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Literary Criticism           Literary Terms
         
Lyrics        Modern Literary & Related Readings
         
Older (Ancient-Renaissance) Literary and Related Readings
         
Prizes          Reviews          Studying & Writing about Literature

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            This page consists of a large number of links developed over several years of teaching literature courses in online and face-to-face classes.  Though there has been no rigidly scientific process of hunting or selection, still, the following links likely will lead a reader or researcher eventually to most major Web links of or about literature.

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ANCIENT LITERATURE, Classical to Mid-Renaissance (1-13-05) 

- Ancient Literature: www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient

- Aristophanes, Lysistrata: http://eserver.org/drama/aristophanes/lysistrata.txt or
http://www.pecosdesign.com/lys/script.html (newer);
http://eserver.org/drama/aristophanes/lysistrata.txt 

- Boccaccio, The Decameron: http://www.idbsu.edu/courses/hy309/docs/decameron/decameron.html 

- Chaucer, Canterbury Tales: http://www.idbsu.edu/courses/hy309/docs/chaucer/chaucer.html 

- Classics: http://classics.mit.edu

- Homer: www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/agm/ (Homeric singing)

- King Arthur: Historical person, www.kingarthursknights.com/arthur/legendary.asp.  
History of legend, www.wwnorton.com/nael/middleages/topic_2/welcome.htm.  
History of Malory book and Caxton edition, www.legends.dm.net/kingarthur/malory.html. 
Le Morte Darthur—Sir Thomas Malory’s full-text, 1470 A.D. story—in nine “books,” http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Mal1Mor.html.  
Illustrated, larger-text version of same book, http://www.mysticrealms.org.uk/malory/.   
Synopsis of T.H. White’s The Once and Future King, http://www2.netdoor.com/~moulder/thwhite/toafk_a.html.  
Synopsis and preview of John Steinbeck’s The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374523789/102-0703361-9320917.

- Machiavelli: http://www.constitution.org/mac/prince00.htm (The Prince--full text), http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/machiavelli (philosophy of), http://town-court.com/article/70/show (other online resources).

- Mallory, Sir Thomas: See "King Arthur."

- Medieval Illuminated (illustrated, hand-painted) Manuscripts:
http://www.clues.abdn.ac.uk:8080/besttest/alt/comment/best_toc.html (12th c. Aberdeen Bestiary),
http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/aaccueil.htm (14th c.), 
http://www.hmml.org/sights.html (Hill Monastic Library, St. John's College, Collegeville, Minnesota), 
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/images/heures/heures.html (Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry), 
http://www.dubois.ws/people/paul/kells/ (Irish Book of Kells) 

- Montaigne, Essays: http://www.idbsu.edu/courses/hy309/docs/montaigne/montaigne.html 

- Sophocles: Antigone, http://classics.mit.edu/sophocles/antigone.html; Oedipus Rex,  readable & printable contemporary trans. at www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/4979/oedipus.html, www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~taxias/antigone (notes on Antigone)

- Virgil, The Aeneid: http://classics.mit.edu/Virgil/aeneid.html 
        

AUTHORS BY NAME, Late Renaissance-Contemporary  (1-13-05)

- Angelou, Maya: www.mayaangelou.com 
- Carroll, Lewis, an unpublished personal scrapbook with photos and illustrations:
          http://international.loc.gov/intldl/carrollhtml   
- Franklin, Ben, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin:   
          http://earlyamerica.com/lives/franklin/chapt1 
- Marquez, Gabriel Garcia: www.rpg.net/quail/libyrinth/gabo  
- Morrison, Toni: http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/morrison_toni/index.html
- Poe, Edgar Allan: http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/  
- Shakespeare: see below (click here to go directly down)
- Steinbeck, John. See "King Arthur."
- Twain, Mark: www.marktwainhouse.org   
- Vonnegut, Kurt: www.duke.edu/~crh4/kv  
- White, T.H. See "King Arthur."
   

AUTHORS IN GENERAL LISTS  

- InfoTrac ELM: http://web1.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/535/264/48078381w1/purl=rc6_-CA&dyn=3!specstart_5?sw_aep=mnkinver 120,000 authors searchable by name, subject, or title.

- Authors on Tour: www.authorsontour.com.  African-American authors on tour, biographies, reader reviews, author Web pages, bookstores.

- Bedford St. Martin: "LitLinks." Over 600 authors and supplementary links.

- American Authors: http://english.cla.umn.edu/faculty/zeck/AmerAuthorHome.htm (info on American literature authors often taught at University of Minnesota)

- Book Spot: http://www.bookspot.com (miscellany)

- British Novelists Collection on Tape: www.bbc.co.uk/archive/writers (BBC Interviews of 41 authors, 1930s-present, 7 min.-59 min.)

- Famous Poets and Poems: http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/  

- Poetry, General: http://www.best-poems.net/

- Literature.com: http://literature.com (miscellany)    

- Literature.org: http://literature.org (30 literary authors)

- RealLiterature: http://www.realliteraturedir.com/.  Authors' biographies and literary works.

- University of Minnesota: http://english.cla.umn.edu (scroll down to "Projects & Conferences": the first four projects have links to authors)
   

AWARDS AND PRIZES FOR LITERATURE

- Caldecott Medal: www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html
- National Book Awards: www.publishersweekly.com/nbf/docs/awards.html
- Newbery Medal: www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html
- Nobel Prizes: www.nobel.se
- Pulitzer: www.pulitzer.org
    

ESSAYS FOR TEACHING COMPOSITION

- Eleven essays: http://www.grammar-worksheets.com/essays/essays.php
    

GENERAL  

- www.loc.gov/international: "Global Gateway--World Culture & Resources"

- Bedford St. Martin's: "LitLinks."  Over 600 authors and supplementary links

- Online Books Library: Over 20,000 full books online
- Bedford St. Martin's: quizzes about 500 literary works  
- www.google.com: Type, using quotation marks at both ends, "Links to Literature."

