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Many Comparative Literature Organizations list specific online resources.

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The CLCWeb Library
The CLCWeb Library of Research and Information in Comparative Literature and Culture.
"...is a website of information and research tools for work in comparative literature and culture."
By Steven Totosy de Zepetnek

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Alegria : The Mexican Folklorico Home Page
 "Site contains links to Los Danzantes de Alegria, Grupo Folklorico Mexico Tenochtitlan, Dance Directory, Calendar of Events, Regional Dances of Mexico, Links to related Sites and a Bulletin Board"

American Folklore
"This folklore site contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from each and every one of the 50 United States...This site was created as part of a graduate study at Rutgers the State University of New Jersey in October 1997. It contains one or more folktales from each state. The target audiences are storytellers, teachers, folklore fans and students needing state folklore for school projects. The site is updated regularly. The folktales were rewritten by S. E. Schlosser."

American Library Association

Annotated Webliography of Humanism
"This is a collection of websites related to humanism. It is an ANNOTATED and SELECTIVE list. The selection and annotation reflect my considered personal judgment."
By Dr. Peter Derkx, Prof. History of Humanism, Utrecht, Netherlands

[Children's Literature] ABC-Lit: An Index to Children's Literature Scholarship
"...is designed for use by those interested in the theories and criticism used to analyze children's literature."
By Lisa R. Bartle.

[Children's Literature] CHILDE Project
Children's Historical Literature Disseminated Throughout Europe
Funded by the European Commission's Culture 2000 programme.

Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory and Postmodern Thought
Sections include Resources ; Corollary Sites ; Readings ; People
By Martin Ryder, School of Education, University of Denver

Cultural Studies- A Virtual Library
A well organized collection of academic resources.

�clat!: The "Essential" Comparative Literature and Theory Site
"The virtual grad lounge" of the comparative literature and literary theory program at the University of Pennsylvania.

An Exploration of Modern Monsters
 Categories include Technology Monsters ; Human Monsters ; Ecological Monsters ; Reanimated Monsters ; Taboo Table ; Bibliography.
I'm no fan of image maps but the one on the homepage is quite fun.
University of Michigan Fantasy and Science Fiction Website

The Fantastic in Art and Fiction
"Sponsored by Cornell Universityís Institute for Digital Collections (CIDC) this image-bank provides a visual resource for the study of the Fantastic or of the supernatural in fiction and in art. While the site emerges from a comparative literature course on the topic at Skidmore College, it is also intended to open the door to consideration of some of the constant structures and patterns of fantastic literature, and the problems they raise. In this sense, the materials presented here may find a use among students in a variety of disciplines ... Approximately 300 images from over 80 books reside in this database. They may be perused by subject via the links on the homepage and in the navigation bar at the bottom of each page."
Academic Info's Award for Best Site of August 2001

FictionDB
"Here you will find the most comprehensive, searchable database of authors and titles ever presented on the internet.  We also offer reviews, links to author websites, pseudonym directories, and much more.  This site is for readers and book lovers everywhere, so come on in and take a tour through the bibliographies of your favorite authors."
Includes: WesternDB (over 1,000 authors and 7,000 titles) ; RomanceDB (7,000 authors and 50,000 titles) ; MysteryDB (7,000 authors and 22,000 titles).

Gales's Literary Resources
Sections include: Gale's Literary Index ; Read Me Next ; Year in Review ; Lit Kit [homework or research help] ; Reference Reviews ; Free Resources Home.
From the Gale Group.

Gay & Lesbian Themes in Hispanic Literature & Cultures
From the exhibit Stonewall and Beyond: Lesbian and Gay Culture Before & After Stonewall.
Columbia University Libraries

Gender, Nature, & Society in Literature & Art
Includes primary texts, studies, and Internet resources.

George Kelly Paperback and Pulp Fiction Collection
Description of their print collection.
"The George Kelley Paperback and Pulp Fiction Collection is comprised of well over 25,000 pulp-fiction books and magazines. The earliest date from the 1940s. The Collection contains hundreds of paperbacks from this period, and thousands from the 1950s and 1960s."
Lockwood Memorial Library, University at Buffalo

Jazz Age Culture
Sections include: The Flapper Era ; The Harlem Renaissance ; Jazz Age Miscellaneous ; Modernist & Harlem Art ; The Lost Generation ; More Modernist Writers.
By Kathleen L. Nichols, Prof. of English, Pittsburg State University

The Literary Gothic
The Premier Webguide to Gothic & Horror Lit Written Prior to 1950
"...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.
By Jack G. Voller, Associate Professor of English, Southern Illinois University

Literary Resources on the Net
Maintained by Jack Lynch

Literature 2000
 "...a collaboration of the public libraries of the European Cities of Culture 2000
"Literature" is a joint project of the public libraries of the European Cities of Culture 2000. Participants include libraries in Bologna, Brussels, Helsinki, Cracow, Prague, Reykjavik and Bergen. The project consists of several components through which the Cities of Culture will acquaint each other with their own city or region's authors and their literature. This will be accomplished through presentations of the authors and their cities on the Internet..."

