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English & Literature Web Sites

General Sources

Legends
Scholarly and interesting information of European and English folklore and selected mythology.  Billed as  “guided access to primary source.
Voice of the Shuttle
Excellent subject search engine for the humanities.

Reference

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
The classic reference source found on the Bartleby.com site.  "A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in Ancient and Modern Literature."

Cambridge History of English and American Literature
The classic literature encyclopedia.
Gale's Literary Index
Index only to Gale Literature Series.  Check with library for full-txt information.
Glossary of Literary Terms
These two sources allows searchers to find definitions of literary and rhetorical terms.
Glossary of Poetic Terms
Billed as 'a unique guide for the study of poetry'. 
Representative Poetry Online
Search for definitions, examples, and quotations of poems.

English Literature to 1800

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
As the title suggests, this site has the complete titles of William Shakespeare, organized by tragedies, histories, comedies, and poetry.  *Note:  the poetry is not full text.

Electronic Beowulf (full-text)
Digital image of original manuscript and links.
Eighteenth-Century Resources/Literature
Huge site with links to sources in the following areas:  general literature, theatre and design, the gothic, romanticism, women writers, French literature, German literature, research, and miscellaneous.
John Donne
Website created by the Luminarian Society that features information about one of the most studied of the Metaphysical poets.  Includes biographies, critical essays, works, and more which combines to give easy access to a lot of scholarly material.
Labyrinth Library
Resources in medieval literature, including texts in: Latin; old English; middle English; French; Italian; and Spanish and Iberian.  Provides links to monographs, and journals and reviews, as well.
Luminarium
Medieval, renaissance, and seventeenth-century English literature.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Works and everything else about William Shakespeare.
Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL)
Collection of important literary works of the Medieval Period, plus related lines.
Shakespeare’s Globe Research Database
Sponsored by the University of Reading (UK), this site is "dedicated to providing background information on Shakespearean performance in original conditions."

English Literature after 1800

Johnathan Swift/Gulliver’s Travels
Provides the complete text of Gulliver's Travels, plus links to a timeline of the book, quotes, and a bibliography.
The Victorian Web
Outstanding site that covers every significant aspect of Victorian life.

American Literature

American Verse Project
Electronic archive of American poetry prior to 1920.
Jack London: The Jack London Collection
A Sunsite Berkeley Digital Library site. Includes full-text of selected works plus interpretations, criticism, and biographical information.

Jonathan Edwards
The Jonathan Edwards Center, housed at Yale Divinity School offers an online learning environment of Edwards' life and work.
Literary Kicks
Page dedicated to writers of the Beat Generation, including Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.
Literature and the Culture of the American 1950's
Menu collection of sites reflecting the literature and culture of the times.
Mark Twain and His Times
Information rich resource about the American writer Mark Twain. Includes full-text , primary source material, images, and interactive exhibits.  Created by an English professor at the University of Virginia.
Mississippi Writers Page
A University of Mississippi page on Mississippi writers.
William Faulkner on the Web
Wonderful site about William Faulkner and his works.  Gives links to commentaries, plot synopses to novels, and short stories, biographies on William Faulkner, trivia, quotes, and other sites.

Criticisms

Online Literary Criticism Collection
Collection of critical and biographical sources with more than 2,000 entries on British and American literature and authors.
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Electronic Literature Resources

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
Literary resource material compiled over a period of years to 1921.  Includes essay topics from poetry, fiction, drama, history, and political writing.

Full-text Resources

Camelot
University of Rochester Project designed to present in electronic format Arthurian texts, images, and general information.

Project Gutenburg
Collection of electronic books, or etexts of popular, non copyrighted books, tracts, and reference sources.

Writing Guides

Guide to Grammar and Writing
Breaks down grammar and writing into three areas:  sentence level, including parts of speech; paragraph level, including sentence variety; and essay level, including principles of composition.

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
Exactly as its name, this website offers valuable information to the college student or anyone interesting in becoming a better writer.  Developed by a Washington College professor.     
Research and Documentation Online
Gustavus Adolphus College.
Sources
Darmouth College page of quick, easy-to-access information regarding citing sources and plagiarism.   Includes sections on how to cite a source, an FAQ, examples, and resources. 
Student Writing Resources
University of Miami web site.
Writer's Center/Writing Guides
Colorado State University writing center site.
The Writing Center
North Carolina State's online writing lab page.
Writing Resources
Writing site from Purdue University.