Literary Web Sites
This site is described as “An extremely large collection of pointers to material on English
literature". Organized by period and by author.
This site covers American Literature. It includes an extensive listing of authors and literary
movements (e.g. Slave narratives, realism, Puritanism, etc.,) and a timeline
of American Literature and events from 1620-1920.
This site contains a range of literary categories including
medieval, renaissance, theory, theater and drama, and more.
Cambridge History of English and American Literature
This site contains essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction,
drama and essays to history, theology and political writing.
Norton Anthology of English Literature – Norton Topics Online
This online version of the anthology includes essays and overviews of
the various periods in English literature. (eg.
Middle Ages, 20th Century, Romantic) with summaries and web resources
16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)
This site explores works of writers such as Sir Thomas
More, Sir Walter Releigh and William Shakespeare.
The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934 to support American poets
at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary
poetry. This site is easy-to-search to Find Poets or Poem or other related
material.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
This annotated guide to scholarly Shakespeare resources on the Internet
includes
a Shakespeare timeline, a section on critical resources or criticisms, life and
times, educational sources and “best sites” for Shakespeare.
Society for the study of nineteenth century American Women Writers
This site provides access to the works of 19th century American Women
writers including Harriet Beecher Stowe and Emily Dickinson.
Voice of the Shuttle - Minority Literatures
From UC Berkeley, Voice of the Shuttle is a mega site created for humanities
research. Exhaustive listings of resources on many ethnic writers including
criticism.