Mexican and Latin American Literature: Selected Sources
By Laura M. Boyer, CSU Stanislaus, Reference Coordinator

The Modern World
"...the Web's largest site devoted to exploring twentieth-century experimental literature! ... is a large network of sites developed to explore twentieth century writers who have pushed the envelope of traditional narrative and structure. This includes many writers associated with Modernism, surrealism, "magical realism," and postmodernism."
Was called The Libyrinth from 1995 through May 2000.

Native American Authors - (dead link)
"This website provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites. Currently the website primarily contains information on contemporary Native American authors, although some historical authors are represented. The website will continue to expand, adding additional authors, books and web resources."
From the Internet Public Library

Nobel Prize in Literature
- Nobel e-Museum

NovelGuide
Novel Resource Guide and Literary Analysis
"We provide an educational supplement for better understanding of classic and contemporary literature through Chapter Summaries, Character Profiles, Metaphor Analysis, Theme Analyses, and Author Biographies."

Nuke Pop
"When the first nuclear bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, popular culture was quick to respond."
By Paul Brians, Washington State University

Online Literary Criticism Collection - (dead link)
"The IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection contains 4745 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period."
- From the Internet Public Library

Pegasos
Literature Related Resources
A large international biographical directory with special detail to Nordic authors.

Penguin Classics
In addition to their online catalogue sections include World of Classics ; Discussions ; Features ; Classics Trivia ; Resources ; Film & TV

Popcultures.com
Sara Zuplo's Cultural Studies Center

Postcolonial Studies (PS)
"...it is intended to serve primarily as a resource for students of postcolonial literature and theory at Emory University. Another important objective, however, is to provide a site on the Web where people from around the country and around the world can come for an introduction to major topics and issues in Postcolonial Studies."
By Deepika Bahri, English Dept., Emory University

A Romantic Natural History
"A website designed to survey the relationships between literary works and natural history in the century before Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859)."
By Ashton Nichols, Dept. of English, Dickinson College

Science Fiction Resource Guide
"This page contains an extensive collection of links to SF resources on the Net. Subject areas include other archives and resource guides, authors, art and artists, bibliographies, movies, television, bookstores, book reviews, role-playing games, zines, etc. Some of the topics include Anne Rice, Bram Stoker, Jules Verne, H G Wells, Star Wars, Star Trek, nanotechnology, vampire fiction, and more.

Science Fiction Studies
Scholarly Archive: Reviews, Documents, Essay Abstracts
"Science Fiction Studies is published three times a year (March, July, November) by SF-TH Inc. at DePauw University. The website of Science Fiction Studies publishes abstracts of all articles, as well as the full texts of all reviews, historical documents, and selected essays appearing in the journal since its founding in 1973 by R.D. Mullen. We normally maintain a one-year blackout before texts published in the journal appear on the website."

Semiotics
Includes Basics; Resources; Journals; Conferences; People; Readings
By Martin Ryder

University of Washington - University Libraries Information Gateway: By Subject - Comparative Literature
"These pages contain annotations for digital and print resources."
By Barbara Thompson (SLIS graduate), University of Washington

University of Michigan Fantasy and Science Fiction Website
Their site index lists a Symbolism Dictionary ; Explorations ; Online Library ; Links. They are also responsible for the wonder Exploration of Modern Monsters site.

Urban Legends Reference Pages
Sections include: Automobiles ; Business ; Cokelore ; College ; Computers ; Crime ; Critter Country ; Disney ; Food ; Glurge Gallery ; History ; Holidays ; Horrors ; Humor ; Inboxer Rebellion ; Language ; Legal Affairs ; Lost Legends ; Love ; Luck ; Medical ; Military ; Movies ; Music ; Photo Gallery ; Pregnancy ; Questionable Quotes ; Racial Rumors ; Radio & TV ; Religion ; Science ; Sex ; Sports ; Titanic ; Toxin du jour ; Travel ; Weddings ; Wooden Spoons ; Rumors of War.
By Barbara and David P. Mikkelson

World of Books
Annotated Surveys of Noteworthy Books From Around the Globe
"...is a series of annual pamphlets first started in 1998. Each year the Library's foreign area specialists identify some of the most important and interesting books published abroad that an American public may have overlooked. The results provide a fascinating insight about other peoples and cultures."
- Library of Congress

World Wide Web Virtual Library: French Literature / LittÈrature FranÁaise
 "This selection of 381 web sites is maintained by the fabula research group. Most of the sites are written in French, but you could find some in English.

Yale University Library Research Guide in Comparative Literature
 "This is a guide to the print and microform collections, online databases, internet resources, and other resources for conducting research in Comparative Literature at Yale UniversityThis guide emphasizes comparative literature and literary criticism."
Maintained by Marianna McKim, Librarian, Yale University

Zvi Har'El's Jules Verne Collection
Include: Virtual Library ; Bibliography ; Academic Scholarships ; Chronology ; Stamps.



 
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