CRITICISM

LITERATURE BY TIME PERIOD

ONLINE TEXTS

OTHER SOURCES

WRITING RESOURCES

CRITICISM

A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism, and Philology
http://www.unizar.es/departamentos/filologia_inglesa/garciala/bibliography.html
"Bibliography with over 20,000 entries dedicated to the study of literary theory and criticism of authors writing in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Also covers linguistics, cultural studies, discourse analysis, and general philology." (IPL)

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/
"The Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing. The set encompasses a wide selection of writing on orators, humorists, poets, newspaper columnists, religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, song writers, and even non-English writing, such as Yiddish and Creole." (CHEAL)

Literary Criticism
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48496
The Internet Public Library gives helpful advice for researching literary criticism.

Literature Resource Center
http://www.mdpls.org/
The Literature Resource Center is an online database provided by the Miami Dade Public Library. On the MDPL website, click "Databases and More" to access this online database that contains literature criticism. Use your Miami Dade Public Library card number to access this database.

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm
"Medieval, Renaissance, 17th Century and Restoration and 18th Century literary texts. Entries for each author include: works, biography, criticism, quotations and links. Texts are from The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 6th ed." (IPL)

Modern American Poetry
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets.htm
"Modern American Poetry is a collaborative effort that aims to provide 'a single clearinghouse for some of the best criticism on the best poets of our time.' One can find biographical information, bibliographies, criticism, commentary, and links to online copies of works on major modern American poets." (IPL)

The New York Times Book Review
http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/books/
Free access to over 50,000 book reviews back to 1980 from the New York Times Book Review. Reviews are archived and searchable; registration is required.

Online Literary Criticism Collection
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit
Contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, title, nationality or literary period.

Voices from the Gaps
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/index.html
"This site promotes women writers and artists of color. It was designed and is maintained by the University of Minnesota and contains biographies and literary analysis of the artists' work. The site also has blogs from the artists and recorded interviews. Though much of the analysis is done by students at the university, it is a good place to start research about these artists and writers." (IPL)

LITERATURE BY TIME PERIOD

American Transcendentalism
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/index.html
"This site contains a wealth of information about the roots, influences, and works of the American Transcendentalist writers. Includes a thorough list of links to Transcendentalist authors and their texts, extensive background information and criticism on their ideas and philosophy, and links to additional web resources and bibliographies." (IPL)

American Writers
http://www.americanwriters.org
Contains information about individual American authors and literary works (including links to the full text of historical works); searchable by writer, literary work, and historical place

The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/cphome.stm
Authurian texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information

Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/home.html
Focuses on the dime novels and story papers popular in the 19th century; the collection consists of over 8,000 items

The Internet Classics Archive
http://classics.mit.edu/
"The more famous and some lesser known authors of Greek and Roman literature, as well as a few Chinese and Persian works. One can also see other readers' opinions and thoughts on the works and respond to them or post one's own. A search engine is provided." (IPL)

Japanese Authors and Works
http://www.jlit.net/authors_works/index.html
"Contains lists of Japanese authors organized by time period and alphabetically, 1945-present. An overview of literary history in the pre-modern and modern period is also available with regularly updataed news relating to Japanese literature." (IPL)

King Arthur and the Holy Grail
http://www.greatdreams.com/arthur.htm
Large compilation of links pertaining to King Arthur

The Labyrinth
http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
Resources for medieval studies; search by category, type of material, or keyword

Literary Criticism - The Web of American Transcendentalism
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Contains general literary criticism of American transcendentalism as well as criticism specific to works by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Literary Resources on the Net
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
A helpful collection of links dealing especially with English and American literature; categorized by time period and genre

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm
"Medieval, Renaissance, 17th Century and Restoration and 18th Century literary texts. Entries for each author include: works, biography, criticism, quotations and links. Texts are from The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 6th ed." (IPL)

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/
Provides a timeline, biography, and annotated guide to resources available on the Internet

The Online Medieval & Classical Library
http://omacl.org/
A collection of literary works of classical and medieval civilization; search by author, title, genre, or language

The Victorian Web
http://www.victorianweb.org/
Contains a wealth of information about literature, history, and culture in the age of Victoria; also provides authors' biographies and analyses of their literature

ONLINE TEXTS

Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/
This collection of public domain documents includes American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.

Bartleby.com - Great Online Books
www.bartleby.com
This site provides students and researchers with unlimited access to books and information on the web. Includes full-text King James Version of the Bible and Strunk's Elements of Style.

Miami Dade Public Library
http://www.mdpls.org/
The Miami Dade Public Library offers many free eBooks and audio books that can be downloaded in several different formats. Use your Miami Dade Public Library card number to access these resources.

Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Provides a large collection of free electronic books that can be downloaded

OTHER SOURCES

A Glossary of Literary Terms
http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm
Contains definitions to literary terms such as allegory, blank verse, epic, and parody

A Glossary of Literary Theory
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/glossary/headerindex.html
Contains definitions to literary theory terms such as absurdism, modernism, deconstruction, and naturalism

Favorite Poem Project
http://www.favoritepoem.org/index.html
Founded by 39th Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, the Favorite Poem Project (FPP) encourages Americans to share their favorite poems with each other. FPP highlights 50 short videos of individuals reciting their favorite poems.

LibriVox
http://librivox.org/
Provides free audiobooks from the public domain

Literary Timeline
http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/timeline/Calendar_January.htm
Search for significant literary events for each day of the year

Miami Dade Public Library
www.mdpls.org
Apply for a library card online and access a wealth of information online.

Native American Authors
http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/
"This website provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites." (IPL)

Native American Authors Online
http://www.nativewiki.org/Storytellers:_Native_American_Authors_Online
Contains information on Native American novelists and poets; provides categorical lists by tribe

National Public Radio: Books Podcast
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=89697155
Authors read and discuss their work

National Public Radio: Selected Shorts Podcast
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=9911210
Recordings of actors reading short stories

The Phrase Finder
http://www.phrases.org.uk//
Look up the meaning and origins of English phrases and idioms

Quoteland
www.quoteland.com

Word Origins
http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/big_list/
Provides an alphabetical list of over 400 word and phrase origins

Wordsmyth: The Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus
http://www.wordsmyth.net
"Meshes the functions of a dictionary and a thesaurus with powerful and flexible search capabilities" (Wordsmyth)