English Literature
This site offers more than 2000 free texts, study guides and reference resources.There are also lesson plans for teachers.
This site offers book reviews, awards, poetry, literary criticism, authors and more.
A brief overview of the life of Albert Camus with links to other sites.
This site has many archived works of the eighteenth century, from the perspectives of literary and cultural studies. Novels, plays, treatises and poems of the period are here as well as modern criticism.
A brief overview of the life of Ralph Ellison with links to other sites.
This site offers a handy reference to authors and genres with suggested titles for each.
This site offers a vast amount of information on F. Scott Fitzgerald's life, works, writings and quotes.
The Joseph Heller Archive has over 300 archived file folders and 150,000 pages of notes, research, reviews, etc... that Joseph Heller has written as he worked on his books. An extensive resource.
History of American Literature
A handy way to understand how American Literature evolved as our nation grew from its origins.
A wonderful collection of internet resources for the study of Literature, gathered by Professor Jack Lynch, University of Pennsylvania.
This site offers an index of over 100 Mississippi writers including William Faulkner, Medgar Evers and Sinclair Lewis.
This site includes online access to a wide variety of books and magazine fiction by noted authors. Sponsored by the University of Virginia. Contains fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, letters, newspapers and illustrations from 1500 to the present.
This site offers biographical information on Toni Morrison as well as interviews, discussions of her books and links to other sources.
Online Medieval and Classical Library
An online library about medieval and classical topics.
A biography about George Orwell including links to other sites.
This site has a vast number of texts and documents from writers of the English language. Searchable by author and title. Not an easy site to use but well worth the effort!
This website has hundreds of book summaries, reviews and analysis as well as test prep help.
This website is devoted to the study of Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, Percy Byshe Shelley, John Keats, their contemporaries and historical contexts.
Sixteenth Century English Literature
Many of the founders of traditional literature in the English language are documented here, in all their forms. Very thorough and well documented website with lots of resources.
This site offers free online study guides and test prep questions.
This site is The National Steinbeck Center, offering information about the life and works of John Steinbeck.
A site of Victorian literature, history and culture.
A major resource page with links to many web pages related to English literature and Humanities topics, including authors and books, poets and poetry, plus criticism and other information.
This site offers biographical information of Elie Weisel. Links back to the U.S. Holocaust Museum website.
This site offers information about the life and works of Walt Whitman.
Young Adult Library Association
This site lists several awards given for young adult literature.