Associations

The Academy of American Poets The Academy features a gallery of nineteenth and twentieth century poets; each entry has a brief biography, a selected bibliography, and exhibits on the Web. This site also has information on Academy membership, a calendar of events, information on National Poetry month, and FAQs about publishing.

Modern Language Association The MLA has a well-organized site that has links to information on the association, its annual convention, reports, and committees. There is also a Job Information List, the MLA style, and information on MLA publications.

Electronic Collections

American Verse Project This project is a collection of pre-1920 American poetry. It can be searched by keyword or browsed. There is also a hyper-bibliography to American poetry. Many of the texts are in HTML and include illustrations from the original publication.

Bulfinch's Mythology Bulfinch's includes The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and The Legends of Charlemagne. Please note that some chapters are still under construction.

A Celebration of Women Writers Information about women writers can often be hard to find. This site features the work of female writers from all over the world, arranged by author name, century, and country. Also included are bibliographies and specialty collections.

Literary Resources on the Net Maintained by Jack Lynch at the University of Pennsylvania, this site has an extensive collection of links to literary sites, organized by genre, with an emphasis on English and American literature.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet An excellent site! Annotated, scholarly Shakespeare links abound on this website. The Bard's works, life & times, and critical sources are found here. Of particular interest are original resources such as the Shakespeare Timeline and the Shakespeare genealogy. 

The Modern English Collection A huge collection of online literature made available by the University of Virginia; many of the works can be accessed by non-UVA users. Sections of works larger than 100KB can be retrieved by using a table of contents. There is a link to the Etext Center, which has works in other languages. (Note: this page is quite large--647KB).

The Online Books Page This site features over 7,000 online books, which can be searched for by author, title, and subject. There is also news, special features, and archives.

Online Medieval & Classical Library A collection of public domain works that can be browsed by title, author, genre, or language. In addition, the collection can be searched by keyword. This site also has links to other etext collections on the Web.

Bartleby.com: Great Books Online A selection of great literature is made available free to the public for educational purposes; includes a link to the New Bartleby Library, which can be searched by keyword.

Project Gutenberg One of the oldest collections of electronic texts on the Internet. P.G. features a virtual library of literature that is in the public domain. Etext listings are indexed by author and title and can be searched. Note that etexts can be FTPed in compressed files. 

Reference

The Dictionary of Sensibility This resource provides definitions for twenty-four terms of the language of eighteenth-century sensibility. Each definition is followed by excerpts from important texts of sensibility; each excerpt is accompanied by commentary that puts the term in context. Also, the site includes a source bibliography and a critical bibliography.

Writing Resource

Online Writing Lab The "OWL" at Purdue University features online handouts on how to write term papers. This site has resources for teachers, as well as links to other OWLs.