mark Twain In Cyberspace
Mark Twain Resources On The World Wide Web---Jim Zwick

Banned Books/English Departments Home Pages


Banned Books
Banned Books On-Line
English Departments Worldwide--Home pages
Clearinghouse On Reading/English/Communication

Children's Literature Resources


Childrens Literature Center---Library of Congress
CHILDREN'S AND ADOLESCENT LITERATURE RESOURCES
Children's Bookwatch Index
Children's Literature Gathering
Children's Literature: Lesson Plans and Resources
Children's Literature Ring
Children's Literature Web Site---Many useful links
Cynthia Leitich Smith Children's Literature Resources
ISLMC Children's Literature & Language Arts Resources
Multicultural Resources-Children's Literature
Open Directory Project-Children's Literature
Peter Rabbit Offical Site
Vandergift's Children's Literature Page
Web Resources for Children's Literature
Yahoo! Arts > Humanities > Literature > Genres > Children's
Young Adult Literature Resources

Linguistics/Languages


For information about the Spanish Language program offered at Texas A&M University-Commerce click here:  Literature & Languages Department

To access a select bibliography of Spanish Languages Resources found in the Gee Library click here:  Spanish Resources



Babel Fish Translation
Bamboo---WWW Database of abstracts of recent research and publications in language education and applied linguistics
BRS Radio Directory---Links to radio stations worldwide
Chinese Language Page
COG Prints---CogPrints is and electronic archive for papers in any area of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science
Computation and Language E-Print Archive---fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for papers on computational linguistics, natural-language processing, speech processing, and related fields
Ethnologue---Catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries
History of the English Language
Human Languages Page---Human-Languages Page is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources
Language, Learning & Technology---Online journal
Learn Spanish---A free online tutorial
Learn Spanish using Free Interactive Online Lessons---From Learn Spanish Today-the U.S. Institute of Languages
Linguist--Online Journals
Linguistic Data Consortium---Open consortium of universities, companies and government research laboratories. It creates, collects and distributes speech and text databases,lexicons, and other resources for research and development purposes
Linguistics
Linguistics Abstracts Online---provides immediate access to all abstracts published in Linguistics Abstracts since 1985, plus all current material as it becomes available. Edited by Terry Langendoen, University of Arizona
LINGUISTICS ON-LINE PAPERS---Harvard University
Multiple Dictionary Search Engines---From Web of On-Line Dictionaries
Resources for Spanish
Si Spain--- interactive service which promotes free exchange of information on Spanish current affairs and its historical, linguistic and cultural development,
Spain and Spanish On the Net---Links to many resources on Spain and the Spanish language
Spanish Directory---Spanish Language Courses in Spain
Spanish Links
Spanish Resources
Welcome to Latin American Links

Journals


Aileron-a Literary Journal
The Alan Review
Hyperizons: Search for Hyperfiction
Language, Learning & Technology---Online journal
New York Times Book Review---Over 50,000 reviews going back to 1980--you will be asked to register
Willa---Women In Literature and Life Assembly

Folklore


American Folklife Center-Library of Congress
American Folklore Society
CLNet Folklore/Customs/Traditions---Latin American folklore
The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
The Electronic Vernacular
Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
Folklore Gateway
Folklore Links---From Yahoo
Folklore, Myth and Legend
Folklore Resources
Folklore Resources---UC Berkeley
Folklore Resources on the Web---From UCLA
Mythology and Folklore Resources on the Internet---Howard College
Myths, Legends, Folklore Database
New York Folklore Society
Texas Folklore Society
Vampire Folklore Resources
WWW FOLKLORE RESOURCES

This page compiled by Marsha Keenan  Last update January 2005
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