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Literary Resources on the Net
"This set of pages is a collection of links to sites on the
Internet dealing especially with English and American literature, excluding single electronic texts, and is limited to collections
of information useful to academics."
Maintained by Jack Lynch.

Open Directory: British Literature - (dead link)
A large collection of online resources with short descriptions.

Voice of the Shuttle:English Literature
"...includes works written in English taught in departments of English and American literature. Some authors are also cross-listed under separate national, regional, or ethnic categories (e.g., "Irish," "Australian," "Afro-American") on the Other Literatures Written in English and Minority Literatures pages...The "Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research" is woven by Alan Liu

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Andrew Moore's Teaching Resource Site
"...contains resources for teachers and students of English language and literature, as well as basic information about how to acquire skills in ICT and Internet technologies."
By Andrew Moore, Teacher, School Improvement Service of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Ben Johnson (1572-1637)
By Anniina Jokinen

Bibliography on 18th Century English Studies
By Carole Meyers

The British Library

Calls for Papers
"This page is a bulletin board of calls for papers for scholarly conferences, anthologies and journals in a variety of fields often connected with English departments."
From EServer

Celebration of Women Writers
"...provides a comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers, and complete published books written by women."
Edited by Mary Mark Ockerbloom

Chorus- Resource for Academic & Educational Computing in the Humanities
"...an international "meta-resource" exploring and supporting the use of new media in the arts and humanities. It includes a general reviews section and several topical sections featuring reviews, original research, bibliographies, annotated links and Shockwave demonstrations."
College Writing Programs, UC Berkeley

EIRData
Princes Grace Irish Library (Monaco) Electronic Irish Records Dataset
"An A-Z reference guide to 4,380 Irish writers in all historical periods ; A complete list of Irish-subject publications since 1990 ; An up-to-date Bulletin of Irish Conferences & Cultural Events ... and much, much more."

English Language and Literature Resources
Maintained by Judy Reynolds, San Jose State University Library

English Literature Resources
Sections include: E-texts ; General English Literature sites ; English Literature Links sites ; Sites about specific authors ; Contemporary writing.
Created to accompany the London School of Journalism's English Literature Distance Learning Course.
Maintained by Ian Mackean

• English Literature Essays
  "These English Literature essays are not necessarily directly related to our English Literature Distance Learning course, but are intended to provide background reading for our English Literature students and anyone else studying English Literature. Contributions are welcomed. Visitors are also invited to send comments on the essays to be added to a forthcoming Comments page

English Literature: Early 17th Century (1603-1660)
A well organized and beautiful site.
By Anniins Jokinen

English Literature and Religion
"The main feature of this Web site is a large bibliographical database about religious aspects and backgrounds of English literature, from the Middle Ages to the present century, with primary (though not exclusive) emphasis upon writers within the Anglican tradition."
By William S. Peterson, Professor of English, University of Maryland, College Park

A Guide to Samuel Johnson
A general introduction
By Jack Lynch

Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, and Drama
In addition to online texts also includes History, Language, and Periodicals.
By Anniina Jokinen

Island Ireland: Irish Literature
"The following hand-picked links will take you to resources on Irish writing of all kinds, Irish poetry, useful academic organisations and more."

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 History
"...seeks to collect critical or explanatory web writings about American and British literature that will be of value for graduate students, scholars, teachers, college students, high school students, and other intrepid readers of literature. We specialize in critical articles and we index only free articles. We currently index articles on 41 major nineteenth century British authors and 142 twentieth century British and American authors."
By Jan Pridmore

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 [includes English Literature] and literary period."
From the Internet Public Library

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

Scottish Authors - (dead link)
"The Gateway to Scottish Authors is an HTML version of the Scottish Library Association publication "Discovering Scottish Writers"...It contains all of the biographies of 80 Scottish authors from the past included in the original publication, with appropriate hyperlinked cross-references

Scottish Writers
"Novelists, poets and dramatists who were born or lived in Scotland."
By Andrew Crumey

Today in Literature
"...a calendar of engaging stories about the great books, writers, and events in literary history."

University of Toronto English Library
Sections include History of English, English Composition, Literary Authors, Works, & Criticism. Also includes a nice collections of course web pages

Wigtown
Scotland's National Book Town
Includes Books & Literature ; The Book Shops ; The Book Town ; Accommodation Guide.

Maintained by Mike Madin.
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