- www.googlelittrips.com/: Great road trips in literature
- www.todayinliterature.com: misc.
- http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/: misc. aimed at secondary students but useful to others     

- www.GoogleLitTrips.com: Google Literary Trips (requires software download)

- Study Guides: www.CliffNotes.com and www.SparkNotes.com.  Useful additions to reading your literature.

LITERARY & OTHER TERMS 

- http://bedfordstmartins.com/litgloss: Bedford St. Martin's literary glossary of over 200 terms 
- http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/.  Short dictionary of terms
- http://www.ren.dm.net/compendium/home.html.  Elizabethan language
    

LYRICS

- http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/Kowalski/112: Harry's Blues Lyrics Online
- www.mudcat.org: the Mudcat Café--blues and traditional folk        
- www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/summer.html: top hits of 1932-19??        
- www.afn.org/~afn30091/80songs.html: 500 hits from Reagan era, ultimate 80s songs         
- www.bbhq.com/lyrics.htm: Baby Boomer Headquarters Music Room Lyrics
      

MODERN/CONTEMPORARY LITERARY and RELATED READINGS and CRITICISM

- American Literature (Library of Congress): http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tr33.html
- American Literature (links to): http://english.cla.umn.edu/faculty/zeck/AmerAuthorHome.htm
- American Literature (poetry, some novels): http://www.bartleby.com
- Ancient Literature: www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient
- British Literature, 18^th century: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/   (go to bottom of page)
- Classics: http://classics.mit.edu
- Drama: http://eserver.org/drama/
- Elizabethan England, life in: http://www.ren.dm.net/compendium/home.html.  
- Grimm brothers (12 tales): http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/
- Misc. (Electronic Text Center, Univ. of Virginia): http://etext.virginia.edu
- Misc. "e-texts": http://www.gutenberg.net 
- Misc. (Internet Public Library): http://www.ipl.org: (9500 online texts, 2300 magazines and journals, links to newspapers around the world).
- Misc. "Literature and Composition Resources" on the Web: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/engl/gartner/Litcomp.htm.
- Misc. literature, reference, research, & religious: www.bibliomania.com
- Misc. literature, reviews, et al.: http://literature.com  
- Misc. literature sites (from MCTE News): www.overbooked.org/index.html
- Misc.: www.fitzroydearborn.com/pubsub.htm#literature
- Misc. (novels--analysis and full-text classics): http://www.novelguide.com   
- Misc. (public domain classics): http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/fiction/ and http://eserver.org (both URLs lead to the same server)
- Misc., Univ. of Minn. English Dept.: http://english.cla.umn.edu: scroll down to "Projects &  Conferences."  The first 4 projects have links to literary works--or links to links.
- Misc. (Rutgers—organized by geography and time period): http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/. 
- Misc. list of literature sites: www.accessmagazine.com/literature. 
- Poetry, American (MLA-recommended; large site): http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/.
- Poetry: Famous Poets and Poems, http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/  
- Poetry: "World’s premier online recordings of poets reading their work” - http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/home.do
- Poetry: "Best Poems" - http://www.best-poems.net/
- Shakespeare (annotated guide to online resources and literary criticism): http://daphne.palomar.edu/Shakespeare
- Shakespeare (complete works, glossary, search by word or work): http://tech-two.mit.edu/shakespeare/works.html
- Shakespeare (essays about life and times; synopsis of every play, scene by scene): www.shakespeare-online.com/
- Search engine, educational (linking teachers to materials): www.thegateway.org 
- Search engine, literary (run by noted online literature mag.): www.pilot-search.com
- Sophocles, Antigone: http://classics.mit.edu/sophocles/antigone.html.  Notes on Antigone: www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~taxias/antigone  
- Speeches, PBS, from past 80 years: www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/  
   

REVIEWS

- www.nybooks.com/nyrev  New York Review of Books ("ultimate guide")        
- www.ala.org/booklist  American Library Association's online Booklist magazine         
- www.bookwire.com/bbr Boston Book Review
- www.nytimes.com/books The New York Times Book Review        
- www.bookpage.com.  "A great mainstream review site."
- www.bookwire.com/hmr Hungry Mind Review
- www.themysteryreader.com for mystery fans; divided into categories
- The Romance Reader: companion site to www.themysteryreader.com
- Atlantic Monthly
- Bookreporter.com
- Boston Globe Book Reviews
- Boston Book Review
- Los Angeles Times Book Reviews
- London Review of Books
- Washington Post Book World

STUDYING & WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE (11-03)  

- Literary terms: CyberEnglish  
- Miscellaneous: http://www.bookspot.com
- Miscellaneous: www.loc.gov/international--"Global Gateway--World Culture & Resources"
- Miscellaneous: http://literature.com  
- Studying Literature (Mt. Mary College): http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1653/ 
- Writing about Literature (general): CollegeWriting.info, Purdue, The Sundance Reader  
- Writing a literary analysis: CollegeWriting.info  
- Writing a literary thesis: CollegeWriting.info  
- Writing a literary thesis statement: CollegeWriting.info, Colorado State   
- Writing poetry: http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/links_poets.html  
- Writing a review of literature: CollegeWriting.info, Wisconsin     

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