LITERATURE AND WRITING


Books On-Line(http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/lists.html)
On-Line Books Page formerly based at Carnegie Mellon University is now hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Library. The site lists more than 12,000 English works searchable by author, title, or subject.

Banned Books On-Line (http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html/)
Presented by the makers of the On-Line Books Page, this page not only gives you the stories behind the hundreds of books which have been banned over the years, but also lets you decide for yourself by offering the full-text of the books online. You're sure to surprised by some of the titles included. 

A Celebration of Women Writers (http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/)
Search for famous and obscure women writers by author name, century, or country. Entries include biographies, lists of works and analysis, and in some cases, the works themselves. 

Dictionary of Symbolism (http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/)
Why is Faith's ribbon pink in Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"? Well, this site will offer more than a few suggestions. Brought to you by the good people at the University of Michigan, the site is organized alphabetically. 

Electronic Texts and Publishing Resources (http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/etext)
This site, a resource of the Library of Congress, offers links to the thousands of full-text books available online. More importantly, there are also links to resources on publishers and publishing within the electronic arena. 

The Elements of Style(http://www.bartleby.com/index.html)
The full text of William Strunk’s classic work. 

The English Server (http://eserver.org/)
A cooperative which has published over 1800 humanities texts on the web. And it isn't just literature. Also includes links to topics such as cultural theory and gender and sexuality. 

Guide to Grammar and Writing (http://cctc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm)
Before you hand that paper in, stop here! These well-organized site was sure to helps you corrected many grammatical errors. 

Internet Classics Archive (http://classics.mit.edu/)
Links to 440 hard to find Greek and Roman classics, in full text. 

Inter-Play (http://www.portals.org/interplay/)
An index to plays published in anthologies, collections and periodicals from the late 19th century to the present. 

MLA-Style Citations of Electronic Sources (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/reference/citing-er.html)
How do I list a web page on my Works Cited? Here's your answer. Clear examples from Columbia University. Standards have not been established for citing electronic resources but there are various attempts at guidelines for including these materials in your footnotes and bibliographies.

The Mysterious Home Page (http://www.webfic.com/mysthome/)
Updated weekly, this site is a must for the true mystery fan. Links to specific authors and characters, themes in mystery fiction, awards, seminars, magazines, even films and TV interpretations. 

Online Literary Criticism Collection (http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/)
The Internet Public Library does it again! At last there's a place to find literary criticism on the Web. Browse for critical articles by author's last name, the work's title, or the century of its origin. At the moment, the site focuses on British and American works. 

Science Fiction Resource Guide (http://sflovers.rutgers.edu/Web/SFRG/)
Here it is, sci-fi fans, your web universe. Links to biographies of authors, artists, bibliographies, publishers, fan mags, fan clubs, role-playing games, writer's resources...everything you need to live long and prosper. 

Shakespeare (http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html)
MIT brings us the full text of Shakespeare's plays, searchable by keyword. 

Baker Street Connection: A Sherlock Holmes Collection (http://www.citsoft.com/holmes.html)
The Baker Street Connection provides a collection of Sherlock Holmes-related material, including the complete canon of 56 stories and four novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle between 1887 and 1925.

William Shakespeare and the Internet (http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/)
Includes a biography, summaries of the plays, even full text criticism. 



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