English Language and Literature: Web Resources
- BBC - Arts - Poetry
Includes a number of multimedia and interactive features: poetry videos, visual poetry, Flash poems, BBC Radio literary programs, tips on writing poetry. - Center for Applied Linguistics
A private, nonprofit organization concerned with teaching and learning language. CAL conducts research, provides information and promotes improvements in language education. - The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
A digital collection of the Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Centenary Edition. Provided by the Humanities Text Iniative of the University of Michigan. - Galactic Central
Provides bibliographies of authors publishing in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. Also contains information on over 6000 fiction magazines. - Geoffrey Chaucer
Harvard's Chaucer site provides both introductory and critical articles, translations, relevant sources, quizzes and other resources pertaining to The Canterbury Tales. - The Jack London Collection
An introduction to London's life and work including photos, correspondence, bibliographies, research aids, documents and full text of some of London's writings. - Literature for Children
Over 550 high-quality digitized children's literature tales, pre-1850 to post-1950. - Mark Twain Papers & Project
Provides links to the project archives and access to a database of thousands of Clemens's letters as well as links to publications, news and notes on literary events and online exhibitions of his work. - Merrycoz.org: works for children & adults, 1800-1872
Transcriptions and images of a variety of 19th-century children's books and magazines from Pat Pflieger's private collection. - The Paris Review
Includes interviews about writing conducted with almost every major American writer who has published in the last 50 years. - Poets.org
The official website of the Academy of American Poets, Poets.org offers hundreds of essays and interviews about poetry, biographies of more than 500 poets, almost 2,000 poems, and audio clips of 150 poems. - Romantic Chronology, 1660-1851
A gateway to thousands of sites and documents dealing with the Romantic era: primary documents, links to reference works and articles. - Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database
More than 73,000 historical and critical citations about the related genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. - Shakespeare
- TEAMS Middle English Texts
Created by The Consortium for the Teaching of Middle Ages (TEAMS). - Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture
Provides access to a variety of primary and secondary material relating to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, including reviews, stage bills of theatrical performances, and scholarly essays. - UsingEnglish.com
Contains resources for English as a Second Language teaching and learning, with an emphasis on British English. - The Victorian Web
An encyclopedic resource containing primary and secondary sources, photographs, essays and links on all aspects of the Victorian era. - What's the Word
A weekly half-hour radio program from the Modern Language Association featuring scholars on the work of writers, artists, filmmakers, musicians, genres, movements, themes and emerging literatures. - Willa Cather Electronic Archive
Cather's life, writings (including interviews and speeches), critical studies and reference materials, and photographs.
If you have any questions, comments, or would like research help, please contact Jaena Hollingsworth, English Librarian.
