GENERAL RESEARCH
ABELL: The Annual Bibliography of English Language and
Literature
all purpose web resources, educational theory, Bloom etc.
Author bibliographies: comprehensive bibliographies of world writers
Bartleby (Great Books Online): for texts of the works of thousands of writers
Copyright clearance, author's permission
Elements of Style, William Strunk, Jr.
Encyclopedia Britannica online
GRAMMAR at the University of Purdue writing site, comprehensive w/ exercises and answers
The Grammar Log, proofreading symbols and how to fix the indicated mistakes, another excellent grammar site
image search engines : the place to go for pictures to add to your writing
literary sources : comprehensive links for things literary
MLA Electronic with good examples
Project Gutenberg (pre-1923 books)
Research it!, language, translation, zip codes, encyclopedias, etc.
writers resources : a multi-service for writers
Writers Write, comprehensive site for publishing, reviews, etc.
AMERICAN LITERATURE
Early American Literature
For an example of what is available through books online: : the complete works of Herman Melville
Other early American sites of principal authors:
The Civil War to the Fifties
Marianne Moore (Imagist Women: Moore and H.D.)
Carl Sandburg (poems)
Gertrude Stein (selections from her writings)
Mark Twain [online texts]
Contemporary: Fifties to the Present
Modern poets, with photos, links to criticism and texts.
Kathy Acker (interview and sites)
General Sites / Anthologies / E-zines
BullHead Electric: poetry, reviews, visuals
Contemporary Beat Generation
Light & Dust Anthology of Poetry [Most Comprehensive Site]
Electronic Poetry Center [Hundreds of links to contemporary writers]
Literary Kicks [Beat Writers]
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice, complete text with commentaries
WORLD LITERATURE
Contemporary World Literature
African and African-American Poetry
Dimension2: German-American Literature
Oulipo (Constraint-based writing)
Postcolonial and Postimperial literature
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