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About.com: Classic Literature

http://classiclit.about.com/

An Internet guide for classic literature, with feature articles, Website links, and discussion forums. Topics covered include banned literature, bestsellers, folklore, and regional breakdowns of authors and literature.

Author: Floramaria Deter & Esther Lombardi (classiclit.guide@about.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Art and Culture

http://www.artandculture.com/

"ArtandCulture.com is a dynamic destination that delivers unique access to the best arts and cultural content and related products available on the web today. At ArtandCulture.com, information on the visual arts, performing arts, design, literature, music and film is presented using the web's first interconnected guide to the arts... ArtandCulture.com features a unique information engine that allows visitors to discover connections between artists and movements. Finding connections helps create the broader context necessary to develop a higher level of understanding. By facilitating discovery, ArtandCulture.com is both functional and entertaining."

Author: PlanetLive, Inc. (webmaster@artandculture.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Culture

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Keywords: Performing Arts; Visual Arts; Design; Music; Film

Australian Literature on the Internet

http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/litsites.html

Links to Australian literature sites, including organizations, journals, and university resources. Part of the National Library of Australia Internet Subject Lists project.

Author: Judith Brooker, National Library of Australia (www@nla.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Keywords: Australia

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature

http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/

"The Cambridge History of English and American Literature is considered the most important work of literary history and criticism ever published on writings in the English language. Compiled over fourteen years, from 1907 to 1921, the Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing. The set encompasses a wide selection of writing on orators, humorists, poets, newspaper columnists, religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, song writers, and even non-English writing, such as Yiddish and Creole."

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Criticism

Keywords: Writing; England; History of literature

The Canadian Literature Archive (CanLit)

http://www.umanitoba.ca/canlit/

A comprehensive collection of information about Canadian writers, novelists, poets, and playwrights, as well as books, archives, publications, and literary organizations. A good place to go for information on the Canadian literary scene.

Author: English Dept, University of Manitoba (english@umanitoba.ca)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Keywords: Canada

Concordances of Great Books

http://www.concordance.com/

Have you ever wondered how many times the word "whale" occurs in Moby Dick? Are you trying to find a half-remembered literary quote? These concordances allow you to search for the occurence of words in more than 200 classics. You get a list of phrases that contain your word. With the click of a button, you can look at the additional text surrounding the word. You can only search one work or sometimes one author's collection of works at a time. The list of phrases can be a bit cryptic and hard to read, but the option to look at more of the surrounding text is more helpful.

Author: William A. Williams, Jr. (willprog@sprintmail.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Keywords: concordance; classics

Dictionary of Symbolism

http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/

Explanations for commonly used symbolism in literature. Searchable.

Author: Allison Protas (umfandsf.web@umich.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Keywords: Dictionary; Symbolism

Electronic Archives for Teaching the American Literatures (T-AMLIT)

http://www.georgetown.edu/tamlit/tamlit-home.html

"The Electronic Archives contain essays, syllabi, bibliographies, and other resources for teaching the multiple literatures of the United States. The Archives are designed as a complementary resource to the electronic discussion list, T-AMLIT."

Author: Center for Electronic Projects in American Culture Studies (tamlit@gusun.georgetown.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Keywords: American

Favorite Poem Project

http://www.favoritepoem.org/

Robert Pinsky, a poet and the author of this site says, "If a poem is written well, it was written with the poet's voice and for a voice. The purpose of this site is to share the Favorite Poem Project with the widest possible audience." The Favorite Poem Project shows audio and video of people reading their poems. Students of all ages are invited to participate.

Author: Robert Pinsky (favpoem@bu.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Keywords: poetry

Gale's Literary Index

http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex

Doing a report on an author, or need to find literary criticism about a particular work of literature, but aren't finding any useful information on the Internet? This free index lets you search it by author or by title. Then it will tell you which reference books (like Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, or the Dictionary of Literary Biography) you can find the information in. You will need to visit your local public or college library to see if they have these books, since the actual texts of these reference works are not freely available online. Using this index, though, can save you from having to look through tons of reference books at your library, since you'll know exactly what books (and what page numbers) will be helpful to you.

Author: Gale Group (LitIndexComments@gale.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Reference--Biographies--Authors

Keywords: literary criticism

A Glossary of Literary Terms

http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm

Definitions and examples of literary terms. Compiled by an English professor.

Author: Robert Harris

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Glossary of Literary Theory

http://www.library.utoronto.ca/www/utel/glossary/index.html

Glossary of common terminology used in literary theory, browsable alphabetically by main entry.

Author: Greig E. Henderson

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Keywords: Glossary

Glossary of Poetic Terms from BOB'S BYWAY

http://shoga.wwa.com/~rgs/glossary.html

An extensive collection of poetic terms and their definitions, with numerous cross-references and examples. Browsable by letter of the alphabet.

Author: Robert G. Shubinski (rgs@wwa.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Reference--Dictionaries

Keywords: Poetry; Poems; Dictionary

A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices

http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm

"This book contains definitions and examples of more than sixty traditional rhetorical devices, all of which can still be useful today to improve the effectiveness, clarity, and enjoyment of your writing." Loads as one large file.

Author: Robert Harris

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

The Harvard Classics & Shelf of Fiction

http://www.bartleby.com/hc/

"The most comprehensive and well-researched anthology of all time comprises both the 50-volume '5-foot shelf of books' and the the 20-volume Shelf of Fiction. Together they cover every major literary figure, philosopher, religion, folklore and historical subject through the twentieth century."

