English Language and Literature Resources
General Resources
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- College Bound
Reading List
- Compiled by Arrowhead Library System, an extensive reading list for
those headed for college.
- Authors, Writers, Poets, and Literary People on the Web
- A collection of links to resources related to the individual people who
create literature of all types.
- Internet Bibliographic Citation Style
- When you use information obtained from an electronic source, such as
the World Wide Web or Internet, you need to provide a citation in your
bibliography or references section. This page tells you how to cite a
number of the most common types of Internet resources.
- Literature Resources for
the High School and College Student
- Well organized and thorough collection of links for those studying
literature (mostly in the English language) from ancient to modern times.
- Voice of the
Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research
- 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.
- Rome Reborn
- Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance
Culture is an online exhibit from the Libray of Congress. It presents some
200 of the Vatican Library's most precious manuscripts, books, and
maps--many of which played a key role in the humanist recovery of the
classical heritage of Greece and Rome. The exhibition presents the untold
story of the Vatican Library as the intellectual driving force behind the
emergence of Rome as a political and scholarly superpower during the
Renaissance.
- English
and American Literary Resources on the Net
- Another superb collection of Internet resources for the study of
Literature, gathered by Professor Jack Lynch, University of Pennsylvania.
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Resources for the Anglo-Saxon World
- A collection of links to Web Pages dealing qith a wide variety of
Anglo-Saxon Studies information resources.
- Encyclopedia Mystica
- An
on-line encyclopedia about mythology, folklore, legends, and more...
- Hypertext
Edition of The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
- This classic work of reference - described as a browser's joy - has
been in popular demand since 1870. The Dictionary is extensively cross
referenced, lending itself ideally, to the hypertext environment. This
First Hypertext Edition is taken from Dr. Brewer's substantially revised
and extended edition of 1894.
- World
Mythology: Myth by Image
- Visit the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and look at this great
collection of images from Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and China! If you
click on the picture, you will discover more about the myths of these
cultures.
- Mythology From
All Over the World
- A collection of links to information resources for the study of
mythology from around the world. Includes links to Celtic, Arthurian,
Classical (Greek, Roman) and other mythologies.
- Joseph Campbell Reading
Room
- Gems of the Net: A collection of links to Internet Mythology Pages,
gathered by the foundation dedicated to the work of noted mythologist,
Joseph Campbell. Links are given to a wide variety of resources world
mythology and ancient civilizations.
- Folklore and
Mythology Electronic Texts
- A collection of links to actual texts of folk tales and myths from
countries of the world. Also includes links to images associated with the
stories and cultures.
- Folktales and
Myths
- A collection of storyteller's sources on the Internet. Many myths and
folk tales, plus information about them
- Ancient
Egypt Pictures Hall
- Photos of sites in Ancient Egypt: Pyramids, statues, sculptures,
temples, wall paintings, etc.
- Egyptology
- Featuring Frequently Asked Questions about Egyptian Mythology with
summaries of notable Egyptian Gods. The intention of this document is to
answer some common questions about Egyptian
mythology, and to provide capsule summaries of the more important gods of
the Egyptians.
- Greek
Mythology
- This is an introduction to Ancient Greek Mythology. It
combines information from a number of sources and attempts to be a
comprehensive reference work.
- Norse
Mythology
- A set of answers to common questions about Nores mythology:
Introduction, lists of Gods/Goddesses, Norse creation, the Nine Worlds, etc.
- Norse and
Germanic Mythology in the Wheel of Time
- Compares similar characters, stories and themes in myths from Germany
and the Norse countries.
- The
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Hypertext Ed.)
- This classic work of reference - described as a browser's joy - has
been in popular demand since 1870. The Dictionary is extensively cross
referenced, lending itself ideally, to the hypertext environment. This
First Hypertext Edition is taken from Dr. Brewer's substantially revised
and extended edition of 1894.
Shakespeare Resources
- Mr. William Shakespeare
On the Internet/Web
- Dedicated to the increasingly popular understanding of Shakespeare's
plays and other works. Includes information on a wide variety of topics
related to Shakespeare. This is an excellent place to start research on
Shakespeare, his life, and times.
- William
Shakespeare, Complete
- This is an online version of the complete works of William
Shakespeare, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Also
includes links to other Internet information resources related to
Shakespeare, his life and times.
- Shakespeare Illustrated
- A collection of illustrations based on the works of William
Shakespeare. Thorough, colorful, and very interesting!
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Elizabethan Stage and Theatre
- A description of the theatres of the Shakespearean and Elizabethan
times. Illustrated.
- Elizabethan
Costumes
- Two modern women in Elizabethan costumes.
- Today In Shakespeare
History
- Each day something different happened during Shakespeare's life. This
Web Page tells about something important, and each day is different.
- Sixteenth
Century Ballads: A work in progress...
- "The goal of this project is to produce a collection of "interesting"
ballads from before 1600, containing sheet music and lyrics, both in
their original form, and in a form intelligible to a modern listener."
- Internationale Shakespeare Globe
- Essay with slides on the Globe Theatre of William Shakespeare's time.
