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The
Adventures of Beowulf |
A contemporary adaptation from the Old English version. |
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Bibliomania |
2,000 classic texts, book notes, author biographies, study
guides, etc. |
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Digital Book
Index |
Provides access to more than 80,000 titles records from more
than 1800 commercial and non-commercial publishers, universities, and
various private sites. |
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The Canterbury Tales |
Read the Canterbury Tales with the help of an online glossary. Also
includes the life and times of Geoffrey Chaucer. |
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Electronic
Beowulf |
An image-based edition of the great Old English poem Beowulf. |
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Google Book Search |
Download complete copies of books that are out of copyright
from the scanned collections university libraries at Harvard,
Stanford, Oxford, Michigan, and California, as well as the New York Public
Library. |
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International Children's
Digital Library |
An international collection of children's literature from 27 cultures in
15 languages. |
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Project Gutenberg |
A vast library of public domain literature (any texts no longer protected
by the copyright law.) In general, books published pre-1923. |
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American Literature |
Includes links to literary movements, authors,
and a literary timeline. |
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American Writing Gateway |
Teacher-selected and -evaluated sites to
material on the most studied American authors. |
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Critical
Reading: A Guide |
A guide, written by Professor John Lye of Brock
University, to help you analyze literature, particularly poetry and fiction. |
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Gale
Literary Index |
A master index to the major literature reference book series
published by The Gale Group. |
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Glossary of
Literary Terms |
Hyperlinked list of literary terms with
definitions and examples. |
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How to Write a Term
Paper |
From selecting a topic, to crafting a thesis, to organizing
and writing the literary paper, all steps of the research process are illustrated
using Toni Morrison's novel Beloved as an example. |
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InfoTrac Literature
Resource Center |
Biographical information, overviews, full-text
literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers. See the
PVHS Library
Literary Criticism Research Planner for the access code. |
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Lit Links |
Literary information organized alphabetically
by author within five genres: fiction, drama, poetry, essays, and critical
theory. |
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LiteraryHistory.com |
An index to literary criticism on the internet,
covering more than 250 English and American authors of the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. Links lead directly to articles and must meet minimum
academic standards to be included. |
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Literature and Related Resources |
Selected from Schoolwork.Ugh! |
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The Nobel Prize in Literature |
Complete list of all prize winners with links
to articles, interviews, lectures, and speeches. |
| Novelguide.com |
Premier free source for literary analysis on the web.
Includes chapter summaries, character profiles, metaphor analysis, theme analysis, and
author biographies on classic and contemporary literature. |
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Online
Literary Criticism Guide |
The Internet Public Library's collection of some of the best
starting places for finding online critical writing. |
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PAL:
Perspectives in American Literature |
A Research and Reference Guide to 376 American
authors. |
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Voice of the Shuttle: English Literature |
High quality English and American literature
Web links. |
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Web
Resources for English and American Literature |
Literary websites selected by the English
studies librarian from the University of Rochester. |
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Academy of American Poets |
One of the liveliest and most comprehensive poetry sites on
the Internet featuring 500 poet biographies, 1400 poems, and 100 audio
clips. |
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The CMU Poetry Index |
Original and classic verse as well as literary and poetic theory. |
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Favorite Poem Project |
This project was created by Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the
United States. Americans from ages 5 to 97, from every state, of diverse occupations,
kinds of education and backgrounds share their favorite poem. |
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Geraldine
R. Dodge Poetry Festival |
Largest poetry event in North America. Held biennially
since 1986, the Festival is a celebration of poetry that immerses
participants in four days of readings, conversations and performances
featuring an international array of poets – winners of the most prestigious
literary prizes – and other artists including storytellers and musicians. |
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Poetry and Literature
Center of the Library of Congress |
Related links to poetry and poet sites. |
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Poetry 180 |
Poems selected for high school students by Billy Collins, 40th Poet
Laureate of the United States. |
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Poetry Out Loud |
National Recitation Contest for high school students. More
than $100,000 in prizes will be awarded to students and their schools this
spring. |
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America
from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI,
ca. 1935-1945 |
Documentary photographs created by a group of U.S.
government photographers. The images show Americans in every part of
the nation. |
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America in the 1930's |
A view of the 1930s through the lenses of its films,
radio programs, literature, journalism, museums, exhibitions, architecture,
art, and other forms of cultural expression. |
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By the People
for the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 |
Collection of 908 boldly colored and graphically diverse
original posters produced from 1936 to 1943 as part of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt's New Deal. |
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Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 |
First-person narratives describing ordinary life in
Washington State during the depression era. |
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Scottsboro: An American Tragedy |
Features a timeline of the event and subsequent trials
(including Supreme Court decisions), a map, information on related people
and events, documents and reactions taken from the time of the incident, a
bibliography, and links. |
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Famous American Trials: The Scottsboro Boys' Trial |
Maintained at the University of Missouri-Kansas Law School
by Professor Douglas Linder. |
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CourtTV:
The Scottsboro Boys |
Extensive online documentary includes video clips, court
transcripts, and interviews with experts. |
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CriterionSM
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Automated essay scoring from Prentice Hall allows students to submit
essays online and receive immediate feedback. |
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The Elements of Style
by William Strunk, Jr. |
The classic reference covering rules of usage and principles of
composition most commonly violated. |
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Guide
to Grammar and Style |
From the Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch. |
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Guide to Grammar
and Writing |
Maintained by Professor of English, Charles Darling from Capital Community
College. |
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A
Guide for Writing Research Papers |
Based on MLA; prepared by the Humanities Department of Capital Community
College, Hartford, Connecticut. |
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Handouts for
Students and Teachers |
From the Purdue On-line Writing Lab. |
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The
Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing |
A hyperlinked tutorial for planning and writing technical
and scientific papers. Includes common writing problems for non-native
speakers of English. |
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NoodleTools |
Online citation machine for MLA and APA styles. Students
need to create a personal folder to generate citations. Enter the following
trial login after clicking on "Create a new folder." User name:
trial2870
Password: boga9sami |
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On-line Writing Lab |
Utah Valley State College site helps students to better understand how to
organize, develop, and revise a paper. |
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PENNSound |
PennSound features about 200 writers and more than 10,000
free recordings contributed by poets, fans and scholars worldwide. |
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Primary Sources |
Definitions and examples of primary sources. |
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Reading, Writing, and
Researching for History |
A Guide for College Students from Bowdoin
College, Maine. Includes all aspects of the research process: reading,
writing, researching, and evaluating. |
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WriteNow |
Video writing prompts (30 seconds in
length) useful for encouraging writing for students in grades 6-12. |
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WritingFix |
Daily writing activities for students and teachers. |
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Writing Tutorial Services Library |
Produced by Writing Tutorial Services, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN |
