Select Websites

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century: A New York Public Library Digital Library Collection.

Albert Camus: Site providing biographical information, literary criticism, essays, quotes, and excerpts from Camus' works along with a link with information on existentialism.

All Info About Poetry: Site created by British poet, Paula Bardell, and offers a good selection of contemporary poems.

British Library: William Caxton's Chaucer. A British Library website highlighting two editions of Caxton's Canterbury Tales published in circa 1476 and 1483. Full text transcripts of the works are included as well as biographical info and a historical timeline. (Internet Scout Project, University of WI)

Classics Unveiled: Designed to teach about the various aspects of the ancient world, ranging from Greek and Roman mythology, Roman history, culture and the Latin language and its pervasive influence on English. (Internet Scout Project, University of Wisconsin)

The Devil's Dictionary: This site provides a good introduction to Ambrose Bierce's skilled and masterful phrase-turning.

Electronic Poetry Center: Site sponsored by SUNY Buffalo.

The Ibsen Centre

The Centre for Ibsen Studies was begun in 1992 at the University of Oslo, largely to serve as a place for scholars and students to gain access (and work on) projects related to Henrik Ibsen, one of the most celebrated playwrights of modern drama. The site contains a good deal of basic information about the activities of the Centre, along with upcoming conferences dealing with Ibsen, and forthcoming and recently released publications originating from the Centre. The site offers a searchable Ibsen bibliography, and access to manuscripts and papers written by Ibsen himself (all of which are, understandably, in Norwegian). Persons interested in finding out more about Ibsen should head to the Ibsen links area, which contains a fine selection of thematically organized links to online materials, including electronic texts, exhibitions, concordances, and critical essays and commentaries. Overall, this site is a good introduction to the breadth and scope of Ibsen's works, and the worthwhile agenda of the Ibsen Centre in Oslo. (Internet Scout Project, University of Wisconsin)

Illustrated Shakespeare. Digital collection from the University of Wisconsin which includes selections from twelve works by and about William Shakespeare. (Internet Scout Project, University of WI)

Jack London Collection. University of California at Berkely, Sunsite. Biographical info, bibliographies, documents, images, writings, listserv, links to other London sites.

The Lannan Foundation
The Lannan Foundation was founded in 1960 by J. Patrick Lannan, Sr., a self-educationed scholar and financier who believed in the cultural importance of innovative and controversial forms of visual and literary art. Two very valuable resources on the site are the audio archives section and the Bookworm area. The audio archives is a part of the Readings and Conversations series and feautres individuals such as Arundhati Roy, Edward Said, Mark Strand, Eduardo Galeano, and Billy Collins. The Bookworm section contains archived programs from the nationally syndicated radio interview program and features such writers as Kurt Vonnegut, Alice Walker and Olivers Sacks. (Internet Scout Project, University of Wisconsin)

Modern American Poetry: Compilation of modern American poetry criticisms.

Modern Haiku: The most recent seven issues of the journal, Modern Haiku, are available online.

Modern Language Association: What's the Word? Radio program sponsored by the Modern Language Association, the purpose of the program is "to show how the study of language and literature enriches people's lives." Visitors can browse previous programs by date or by last name of show participants. (Internet Scout Project, University of WI)

The Modern Word: Authors of the Libyrinth. Several authors studied in Writing and Literature courses are part of this site, including Samuel Beckett and Michael Ondaatje.

Native American Authors: Sponsored by the Internet Public Library, 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.

Online Poetry Classroom:
This persuasive and helpful website was developed by the Academy of American Poets in order to provide professional development for the teaching community. A selection of themed online exhibits address movements such as the Harlem Renaissance, the Modernist poets and the general development of American poetry in the 20th century.
(Internet Scout Project, University of Wisconsin)

PBS: In Search for Shakespeare. Site includes the Shakespeare Dossier, a comprehensive timeline, links to details that shaped Shakespeare's life, as well as the people and places that were relevant, glossary of terms from Elizabethan time period, an interactive map of 16th century England, and a playwright game feature. (Internet Scout Project, University of WI)

Postcolonial Web: Project funded by the University Scholars Program, covers contemporary, postcolonial and postimperial literature in English.

The Samuel Beckett Society is an international organization of scholars, students, directors, actors and others who share an interest in the work of Samuel Beckett. Its officers are Mary Bryden, President; Enoch Brater (2004), Anna McMullan (2006), Toby Zinman (2004), Executive Board Members; Thomas Cousineau, ex officio Boardmember and Editor of The Beckett Circle. Honorary Trustees are Edward Beckett, Ruby Cohn, Raymond Federman, John Fletcher, James Knowlson, John Calder and Barney Rosset.

Victorian Dictionary: An unusual dictionary which illustrates the colorful social history of 19th century Victorian England.

Victorian Web: Project funded by the University Scholars Program, covers a variety of aspects of the Victorian period including social history, gender matters, philosophy, arts and political history.

Words without Borders: The Online Magazine of International Literature
Hosted at Bard College, Words without Borders seeks to address the current "dangerous imbalance" in publishing (about 50% of all books in translation worldwide are translated from English but only about 6^ are translated into English). Browse the site by issue or select by geographic location. Included are works of fiction, non-fiction, essays, poems and excerpts from larger works, book reviews, and biographical information about authors. (Internet Scout Project, University of Wisconsin)