Literature, generally

The links on this page lead to sites about literature. If you're looking for the full text of literary works, see E-texts, E-books.

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General Literature Resources | Literary Reference | Genres: Theatre | Oratory

General Literature Resources

• EServer - Literature and related subjects (formerly English Server)
• Online Literary Criticism Collection - Links to over 4,000 sites for literary criticism (Internet Public Library)
• Literary Research Tools on the Internet (Jack Lynch)

• Gale Literary Index - Index to authors and titles in reference series published by Gale. From here, you will need to use your library's materials to look up the full text (either in the library or via its Web site)
• A Literary Index - A meta-site listing many good literature sites, with annotations
• Literature and Composition Resources - Recommended sites for students writing papers
• LitLinks - Links on literary genres, periods, and criticism (Bedford St. Martins)
• Literature Webliography (Louisiana State University)
• Literature on the Internet (Wolfgang Hink)
• LitWeb - Biographies of major authors
• New Pages Guide to Literary Magazines - Also has Reviews of literary magazines
• Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch:
• On the Art of Reading (Bartleby)
• On the Art of Writing (Bartleby)
• Book Lovers: Fine Books and Literature (Piet Wesselman)
• Readers and Writers Resource Page - Bookstores, publishers, book lists, reference sources
• Women Writers Project, Brown University

Study Guides:

• Cliffs Notes - Many are available to read free online
• SparkNotes - Study guides to works of literature

Special Topics:

• Children's Literature Center (Library of Congress)
• Index Translationum - Find translations from one language to another (UNESCO)
• The Modern Word - 20th Century experimental authors, including Joyce, Kafka, Borges, Garcia Marquez, Pynchon, Eco (formerly the Libyrinth)
• Bonfire of Liberties: Censorship of the Humanities - The history of censorship and free speech
• First Lines - Test your skill
• See also my Book Sources page and the rec.arts.books page

Literary Reference

Quotations:

• Bartleby.com:

Home of many free reference sources

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed., 1919
• Columbia World of Quotations, 1996
• Respectfully Quoted, 1989
• Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, 1988


• The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
• Quotations Page
• Quoteland

Web Directories:

• Quotation Websites - As recommended by Fred Shapiro, editor of the Yale Book of Quotations (Find it in a library). Includes sites devoted to specific subjects (such as advertising and film) and authors (such as Lincoln and Twain)
• Quotations Sources (Yahoo)
• See also Oratory, below

Other Literary Reference:

• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable:
• 1898 ed. (Bartleby)
• 1894 ed. (Bibliomania)
• Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms (Jack Lynch)
• Glossary of Terms - Literary terms (Gale)
• Literary Hyper-Calendar - This day in literary history
• Los Angeles Public Library Short Story Index
• See also
• E-Texts, E-Books, which includes many works of literature
• Mythology

Theatre

• Curtain Up - Theater calendars, reviews, links
• Playbill - News from Broadway, regional theatre, London
• Voice of the Shuttle: Drama, Theater & Performance Art Studies
• Library of Congress: Performing Arts Reading Room - Music, theatre, dance
• See also:
• New York: Theatre
• British Literature
• Shakespeare

Oratory

• World's Greatest Orations - Ed. by William Jennings Bryan, 1906 (Bartleby)
• Douglass Archives of American Public Address
• Gifts of Speech - Speeches by women, 19th and 20th centuries
• Graduation Speeches (Yahoo)
• Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States (Bartleby)
• See also Historic Audio to listen to speeches