• Benaet's reader's encyclopedia. New York: Harper & Row, 1987. R803 B46 3d ed.
• Encyclopedia of southern literature. ABC-CLIO, 1997. R810.9 S515
• St. James reference guide to English literature. St. James Press, 1991. R820.9 S7, 2nd ed.

Click here for Humanities databases (includes Literature).

Search E-Journals for Literature periodicals available in print at Plough Library and/or online through CBU databases.

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General Reference

• American Authors on the Web
  More than 700 entries on authors from 1550 to 1950.
• Encyclopedia Mythica
  Online source for world mythologies, folklore, religion and legends. Search the site for particular topics, or browse the various themes.
• Greek Mythology Link
  Carlos Parada provides a massive, extensively linked collection of information on the mythology of classical Greece.
• Library of Southern Literature
  List of 100 most significant literary texts of the South published up to 1920. Information for each title includes author biography, title page image, images from the book, and often full text.
• Mississippi Writers Page
  Resource about writers in, from, or otherwise associated with the state of Mississippi, from the English Department at the University of Mississippi.
• PAL: Perespectives in American Literature
  Quick reference to major movements and authors in American literature.
• Voice of the Shuttle [by literary period]
  Excellent source for any research in the humanities.

Literary Theory & Criticism

• Cambridge History of English and American Literature
  Contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing (Bartleby.com).
• English Literature and Religion: A Bibliography
  Large bibliographical database on religious aspects and backgrounds of English literature, from Middle Ages to present.
• Online Literary Criticism Collection (Internet Public Library)
  Contains links to critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.

Study Guides

• Bibliomania
  Educational resource with full texts of classic world literature and important non-fiction texts supported by an extensive reference section.
• FreeBooknotes.com
  Free study guides for over 2500 books.
• SparkNotes.com
  Study guides contain thorough summaries and insightful critical analysis of subjects including English literature and Shakespeare.
• Study Guides for Various Works
  Literary subject study guides prepared by Professor Paul Brians of Washington State University for the use of students in his classes.

Online Texts

• ALEX Catalogue of Electronic Texts
• Bartleby.com
  Includes fiction, drama, poetry, nonfiction, and reference.
• European Literature: Electronic Texts
• Folk & Mythology Electronic Texts
• Oxford Book of English Verse
• Project Gutenberg
• Representative Poetry Online
  Includes 3,162 English poems by 500 poets from Caedmon, in the Old English period, to the work of living poets today. Indexed by poet; covers major works in English.
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Book Reviews

• Book Index with Reviews
  EBSCOhost trial database available through June 30, 2007
• New York Times Book Reviews
  Searchable since 1980; free registration required.

Copyright Information

• The WATCH File: Writers, Artists, and their Copyright Holders

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Anglo-Saxon/Medieval

• Chaucer MetaPage
• Luminarium: Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485)
  Works, biographies, essays and articles on featured authors. Also includes mystery and morality plays and Middle English Lyrics.
• NetSERF: Medieval Culture
  Index of medieval resources on the Internet.
• Middle English Collection at the Electronic Text Center, Univ. of Virginia
• Piers Plowman Electronic Archive
  Electronic archive of all three versions of Piers Plowman.
• The Geoffrey Chaucer Website (Harvard University)

Renaissance & 16th Century

• Sir Francis Bacon's New Advancement of Learning
  Explores the many facets of Francis Bacon's life and work.
• Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe
  From Tufts University.
• Complete Works of William Shakespeare
• Enfolded Hamlet
  Compare 2nd quartet and 1st folio.
• John Milton: The Milton-L Home Page
  Online discussion group devoted to the life, literature and times of John Milton. Includes articles and images.
• Sonnet Central
  Archive of English sonnets, commentary, and relevant web links.
• Traditional Ballad Index
  Offers information about traditional folk songs, including brief descriptions, bibliography, and historical background.
• Voice of the Shuttle: Renaissance Pages

17th -18th Centuries

• A Guide to Samuel Johnson (Rutgers University)
• Blake Multimedia Project
  From Cal Poly University.
• Gothic Literature Read by the Romantic Writers
  A list of Gothic works read by the major writers of the period 1780-1830.
• Lyrical Ballads Bicentennary Project
  View Lyrical Ballads (London 1798), by Coleridge and Wordsworth, with full text and images.
• My Hideous Progeny: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
• The Thomas Gray Archive
  Interactive repository for study of British poet Thomas Gray (1716-1771).
• William Blake Archive

19th Century

• Charles Dickens: An Overview
• Jane Austen Info Page
• Romantic Circles
  Scholarly website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture.
• Romanticism on the Net
  Refereed electronic journal devoted to British Romantic studies. Full-text articles and archive.
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge Archive
  From University of Virginia Library.
• British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832

Contemporary

• American Literature Since 1945
  Includes timelines and links indexed by American author. Maintained by Akihito Ishikawa, Department of English at Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies, Japan.
• British Literary Prizes
• Modern British Poetry
  Electronic text of the poetry anthology by Louis Untermeyer published in 1920. Includes full text of poems and biographical sketches.