Author: Charles W. Eliot, LLD, editor (webmaster@bartleby.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Humbul Humanities Hub

http://www.humbul.ac.uk/

Searchable, browsable collection of Internet resources in the fields of: English, History, Philosophy, History & Philosophy of Science, Theology, Religion, Modern Languages. Intended audience is students and faculty of higher education institutions, and other itnerested persons.

Author: Humanities Computing Unit, University of Oxford (HCU@oucs.ox.ac.uk)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Indigenous Peoples' Literature

http://www.indigenouspeople.org/natlit/natlit2a.htm

This site includes various categories of Native Literature, listed by Nation, geographic location, type of literature (prayers, poetry, stories, famous documents, etc.), Native Youth, and other headings.

Author: Glenn Welker (nativelit@earthlink.net)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Native; nation; prayer

The Internet Book Information Center (IBIC)

http://www.internetbookinfo.com/

A guide to book and literature related Internet resources, arranged in a narrative style. Areas covered include authors, publishers, booksellers, libraries, readers, rare books, online books and magazines, and poetry.

Author: Frederick Zimmerman (editor@internetbookinfo.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Keywords: Authors; Publishers; Booksellers; Libraries; Poetry

Literary Calendar: An Almanac of Literary Information

http://litcal.yasuda-u.ac.jp/

Calendar of past literary events. Search by clicking on any day of the month and view notable events that happened on that day in history. Other key features include a search engine and links to relevant topics within each entry.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Reference--Calendars

Literary Resources on the Net

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

"An incredibly comprehensive collection of Web sites related to literature & the humanities. Includes Syllabi and Other Course Materials for Literature Courses." Searchable.

Author: Jack Lynch (jlynch@andromeda.rutgers.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Keywords: Resources

Literary Timeline

http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/timeline/Calendar_January.htm

With this handy search tool, users can look up "significant literary events" for each day of the year. For example, on January 1st, 1811, James Fenimore Cooper married Susan Augusta De Lancy. On the same day 139 years later, Eudora Welty's Short Stories was first published.

Author: National Council of Teachers of English (webmaster@ncte.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

The Middle English Compendium

http://www.hti.umich.edu/mec/

"The Middle English Compendium has been designed to offer easy access to and interconnectivity between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse based on the MED bibliographies, and an associated network of electronic resources."

Author: Middle English Compendium (mec-info@umich.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--Middle Ages (Medieval)

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Keywords: Middle English

The New York Times Book Review

http://www.nytimes.com/books/

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.

Author: The New York Times Company

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Criticism

Keywords: Reviews

Pilot-Search.com

http://www.pilot-search.com/

"Pilot-Search.com is a free online search engine - comprised strictly of literary links. Pilot includes over 10,000 searchable links. With over 250 categories Pilot covers Book Reviews, Interviews, individual writers like Tennessee Williams, Ghost Writing Services, e-Text, MFA Programs, Short Story Contests, and much more."

Author: Pilot-Search.com

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Keywords: authors; writing; literary; creative writing

Pulp Fiction Central

http://www.vintagelibrary.com/pulp/index.htm

This site is an excellent introduction to pulp fiction. It includes an in depth definition of pulp fiction, information on the popular serialized characters, in addition to a few electronic versions of literature which is deemed to be "pulp fiction."

Author: Vintage New Media (info@vintagelibrary.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books--Adventure & Pulp

Arts & Humanities--Literature

The Purple Crayon: A Children's Book Editor's Site

http://www.underdown.org/

For children's books, this is a great site. It was created by an editor for kid's books. It provides advice for writers, links to literature for kids on the net, on-line books and reviews, book awards, educational resources, and various visual reference materials.

Author: Harold D. Underdown (comments@underdown.org)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books--Children's

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Writing

Renaissance Liturgical Imprints: A Census (RELICS)

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~davidcr/

"This is a database of information about worship books printed before 1601... RELICS now includes information on over 8,890 titles. This information is based upon personal inspections of books in most of the major research libraries of the United States and also libraries in a few selected European cities. Some additional information derives from published bibliographies and library catalogs."

Author: David Crawford (davidcr@umich.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Keywords: Religion; Renaissance

Spanish Literature Resources

http://www.virginia.edu/~libarts/split.htm

This is a good place to find online Spanish literature available throughout the world. Links include the National Library of Spain, on-line Spanish texts and publications, and book review sites.

Author: David Gies, University of Virginia (cla-uva@virginia.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Vintage Reading Group Guides

http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/categories.html

This site offers online reading guides for various books. Designed especially for book groups, the guides include a description of each book, questions, discussion topics, and author biographies. Titles are arranged alphabetically, but they are also grouped according to category such as mystery.

Author: Vintage Books

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Yahoo! Events - Books and Literature

http://www.broadcast.com/Entertainment_and_Arts/Books_and_Literature/

A directory of audio, video, and chat events online relating to books and literature. Search or browse through subject categories.

Author: Yahoo! Inc.

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Yahoo! News Full Coverage: Literary News

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Entertainment/Literary_News/

Features current news stories related to books and literature. Also links to news sources, opinions & editorials, magazine articles, video sources, and related Web sites.

Author: Yahoo! News (full_coverage@yahoo-inc.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books

Arts & Humanities--Literature

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