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Literature Internet Sites

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)
Grey Literature Page, Reports, conference proceedings, and more.
A Glossary of Literary Terms and A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices, two databases providing searchable definitions of terms.
Glossary of Poetic Terms, short poetry glossary.
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.
Invisible Library, fictious books appearing only in other books
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, online version of the comprehensive guide of literary theory and criticism.
Literature, a group of Ebsco databases suggested by Ebsco for research in literatrue; access limited to Howard College campus computers
Literature Awards.com, Nobel, Pulitzer and other prize winners
Literature Resource Center,
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).
Literary History of American West, information about the people and concepts of literature of the American West
Literary Locales, links to photographs of famous images and landmarks in literature.
Literary Resources on the Net, in addition to a comprehensive index this site contains a single-word search engine.
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).
Margin, Exploring Modern Magical Realism, information about this type of literature
The Morton Grove Public Library's Webrary, from Oregon, a site that lists books and authors by theme, author's style or other elements.
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).
New York Times Books, book news and information.
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.
Pegasos, material on Nordic authors
Poets and Writers Online, includes a directory of over 2000 poets and fiction writers and links to other information and resources.
Prose and Verse Criticism of Poetry, historical literary criticism of poetry.
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.
The Spark.com - Spark Notes, summaries of several famous works of literature with commentary from students.
Victorian Women Writers Project
The Web Concordances and Workbooks, concordances for selected works of Shelley, Coleridge, Keats, Blake, and Hopkins.

Last Updated June 28, 2005