AUTHORS & LITERATURE

AUTHORS & LITERATURE
An Internet Hotlist on AUTHORS & LITERATURE

created by Marilyn Abramowitz
Mineola High School Library

Introduction
Begin your research with the library's REFERENCE collection, of literary resoures. Also, search the CATALOG for books on individual authors. Consult the library's online databases and check the links below for additional information. *New links may be added to this site, so check back often.

The Internet Resources

General Author & Lit Sites (Amer,Brit,World,Women,)

The Victorian Literary Studies Archive -
100 Best Novels of All Time - from 1923 - present (from TIME magazine)
A Celebration of Women Writers -
About Guide: Contemporary Authors -
American Authors & Literature Sites -
American Authors on the Web - Authors are listed chronologically by birthdate year
American Writers - from C-Span
An Outline of American Literature: Authors -
Author Guides -
Authors on the Web -
Bibliomania: History of American Literature -
CRITICAL ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION OF LITERATURE - Hotlist
Contemporary British & American Authors -
Crossroads: an American Literature Hypertext Site - contains information about and texts by Henry Adams, Charles Brockden Brown, Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Harriet Wilson, among others
English Literature on the Web -
Great Literature Online - Text of works & biographical info
Index to Literature Sites - from Web English Teacher
Literary Movements - a Research and Reference Guide
Literary Resources on the Net -
Literature Network: Author Index -
Literature Studies - by Shmoop
Online Literary Criticism Collection - from the Internet Public Library
Outline of American Literature - Includes Early American & Colonial Pd, Revolutionary writers, Romantic Pd, Realism, Modernism, Prose & Poetry since 1945
Perspectives in American Literature -
Shmoop Literature Guides -
Spartacus Encyclopedia: USA Writers -
The Author Page (Ask the Author) -
The Harvard Classics & Shelf of Fiction -
The Online Books Page - Listing over 25,000 free books on the Web
Victorian Web: Authors -
Voice of the Shuttle: English Literature -
Web English Teacher - Author Sites -
Wired for Books - Interviews, in audio and video, of great writers of the 20th century
Women Writers -

Medieval through 19th Century Lit

*Romantics -
16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603) -
Age of Chivalry OR Legends of King Arthur -
Anthology of Medieval English Literature (1350-1485) -
Charles Dickens -
Charles Dickens - English Novelist -
Charles Dickens Information Page -
Charles Dickens Page -
Charlesl Dickens - life & family, Dicken's London, his works
Dickens - the Story of the Man, the Writer and the Victorian London he Immortalized - PBS program
Dickens of London -
Dickens' London Page -
English Literature: Early 17th Century (1603-1660) -
Legends of Charlemagne OR Romance of the Middle Ages -
Lewis Carroll Scrapbook - Victorian-era children's author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'
Literary Resources: Romantic -
POE Resources - info on Edgar Allan Poe - including biiographies, full texts of his work, literary criticism and more
Romantic Circles - Devoted to the study of the Romantic pd: lit & culture
The Gothic Canon -
The Gothic Literature Page - May be blocked at school.
The Gothic: Materials for Study -
The Literary Gothic -
Welcome to Charles Dickens Literature -
Wm Shakespeare's Plays & Poems in Audio & Video -

Poets & Poetry Resources

Knowing Poe - Edgar Allan Poe
POETRY RESOURCES (Hotlist) -

Ancient & Dark Ages and Mythologies

ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS - includes mythology links
Bulfinch's Mythology - Age of Fable OR Stories of Gods & Heroes
Classical Mythology - Greek & Roman
Egyptian Mythology -
Encyclopedia Mythica -
Greek Mythology -
Hawaiian Mythology -
Myth Man presents Myth Mania - Greek mythology
Myth Web -
Mythology - ThinkQuest
Roman Mythology - Mute the music
The Gods & Goddesses of Ancient Egypt -
Winged Sandals - Greek Mythology

Playwrights, Drama & Theatre Resources

Classical Drama Sites -
Doollee.com - online guide to modern playwrights and theatre plays which have been written, or translated, into English since 1956
ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND & THE WORLD OF SHAKESPEARE - Hotlist
English Server Drama Collection - Original plays, criticism & links to other drama sites. May be blocked at school.
The World of London Theater: 1660-1800 -
Theatre History -
Theatre History on the Web -
Theatrepedia - Terms, plots, texts of plays, and biographies of playwrights
Virtual Library: Theatre & Drama -

YA & Child Lit/SciFi & Fantasy

Young Adult Authors -
Aesop's Fables -
Authors & Books - Contemporary YA & children's authors: Biogs, booklists, interviews, lesson plans, etc.
Authors & Illustrators (Children's Lit Web) -
Book Lists for Suggested Reading -
Course Materials for the Study of Science Fiction -
Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature -
From Verne to Vonnegut: A Century of Science Fiction - explores the development of science fiction literature
Read Kiddo Read - a site by author James Patterson dedicated to get kids reading
Tech Teachers: Authors - Author Links
YA Authors -
YA/TEEN AUTHORS -
Young Adult Literature -
Young Adult Romance Writers -

Content by Marilyn Abramowitz, mnora68@yahoo.com
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Last revised Sat Jan 7 12:07:23 US/Pacific 2012