INTERNET RESOURCES

English Sites

bullet Authors, Poets, Playwrights

American Authors - links to selected sites concerning major authors in American literature

Dickinson Electronic Archives
- a website devoted to the study of Emily Dickinson, her writing practices,
     writings directly influencing her work, and critical and creative writings generated by her work

Domestic Goddess
- a moderated E-journal, devoted to women writers, beginning in the
     19th century, who wrote domestic fiction

The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - the society's official web page 

Classic Authors Library - portraits, biographies and pictures of classic authors including
     online books of classical literature

bullet Composition/Grammar
 
 
English and Composition - writing tools and resources from the College of DuPage

Guide to Grammar and Writing - a comprehensive guide for grammar and basic writing

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
  - emphasizes thinking, logic, and the structure of sound
     expository writing rather than just rules

References for Writers
- resources posted by Creighton University, Nebraska Center for Writers

Top 20 Composition
- popular online resources that deal with topics such as creative writing,
     composition, grammar, and spelling

bullet Electronic Texts

Bartleby.com - an Internet publisher of literature, reference, and verse providing students,
     researchers, and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information
     on the web, free of charge

Electronic Text Center
- ebooks available free-of-charge from the University of Virginia Library's
     Etext Center, including classic British and American fiction, major authors, children's literature,
     American history, Shakespeare, African-American documents, the Bible

The English Server Fiction Collection - works of and about fiction collected from members,
     contributing authors worldwide, and texts in the public domain

The EServer Drama Collection
- contains a collection of original plays and screenplays, criticism,
     and links to other sites concerned with theatre

The EServer Poetry Collection - a small but free collection of poetry

The Literary Gothic
- a Web guide to all things concerned with literary Gothicism, which includes
     ghost stories, "classic" Gothic novels and Gothic fiction (1764-1820), and related pre-
     and post-Gothic and supernaturalist literature written prior to the mid-C20.

The Online Books Page
- a website that facilitates access to books that are freely
     readable over the Internet

bullet Language

iLoveLanguages - list, categorize, and promote Internet resources related to language learning,
     education, and use

Language Translation - translate words or pharses from a variety of languages online

YourDictionary.com
- users can explore general or specialized words in literally thousands of English
     and foreign-language dictionaries


bullet Linguistics

Linguistics, Natural Language, and Computational Linguistics Meta-index - a guide to the best linguistic
     resources on the web

SIL International - a service organization that works with people who speak the world’s
     lesser-known languages

bullet Literature

General

A Celebration of Women Writers - recognizes the contributions of women writers throughout history

American Literature - provide useful, interesting, advertising-free information on the subject
     and to provide links to the best information available for American literature from the earliest
     days through the 1920s


Bartleby.com
- an Internet publisher of literature, reference, and verse providing students,
     researchers, and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information
     on the web, free of charge

English and American Literature - collection is extensive with materials spanning the entire range of
     English studies including but not limited to Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Literature, Romanticism
     and the Regency Period, Victorian Studies, and Restoration Literature.


Greek Mythology Link - a linked collection of information on Greek classic mythology.

The Literary Encyclopedia - an authoritative, up-to-date reference work written by named
     scholars most of whom are current university teachers. Its entries represent the state
     of the art in scholarly understanding and it grows in scale every week.

Literary Resources on the Net - a collection of links to sites on the Internet dealing
     especially with English and American literature

Fiction

Bibliomania
- fiction available to read for free

The English Server Fiction Collection - works of and about fiction collected from members,
     contributing authors worldwide, and texts in the public domain

Prehistoric Fiction - a resource that features works set in prehistoric times, or in which
     the principal characters are members of a prehistoric society

 
bullet Periods

Eighteenth Century Literature - resources posted by Rutgers University

Literary Resources - Renaissance
- resources posted by Rutgers University

On-Line Reference Book for Medieval Studies
- an academic site, written and maintained
     by medieval scholars for the benefit of their fellow instructors and serious students