- Welcome to Tudor England
- Information about the family which ruled England during Shakespeare's
time and earlier.
- Tudor and History
Resources
- Collection of links to information about the Tudors, their life and
times.
- Tudors and Stuarts
- The Tudors were the royalty of England during the time of Elizabeth
and Shakespeare. This page discusses them and other people and events of
their times.
- Royalty
of England
- The names and dates of the English royalty, from the beginnings
through 1649.
- Currency
Values in Elizabethan England
- Converts Elizabethan Pounds to US Dollars.
- Elizabeth
I Gallery
- Lots of images of the queen who ruled England during Shakespeare's time.
Drama Resources
- Readers' Theatre Scripts
- A
collection of scripts for readers' theatre provided by storyteller, Aaron
Shepard. Available for free educational use.
- Theatre
Central
- This page contains links to theatre-related pages from all over the
world. Unlike other theatre page compilations, this page is dedicated to
Amateur, Scholastic, and Professional groups, services, and resources
alike. It is updated weekly.
- El
Teatro Campesino
- Home of El Teatro Campesino, where you can find Teatro's colorful
History and optimistic Future, its Founding Director Luis Valdez, and
meet Teatro Campesino's newest generation of creative forces, Chicanos on
the Run.
- On and Off
Broadway
- The On Broadway WWW Information Page ! These pages provide
information on Broadway
plays and musicals.
- The London
Stage Gazette
- An On-Line Guide to London, England Theatre.
- Screenwriters &
Playwrights Home Page
- This page, which is frequently updated, is designed to meet the
special needs of screenwriters and playwrights.
- The Drama
Exchange
- The Dramatic Exchange is dedicated to archiving and distributing
scripts, a place for playwrights to "publish" and distribute their plays,
a place for producers to find new plays they might want to produce, and a
place for anyone who is interested in drama to browse.
English and Literature Resources
- The English Server
- The English Server is a cooperative that has published humanities
texts to the Internet since 1990. They offer links to many English
resources which will be useful in many types of study.
- Children's Literature
- A site devoted to assembling diverse resources related to Children's
Literature. Includes direct links to full-text of a number of documents.
Many links to other resources on the Web.
- ChildLit Web Guide
- A guide to what is available on the Web related to Children's
Literature, including links to many full-text sources, discussion group
archives, etc.
- ISN KidNews
- News created by Kids.
- MidLink Magazine
- Magazine by kids ages 10-15.
- Anne Frank WWW site
- A comprehensive site dedicated to the life and writings of Anne
Frank, and the Holocaust.
- Avalon: Arthurian Heaven
- A British Web site with a keen interest in Arthurian legend,
including links to related sites devoted to medieval studies.
- The Labyrinth
- A center for Internet Medieval resources
- Anglo Saxon Culture
- Resources such as Beowulf, images from the Book of Kells, and
links to other resources related to Medieval Period studies.
- Sci-Fi: The Dominion
- The Dominion is the Sci-Fi Channel online.
Links to Books and Book Related Resources
- To Kill a Mockingbird:
Then and Now
- This website contains primary source documents, lesson plans, and
student work. During the next 3 years, additions will be made which
further support the goals of the Teleconferences held in April, 1997 and
the teaching of the novel.
- The Tech Classics Archive
- An online archive of 184 works by 17 classical authors (in
translation), provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The
texts are in HTML format, but raw text files are also available. Each
work has been segmented into the different books, sections, parts, etc.
whenever possible.
- Romantic Circles
- Website devoted to the study of Lord Byron, Mary Wollstonecraft
Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, their contemporaries and
historical contexts.
- The Modern
English Collection
- Includes online access to a wide variety of boooks, and also magazine
fiction by noted authors, at the University of Virginia.
- The On-line Books Page
- This is the front page for an index of hundreds of on-line books. It
also points to some common repositories of on-line books and other documents.
- Project Bartleby
- Imagine borrowing a book from the other side of the planet without
leaving your desk. This happens every day thanks to Columbia University's
Project Bartleby. After two years of work, this AcIS project is releasing
its seventh book: the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
- Renaissance
Forum Resources
- Links to Internet information resources related to the English
Renaissance (mainly the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.)
- BookWire
- BookWire is a comprehensive guide to the book-related resources of
the Internet. Book reviews, author information, book-related events,
links to publishers and booksellers, a book-related cartoons gallery, and
other related topics are to be found here.
- The Mary Rose Virtual
Maritime Museum
- Built on the orders of Henry VIII between 1510 and 1511. After a long
and successful period of service she sank accidentally during an
engagement with the French fleet in the Solent in 1545. Her rediscovery
and raising were one of the seminal events in the history of nautical
archaeology. The ship was raised by and is being cared for by the Mary
Rose Trust.
- Speculative
Fiction
- By "speculative fiction," they mean science fiction, fantasy, horror,
and just about anything else that seems like it would fit. Has a wide
variety of book-related information available.
- Eighteenth Century
Studies
- This collection has archived many works of the eighteenth century,
from the perspectives of literary and cultural studies. Novels, plays,
memoirs, treatises and poems of the period are kept here (in some cases,
influential texts from before 1700 or after 1800 as well), along with
modern criticism.
