Literary Web Sites

English Literature on the Web

This site is described as “An extremely large collection of pointers to material on English literature". Organized by period and by author. 

Literary Movements

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.

Literary Resources on the Net

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.

 Poets.Org

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.