English
Author Interviews
- BBC Four: Audio Interviews: Writers
Listen to over 40 interviews and portions of lectures with writers, playwrights and poets, including Chinua Achebe, William Butler Yeats, Harold Pinter, Margaret Atwood. Requires RealPlayer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/professions/writers.shtml - BiblioReview.com
2100+ links to audio interviews, featuring bestselling and scholarly books and authors. Includes links to programs on Fresh Air and The Connection (broadcast on NPR) and on Minnesota Public Radio. Alphabetical by author. Requires RealPlayer
http://biblioreview.com/audio.asp - Booknotes; a companion site to CSPAN Author Interview Series
Hour-long interviews with authors of books about history, politics and public affairs. Includes transcripts, providing coverage from 1989 to the present. Seach by keyword or browse by date. (CSPAN)
http://www.booknotes.org/home/index.asp - Paris Review: Interviews
In-depth interviews with poets, novelists, playwrights, essayists, critics and musicians. Most interviews from the 1950's through the 1970's are fully available in PDF format; 1980's through the present are exerpted with the full interview available for purchase.
http://www.parisreview.com/literature.php - Wired for Books
Search or browse through more than 500 audio files of Don Swaim's interviews with prominent authors, from the 1970's through the mid 1990's. Listen via RealAudio or download to MP3 player. (Wired For Books, Ohio University)
http://wiredforbooks.org/swaim
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
- A Glossary of Literary Terms
Definitions and examples of more than 110 literary terms. Searchable. (Robert Harris)
http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm - A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
Definitions and examples of nearly 60 rhetorical devices. Searchable. Includes and introduction and a self test. (Robert Harris)
http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm - Literature Resource Center
Provides biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis to over 90,000 writers from all periods and literary disciplines. (GaleNet)
http://infotrac.galegroup.com - Oxford English Dictionary Online
Authoritative historical record of the English Language; provides the definition as well as quotations that show the evolution of meaning and usage from the first known use to the present. Complete text of the 20 volume 2nd edition.
http://dictionary.oed.com - Oxford Reference Online: Literature
Search the full text of 17 Oxford sources including The Oxford Companions to American Literature, Australian Literature, Canadian Literature, English Literature, New Zealand Literature, Shakespeare and Twentieth Century Poetry in English.
http://www.oxfordreference.com (Oxford Reference Online)
Gateways & General Resources
- NoveList
A readers' advisory tool that helps readers find new books based on books they've read or topics in which they are interested. Over 96,000 book titles are in the database and range from easy readers to adult, with over 36,000 full text reviews. (EbscoHost via NCLive)
http://www.nclive.org - Voice of the Shuttle: Literature (in English)
Extensive collection of links related to literature. (Alan Liu, Univ. of Calif. at Santa Barbara)
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3
Literature Full-Text Sources
- African-American Poetry
Full text of 3,000 poems written in the late 18th and 19th centuries. (Chadwyck-Healey via NCLive)
http://www.nclive.org - American Poetry
Full text of 40,000 poems by 200 American poets, Colonial period to the early 20th century. (Chadwick-Healey via NCLive)
http://www.nclive.org - Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
Searchable collection of the full text of classic "great books", arranged by category -- fiction, non-fiction, verse, and reference. (Steven H. van Leeuwen)
http://www.bartleby.com - English Poetry
Full text of over 165,000 poems by 1,250 English poets, from the 7th – 18th centuries. (Chadwyck-Healey via NCLive)
http://www.nclive.org - Faber Poetry Library
Full text of poems by some of the most influential poets of the 20th century. (Chadwyck-Healey via NCLive)
http://www.nclive.org - Library of Southern Literature
70 (of the projected 100) important, pre-1920’s literary works, chosen by Dr. Robert Bain, to document the rich and diverse nature of the Southern experience. Part of the Documenting the American South project. (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/ - LitFinder
A full text literary database containing poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays. Search or browse by genre, subject or author. (Gale)
http://www.litfinder.com - The Oxford Shakespeare
1914 Oxford edition of the Complete Works of Williams Shakespeare. Includes 37 plays, 154 sonnets, miscellaneous verse. (Bartleby)
http://www.bartleby.com/70 - Twentieth Century African-American Poetry