- Eighteenth-Century
Internet Resources
- Professor Jack Lynch's thorough collection of Internet resources
related to the Eighteenth-Century. Many full-text documents are available.
- The
American Studies Web
- A Guide to American Studies Resources on the Internet, with links to
a huge variety of resources.
- ARTFL Project:
Bibles
- Allows you to search several versions of the Bible.
- BookWeb Home Page
- Comprehensive site of the American Booksellers Association. Nice
page layout makes this a very easy place to use.
Poetry Archives and Poetry Related Resources On The Web
- American
Verse Project- Texts
- The American Verse Project is a collaborative project between the
University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University
of Michigan Press, is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of
American verse prior to 1920.
- Search The
American Verse Project
- Search this poetry archive using key words, names or phrases, or go
to the list of poets and poems and scan the list.
- Representative
Poetry Online
- Excellent collection of the great poets of the English language,
courtesy of Ian Lancashire. Poetry has been selected with editorial
comments by members of the Department of English at the University of
Toronto from 1912 to 1996. Included is an extensive collection of
criticism, both in verse and prose forms. The works are indexed by poet,
title, date, keyword and first line.
- British Poetry 1780-1910
- Hypertext Archive of Scholarly Editions Electronic Text Center. This
project invites scholars interested in Romantic and Victorian literature
and poetry to help build an Internet-accessible electronic library of
marked up and scholarly editions of books of poetry produced between
1780-1900.
- Project
Aldus
- Project Aldus was created as an electronic archive for
source and secondary materials related to the study of the English
Renaissance/Early Modern Period. This included the reign of Elizabeth I,
and produced such writers as Shakespeare, Spenser, Waytt, Raleigh, Milton,
Donne, and many, many others. Project Aldus files are physically located
at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and made available
through the World Wide Web. Note: Be sure to visit the Gallery and
Library sections.
- Poet's Corner
- Poet's Corner, an eclectic mix of poems provided for you to peruse and
contemplate. You will find many things here, both obscure and familiar,
from well and lesser known poets, from medieval ballads in middle english
to poems of the early 20th century. This site is named for a corner of
Westminster Abbey where a number of famous English poets are buried.
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Poetry (Literature)
- A set of links to general poetry resources on the Internet, including
poetry, criticism and biography.
- Internet
Poetry Archive
- This archive strives to make selected works of contemporary poets
available, and to allow for new ways to study the poets and their texts.
Includes sound and graphics.
- Bartleby Library
of Columbia University
- A nice collection of famous poets and authors from America and Great
Britain, along with special collections prepared from the Columbia
University resources.
- Poetry
- A collection of links to poetry, organized according to the poets'
names. Includes a set of links to essays and humor.
- Richard's
Poetry Library
- A nice collection of links to the works of a variety of poet,
organized alphabetically, by poet name. Also a helpful collection of
links to other online poetry resources.
- The Online Medieval and
Classical Library (DL SunSITE)
- Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) is an archive being
assembled as a service to the Internet. A free and easy way to access
some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval
civilization.
- The Tech Classics Archive
- An online archive of 184 works by 17 classical authors (in
translation), provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The
texts are in HTML format, but raw text files are also available. Each
work has been segmented into the different books, sections, parts, etc.
whenever possible.
- Japanese Text
Initiative
- A collaborative effort to make texts of classical Japanese literature
available on the World Wide Web. Features "100 Poems by 100 poets" text
in English, Japanese, and Romaji. Includes Japanese woodblock prints too.
- Dogwood Blossoms
- An electronic Journal of Haiku. You are welcome to read poems
online,
written in the style known as "haiku".
- The Shiki
Internet Haiku Salon
- This project seeks to provide a network forum for introducing to the
world the joy of Japan's short poem, Haiku. Their stated hope is that
those who see this will develop an appreciation and respect for Haiku,
familiarize themselves with it, and, ultimately while enjoying the art
form as its practitioners, help to promote international exchange and
friendship through Haiku.
- The Tower
Lyrics Archive!
- Chad Tower has collected lyrics to some of his favorite Broadway
musicals, and has made them available online.
- Reflections of Leon
Malinofsky
- Mr. Malinofsky's collection of poets and great thinkers, presented
through text and audio links, organized by a series of themes: Voices,
Spirit, Passion, Muse, Nature. A friendly, pleasant presentation.
- HarperAudio!
(Poetry)
- Recordings online of famous poetical works being read aloud.
HarperAudio! and has consented to a limited distribution of HarperAudio!
as an 8 kHz computer sound file on Internet Town Hall.
Philosophy and Philosophers
- The Internet Encyclopedia
of Philosophy
- An online set of resources related to the entire subject of
philosophy, including biographies of the famous philosophers.
- Guide to
Philosophy on the Internet
- A huge file of information related to philosophy and philosophers.
- Philosopher's
Almanac
- Information about some of the most famous philosophers.
- Philosophy
In Cyberspace
- Starting place for research on philosophy and philosophers.
- Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Another place to find out about philosophy.
- Return to Ramon Garza's Web Links Page..