Academic Mysteries, a list of mystery novels "set in
an academic atmosphere"
Bartleby Library, contains a large collection of
full-text literature sites from Columbia University.
Books and Book Collecting, general information source
about books includes author pseudonyms, author bibliographies, and more.
British Literature, includes author biographies, 17th
and 18th century newspaper images, and 13th-19th century music files.
A Celebration
of Women Writers, list of women
writers, some with links to biographies and literary works, arranged by
author, century, and country of origin.
Chaucer MetaPage, started by medievalists, this site
is dedicated to the study of Chaucer especially on the WWW.
Contemporary
Authors, provides detailed
bibliographical and biographical information for over 120,000 U. S. and
international authors; access limited to Howard College campus computers
Dictionary
of Literary Biography, presents
biographical and critical material on approximately 10,000 authors, their
lives works and careers, from various genres and eras; access limited to
Howard College campus computers
Documenting the American South,
is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts,
images, and audio files related to Southern history, literature, and culture
from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century.
Currently DocSouth includes seven thematic collections of books, diaries,
posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.
The Electronic Literature Foundation,
a searchable resource containing texts of books by authors such as Shakespeare,
Austin, Milton, etc. (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement).
First Lines, provides the first lines of books from
which the title may be found or, if used recreationally, guessed at.
Gaslight, a discussion list reviewing one story per
week from mystery, The Weird, adventure written between 1800 and 1919
Gender Inn,
a searchable database providing bibliographic records for over 6,000 items,
including feminist criticism on English and American literature and related
material on education, sociology, history and psychology (from
Choice, Aug., 2000
Supplement)
Heath Anthology
of Online American Literature Resources, a well organized site for links to online texts from the
colonial era up to the present. Includes Native American, African
American and Hispanic authors (from Best Information on the Net)
Internet Book
Information Center, book news, selected
links, new book reviews and announcements, and other book-related material.
The Literary Gothic,
this site provides links to web sites about authors, complete primary texts,
literary criticism and reviews and discussions--all related to Gothic works
(from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement).
The Literature
and Culture of the American 1950s, this site covers the literature,
politics, sociology and arts for a course in American literature and culture
in the 50s (from Choice, Supplement 37)
Luminarium, created
by Anniina Jokinen, this site provides study materials for Middle English
literature, Renaissance literature and 17th century literature (from Choice,
Supplement 37).
Mr. William Shakespeare
and the Internet, Written and maintained by Terry Gray of Palomar Community
College, this is principally an annotated directory of Internet (mainly
Web) resources on Shakespeare (from Choice, Supplement 37).
The Online Medieval &
Classical Library, a literature site having a good representation of
classical, Arthuriean and Chaucerian items (from Choice, Aug., 2000
Supplement)
OzLit@Vicnet, an site dedicated to Australian
literature.
Pulitzer Prize Winners, listings of winners,
finalists, board members, jury members, and winning works for 1995-1997.
Complete listings back to 1917 are planned.
Reading Women
Writers and African Literature, contains information about women writers
from Africa. The primary language of the site is French, but there
is some English translation. (From Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement)
Surfing with the Bard, a site that is
student-friendly and presents quite a bit of information about
Shakespeare and his plays (from Choice, Supplement 37).
Surrealist
Writers, information about surrealist
writers and artists including Dada, Breton, Dali, and others associated with
the movement.