American Literature

• American Authors on the Web
• American Literature
• Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls
• Library of Southern Literature
• Literature & Culture of the American 1950's
• PAL: Perspectives in American Literature: A Reference and Research Guide
• The Psychedelic 60's: Literary Tradition and Social Change
• SSSL:  Bibliography:  A Checklist of Scholarship on Southern Literature
• Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture: A Multimedia Archive
• Wired for Books
• Wright American Fiction, 1851-1875

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Associations

• The Academy of American Poets
• The Edith Wharton Society
• Poetry Society of America
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

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Authors

• a.k.a.
• Author Interviews
• Author Yellow Pages
• Connie Martinson Talks Books - Television Interviews with Prominent Authors
• Wired for Books: Poems, Stories, Plays, Essays, Lectures, and Interviews for Children and Adults

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Biographies

• American Authors
• American Writers: A Journey Through History
• American Writers II: The 20th Century
• Biographies: The Classic Fiction Writers
• Biographies: The Poets
• Native American Authors

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British Literature

• British and Irish Authors on the Web
• Modern British Authors, Works, Projects

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Career Information

• Careers
• Lycoming College Career Services
• University of North Carolina Wilmington Career Services:  English

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Chaucer

• Chaucer MetaPage
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1343-1400)
• The New Chaucer Society
• Treasures in Full:  Caxton's Chaucer
• See also Medieval Literature links

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Children's Literature

• ABC-Lit: An Index to Children's Literature Scholarship
• Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
• The Harry Potter Lexicon
• International Children's Digital Library

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Classical Literature

• Classics Unveiled
• The Forest of Rhetoric: Silva Rhetoricae
• Literary Theory: Classical
• Online Medieval & Classical Library

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Contemporary Literature

• Contemporary Postcolonial & Postimperial Literature in English
• Literary Theory: Contemporary

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Creative Writing

• Creative Writing
• WritersNet: Internet Resource for Writers, Editors, Publishers & Agents

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Criticism & Theory

• Critical Reading: An Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism
• Introduction to Modern Literary Theory
• Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
• Literary Theory
• Online Literary Criticism Collection
• Guide to Literary and Critical Theory

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Detective Fiction

• crimeculture.com
• Crime Fiction
• George Kelley Paperback and Pulp Fiction Collection
• Mystery One Bookstore:  Author Interviews
• MysteryNet.com
• Sherlockian.net
• Sisters in Crime
• Stop, You're Killing Me
• The Thrilling Detective Web Site
• Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang
• Women Mystery and Detective Fiction Writers & the Rise of Feminism

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Dictionaries

• Glossary of Literary Terms
• Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples
• See also the Dictionaries section of our E-Reference Shelf.

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E-Texts

• CELT (Corpus of Electronic Texts): The Online Resource for Irish History, Literature and Politics
• Great Books Index Home Page and Author List
• Library of Southern Literature Collection of Electronic Texts
• netLibrary
• Online Text Collection
• The On-line Books Page
• Project Gutenberg
• Web Concordances and Workbooks

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Folklore & Mythology

• Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
• Legends
• MythNET
• SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages

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General Sites

• The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
• English Literature on the Web
• The Luminarium
• Today in Literature

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Gothic Literature

• The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
• English Literature on the Web
• The Luminarium
• Today in Literature

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Jazz Literature

• Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz & Literature
• Jazz Age Literature and Culture

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Language

• Ethnologue: Languages of the World
• Figures of Speech

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Medieval Literature

• Anglo-Saxon & Medieval Literature
• Arthuriana
• The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
• Medieval Writing:  History, Heritage and Data Source
• Online Medieval & Classical Library
• ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies

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Poetry

• Academy of American Poets
• American Verse Project
• Art Magick
• British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832
• Contemporary American Poetry Archive
• Electronic Poetry Center
• Eratosphere
• Modern American Poetry
• Poetry Archive
• Poetry Foundation
• Poetry Magic
• Poetry Poem
• Representative Poetry Online
• RhymeZone
• Sonnet Central

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Renaissance Literature

• The Forest of Rhetoric: Silva Rhetoricae
• Renaissance Materials

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Romanticism

• Enlightenment & Romantic Theory
• Romantic Chronology
• Romantic Circles

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Shakespeare

• Illustrated Shakespeare
• Internet Shakespeare Editions
• Open Source Shakespeare: An Experiment in Literary Technology
• The Oxford Shakespeare
• Treasures in Full: Shakespeare in Quarto

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Short Stories

• Short Stories

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Utopian Literature

• H - Utopia
• Utopia on the Internet

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Victorian Literature

• The Carlyle Letters Online
• Victorian

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Women's Literature

• African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
• British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832
• A Celebration of Women Writers
• Scribbling Women
• Voices from the Gap: Women Writers of Color
• Women Mystery and Detective Fiction Writers & the Rise of Feminism
• Women's Studies and Feminist Theory
• Women's Travel Writing, 1830-1930: A Women's Studies Digitization Project Initiative

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Writing Guides

• Lycoming Academic Resource Center
• Common Errors in English
• The Elements of Style
• Grammar and Style Notes
• The King's English
• World of Words
• Writer’s Handbook

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