Research Guide: English Language & Literature
- African Writers on the Internet
- Offers access to writing by and about authors south of the Sahara.
- American Literature on the Web
- Includes links to electronic texts, interviews with authors, and web pages devoted to individual authors. Timelines for five literary periods link to sites with additional information about the music, visual arts, and social context of each period.
- CCBC: Children's Literature Web Guide
- A list of sites concerned with children's literature. Includes links to story collections, authors' biographies, lists of recommended readings and book awards.
- Contemporary Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English
- Extensive coverage of those writers outside the mainstream. Includes information on cultural and historical background of authors included.
- Electronic Literature Directory
- Extensive collection fo electonic works covering poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction. Includes new forms of writing such as hypertext, animated and multi-media works. Readings by reputed poets are available in streaming audio.
- English Club.com
- Geared to both students and teachers of English as a second language, this site is one of the largest on the subject. Although the site is based in England, resources for study/teaching of American English are included.
- EServer.org: Accessible Writing
- Offers writers the opportunity to publish and receive editorial comments. Also includes links to collections of writing.
- The English Renaissance in Context
- Includes digitized text, tutorials and illustrations.
- Humbul Humanities Hub
- For all humanities studies, this site offers a broad range of resources arranged in clear categories and with carful descriptions.
- Internet Archive
- Provides permanent access to sites across the disciplines, where available and, as such, shows the evolution of web sites.
- Internet Public Library - Literature
- Sites listed link to a wide variety of sources, including literary dictionaries, author biographies, electronic texts, and web sites for background information on selected national literatures.
- Literary Gothic
- Includes primary texts, literary criticism, and terminology.
- Literature in English (Voice of the Shuttle)
- Covers "works written in English taught in departments of English and American literature." Sites include links to electronic texts, critical and cultural studies, and biographical material, with arrangement by historical period.
- Literatures (Other Than English)
- Coverage corresponds to that of other Voice of the Shuttle literature pages, with a focus on "Anglophone literature," "world literature in English," and "postcolonial literature."
- Literary Resources on the Net
- One of the most comprehensive sites for the study of English and American literature. Created and maintained by Jack Lynch at the University of Pennsylvania. Includes links to primary and secondary sources arranged by historical period. Also lists syllabi and other course materials for literary study.
- Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature 1350-1660
- An award-winning, multimedia site for "students and enthusiasts of English literature." Includes links to literary texts, critical studies, and author biographies of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and early 17th century.
- Poetry Portal
- Gateway to poetry reviews and literary criticism, and to many sites that provide resources for poets.
Comprehensive Sites | Language Studies | Literary Theory | Literary Works in Full Text | Periodical Titles in Full Text | Reviews | Sites Directed to Work by Individual Authors | Writing & Research
Comprehensive Sites
Language Studies
Literary Theory
Literary Works in Full Text
Periodical Titles in Full Text
Reviews
Sites with Work by Individual Authors
Shakespeare
Chaucer
Writing & Research