Alex
Catalogue of Electronic Texts: A collection of public domain
documents from American and English literature as well as Western
philosophy. Search the digital collection by title or keyword to
locate the literary work in full text. The complete
texts of all the items in the Alex Catalogue are available by download
only.This search engine functions as a concordance to the electronic
books retrieveable from this website. This site is maintained by Librarian,
Eric Morgan of Infomotions, Inc.
Anthology
of Poems: An anthology of poems from many periods and languages,
some with study questions.
Bibliomania: A free online
source for Literature with hundreds of searchable full-text
classics. Major works in American Literature are listed chronologically.
In addition this database provides major full-text Reference works..
Bartleby Poetry Anthonlogies: A free index to full-text poetry offered according to author.
Electronic
Text Center - Modern English Collection: "This heterogenous
collection contains fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, letters,
newspapers, manuscripts and illustrations from 1500 to the present,
arranged for browsing by author's last name or by category of interest."
English
and American Literature: Literature resources at Indiana University
in categories such as General Online Library Resources, Online
Journals for Literary Studies, General WWW Literary Studies, Anglo-Saxon
and Medieval Literature, and Renaissance and Early Modern Literature
18th Century British Literature, among others.
English Language
and Literature: "Extensive links to scholarly literature and
language resources prepared" by San Jose State University Library.
English Server:This Database Server offers nearly 50 topical websites plus Online Book Collections available in full-text and free-of-charge. Collection topics range from Literature and History to Science and Technology. Hosted at the Iowa State University.
Great Books
and Classics: A gateway to the online full-text versions of the
Great Books series including the most recent updates and additions.
The links are organized by author in chronological order.
Great Books
- Five Star Sites: An index to the "Great Book" authors with
related links to other biographical information.
Gutenberg Project:
This online collection of free books are searchable by author or title can be read in full-text online. Most of the books available are in the public domain in the United States and are therefore free of copyright restrictions.
Gutenberg Project, Australia: This site, like Project Gutenberg, generally takes titles in the public domain and puts them on the Web in plain text and HTML format. All the major sections in this project relate to free e-books by Australian writers or about Australia.
Ibiblio: "Home
to one of the largest "collections of collections" on
the Internet, ibiblio.org is a conservancy of freely available
information, including software, music, literature, art, history,
science, politics, and cultural studies. ibiblio.org is a collaboration
of the Center for the Public Domain and The University of North
Carolina - Chapel Hill."
Internet Poetry Archive:
Featuring works and biographies of such authors as Phillip Levine,
Seamus Heaney, Czelaw Milosz, and Robert Pinsky.
Knowledgerush: Book Directory:
A worldwide selection of online literary works from classic out-of-copyright
books listed by title or author and searchable through Google.
Literary
Gothic: "The Literary Gothic is a Web guide to all things concerned with literary Gothicism, which includes ghost stories, "classic" Gothic novels and Gothic fiction (1764-1820), and related pre- and post-Gothic and supernaturalist literature written prior to the mid-C20. Its target audience is all students and fans of the Gothic, regardless of age, academic level, profession, or just about anything else."
Literary
Index: This is a guide to Internet Resources in Literature. "The Literary Index Provides both an overview and a review of the more significant
collections of Internet literary resources of interest to scholars,
students, and lovers of literature. This site functions
both as a descriptive meta-index to all things literary and as
a review of the most important lists of literary resources and
collections of literary links that proliferate on the Internet."
Literary Resources
on the Net: This site serves as a literary gateway of available links that are chosen specifically for interested scholars. The site is maintained by Jack Lynch of Rutgers University.
Literature Project:
A collection of electronic literature covering classic books, poems,
speeches, and plays. "For each
piece of literature the site offers online chapter-indexed
hypertext that can be easily read and searched. In
addition, each piece includes links to a new eBook version." The
e-text for each literary work is available by title.
Luminarium:
Anthology of english literature representing the works of authors who wrote during Medieval period, the Renaissance, the 17th Century, and the Restoration period.
Modern Word: "This
site is the Web's largest site devoted to exploring twentieth-century
literature and authors." This is an excellent site to find current book reviews.
On-Line Books:
This is one of the largest websites for free full-text books online.
It has over 20,000 titles including special categories and archives.
Perseus Digital Library:
"This digital library contains hundreds of texts from Ancient Greece and Rome and Renaissance England. The texts are accompanied by scholarly essays and images."
Poetry Portal: “Poetry
Portal is a directory of worldwide poetry online, a simple-to-use
and detailed overview of the fascinating variety of literary productions
on the Internet. Locate poetry by country or keyword.”
Poets: This site offers "thousands of poems as well as hundreds of poet biographies, essays, interviews, and poetry recordings-with new material being added constantly. Also available are resources such as the National Poetry Map, a national events calendar, and poetry lesson plans for teachers."
Poet's Corner: "A
massive online collection of poetry, with thousands of works from
hundreds of poets. Works range from medeival times to the early 20th
century. Author, Title, and Subjext indicies available."
Representative
Poetry On-Line: "Includes about 2,350 English poems by 368
poets from Caedmon, in the Old English period, to the work of living
poets today."
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: "The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (SEPB) presents selected English-language articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. Most sources have been published between 1990 and the present; however, a limited number of key sources published prior to 1990 are also included. Where possible, links are provided to sources that are freely available on the Internet."
Shakespeare's Works: This site has "brought together links to the collected and individual works by Shakespeare available on the Internet in full-text. There are four basic types: HTML editions, PDF versions, searchable scanned versions, and fascimile editions."
Web Concordances
and Workbooks: A literature site containing full- text condordances
for the following authors: P.B. Shelley, S.T. Coleridge, John Keats,
William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and
Gerard Manly Hopkins.
Wright American
Fiction-1851-1875: "This is a collection of 19th century
American fiction, as listed in Lyle Wright's bibliography American
Fiction, 1851-1875. There are currently 2,887 volumes included
(2,109 unedited, 778 fully edited and encoded) by 1,394 authors."
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