Literature and Criticism Resources

American Literature

Links to scholarly resources for American literature, organized by genre.

British Literature

Organized by time period, this set of links will connect you to a wealth of information about literature from England and Ireland.

Literature from around the World

A collection of resource links for literature from Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Central and South America.

Criticism and Theory

A page of links to online glossaries, resources, and a few fun sites.

Collections of Online Texts

• Project Bartleby, the public library of the internet
• Project Gutenberg, probably the biggest site anywhere for e-texts
• Alex: catalogue of electronic texts
• Online Books Page (U Penn)
• University of Toronto English Library
• American Hypertexts
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library
• Women Writers Online: the textbase of the Women Writers Project (Brown U)
• Bulfinch's Mythology
• The Encyclopedia Mythica
• Representative Poetry On-Line
• Banned Books On Line

Christianity and Literature

• Bibles and Commentaries
• Bible Gateway
• Olde English Bible Page
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library
• Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College
• Books & Culture: A Christian Review
• Image: A Journal of Arts and Religion 
• The Dogmatist's Christianity & Literature
• Diane Yoder's Religion and Literature Online

Children's Literature

• Children's Literature Web Guide (U Calgary)
• The Web: Celebrating Children's Literature (Wendy Betts)
• Online Books for Young Readers (U Virginia)
• Cinderella Project (U Southern Mississippi)
• Red Riding Hood Project (U Southern Mississippi)
• Dr. Seuss Teacher Resource File
• Welcome to Seussville (Random House)