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BBC: Writing, Poetry, and Books
All about authors, learning to write, and literary fun and games.
Bitesize-English
BBCi Schools page for English--subtopics include Reading, Writing, shakespeare Summaries, Shakespeare Set Scenes, Revision Checklist.
BookSpot.com
BookSpot.com is a free resource center that simplifies the search for the best book-related content on the Web.
The English Server
The EServer, formerly at Carnegie Mellon, is now based at the University of Washington.
First Lines: A Sort of Literacy Test
The authors have collected here the first lines of books they hope you will recognize as old acquaintances. Your challenge is to name the book given the first line.
Glossary of Literary Terms
Presented by Bedford/St. Martin's, college publisher specializing in the humanities.
Go Read Richmond
GO READ began in 2002 as an initiative to build a stronger community through reading and discussion. One book of literary fiction is chosen each year to be read and discussed over several months, ending with a residency by the featured author.
GCSE English Literature
BBC English literature page--includes Superman and Paula Brown's New Snowsuit, To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, Lord of the Flies, and many other works.
Literary Criticism
The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
Literary Criticism: An Overview of Approaches
This site presents an excellent overview of literary criticism, which has at least three purposes: to help us solve a problem in the reading, to help us choose the better of two conflicting readings, and to enable us to form judgments about literature.
Overbooked
Overbooked specializes in literary and genre fiction information. This site is maintained in central Virginia.
Today in Literature
Today in Literature is a small independent publication about the great writers, books and events in literary history.
Voices of the Shuttle
Voices of the Shuttle, an allusion to mythology, is very extensive meta-index of humanities Internet resources, including pages for English literature and literatures other than English.
Wired for Books
Wired for Books brings literature alive with audio, video, and old-fashioned text of modern and classic stories, plays, poems, essays, and author interviews.
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