Full text of 6,000 poems by 46 important and influential 20th century African-American poets. (Chadwyck-Healey via NCLive)
http://www.nclive.org - Twentieth Century American Poetry
Full text of 36,000 poems by 217 20th-century American poets. (Chadwyck-Healey via NCLive)
http://www.nclive.org/ - Twentieth Century English Poetry
Provides an overview of poetry written in the 20thcentury by both established and emerging writers. The full text of 598 volumes of poetry by 283 poets. (Chadwyck-Healey via NCLive)
http://www.nclive.org
Literary Criticism & History
- Cambridge History of English and American Literature
The full text of the 18 volumes, published between 1907-1921. (Bartelby)
http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge - Gale Literary Index
Index to literary criticism and biographical information from Gale literature publications, including the following titles found in the Reference Collection of Renfro Library: Black Literature Criticism, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Resource Center, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Something about the Author, and Twentieth Century Literary Criticism.
http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex - Introduction to Modern Literary Theory
A basic introductory guide to schools of literary theory including brief descriptions of each school followed by a useful list of print sources. (Dr. Kristi Siegel, Mount Mary College)
http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm#Reception%20and%20Reader-Response%20Theory - Literary Criticism
Links to 3300+ critical and biographical websites about authors and their works; searchable by name, title, literary period or nationality. (Internet Public Library)
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit - The Mississippi Writers Page: The Internet Guide to Mississippi Writers
Illustrations, bibliography and relevant links for 100+ writers, with plans to add another 200+. Also has book news, literary landmarks, timeline, journals, publisher information. African American authors and popular culture. Searchable. (Univ. of Mississippi)
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers - Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Award winning annotated guide to scholarly web resources. (Terry A Gray, Palomar College)
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu
Words & Language
- Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
1898 ed. by Brewer, includes 18,000 entries, providing etymologies. Tells the story behind words and phrases. (Bartleby)
http://www.bartleby.com/81 - Oxford English Dictionary Online
Authoritative historical record of the English Language; provides the definition as well as quotations that show the evolution of meaning and usage from the first known use to the present. Complete text of the 20 volume 2nd edition.
http://dictionary.oed.com - Oxford Reference Online: English Language Reference
Search the full text of 13 Oxford University Press publications, including Concise Oxford Companion to The English Language, A New Dictionary of Eponyms, The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English, and The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms. (Oxford Reference Online)
http://www.oxfordreference.com - The Word Detective
Online version of the syndicated newspaper column, answers questions about usage and origins of curious words and phrases. Back columns, from 1995 to the present, are indexed. (Evan Morris)
http://www.word-detective.com
Writing Guides & Style Manuals
- Common Errors in English
Concerned with deviations from the standard use of English. (Paul Brians, Washington State University)
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors - Elements of Style
Full text of the classic 1918 reference by William Strunk
http://www.bartleby.com/141 - Guide for Writing Research Papers based on MLA Documentation
(Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml - Guide to Grammar and Writing
Grammar at the sentence, paragraph, and essay levels. Sentence structure, composition, FAQ, reference materials, and writing resources. Links to writing resources. (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar - A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
Definitions and examples of nearly 60 rhetorical devices. Searchable. Includes and introduction and a self test. (Robert Harris)
http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm - Oxford Reference Online: English Language Reference
Search the full text of 13 Oxford University Press publications, including The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar, The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style and Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage. (Oxford Reference Online)
http://www.oxfordreference.com/
In place: March 2001; Last updated: 9/2/2008
Bev Robertson
brobertson@mhc.edu
Renfro Library, Mars Hill College
Bev Robertson
brobertson@mhc.edu
Renfro Library, Mars Hill College