This category lists sites pertaining to references and resources on the topic of literature.
Recommended Resources
Free book notes and literature study guides search engine. Searches sites and gives direct links to every free book summary online. With a database of free book notes for hundreds of novels, plays, and poems.
http://www.antistudy.com
Also known as the Literary Award Database and Wiki, this site ranks creative works in all genres of books, film and music. Its wiki format permits readers to contribute their own content, and to ensure that it is well documented. Content areas include the awards list, genre honor rolls, and a list of works.
http://www.awardannals.com/
An Internet reference and publishing website providing free access to books, reference materials and fiction. Some of the noteworthy reference items available here include Bartlett's familiar quotations, the Columbia Encyclopedia and dictionaries.
http://www.bartleby.com/
Bibliomania is a free literature resource with more than two thousand free texts here. The website also has summaries of books, biographies of authors, interviews and other material to help you learn about books. The website's newest study guides cover works by Sigmund Freud, D.H. Lawrence and Sergeyevich Turgenev.
http://www.bibliomania.com
BookWire is a resource where you can find out about the latest books and get reviews as well. The website also covers developments in the book industry, including statistics. The website also has interesting themed book lists which can help you explore genres like science fiction, religion and more.
http://www.bookwire.com
Established in 2005 by Charles W. Bailey, Jr., an open-access publisher since 1989, the site offers information and commentary about digital copyright, digital curation, digital repository, open access, research data management, scholarly communication, and other digital information issues. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license, the site includes bibliographies, some poetry, and other texts online, via downloadable PDF, or links to other resources.
https://digital-scholarship.org/
Ancient Egypt mythology is a website that provides information on ancient Egypt. You can use this website to read about ancient Egyptian religion myths folktales and religious symbols and information on Egyptian art. The website has links to other ancient Egyptian websites.
http://www.egyptianmyths.net
Free Book Notes is a literature study guide search engine or directory that includes free book notes, study guides, book summaries, chapter summaries, and analyses of thousands of books, plays, and poems, including resources from over twenty-three study guide providers, including SparkNotes, Cliff's Notes, BookRags, Shmoop, Pink Monkey, WikiSummaries, and others. Resources may be found by keyword or by browsing alphabetical resources. Advertising opportunities are available.
https://www.freebooknotes.com/
Confused by literary terms in class or in a book, then have a look at this website. Published by Gale, this glossary of literary terms defines terms such as Theater of the Absurd, mannerism, lyric poetry, masque, modernism, muckrackers, paradox, parody and the pathetic fallacy.
http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/glossary/
Search the Google Scholar (beta) search engine for scholarly literature. You can access peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and technical reports.
http://scholar.google.com/
Written and maintained by university specialists who own the publication collectively, The Literary Encyclopedia features thousands of articles about world literature in English, growing monthly, as well as biographies of major and minor writers, descriptions of texts written by these authors, and descriptive and critical essays on literary, cultural, and historical matters. Non-subscribers have limited access to its content, with different rates for individuals and institutions.
https://www.litencyc.com/
Literature.org is an online literature library that brings the famous classic books of the past to you for free. You can find works by Jules Verne, Thomas Hobbes, Voltaire, Lucy Maud Montgomery and Charles Darwin here. The books displayed here are divided into chapters for easy reading.
http://www.literature.org/
Through this site keep up to date in literature as they offer opinions, observations and research for all genres and explore how literature is pertinent to everyday life. Read articles, poetry and blogs for an intense view of literature.
http://www.litkicks.com
An educational website that has information on English literature. You can find out about works from all the major eras including medieval, renaissance, 17th century and the Restoration. You can also purchase posters and books on English literature from the website.
http://www.luminarium.org/
Provides free study guides to classic novels and literature. Includes book notes, book reviews, author biographies, literature profiles, metaphor analysis, theme analysis, sample study questions and an online bookstore.
http://www.novelguide.com
Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL)
A research resource for those interested in medieval and classical history. You can search for works by author, title, genre or language. The OMACL website also has a merchandise section where you can show off your love for this type of literature.
http://omacl.org/
Offers free courses in English grammar, linguistics, English as a Second Language, rhetoric, composition, writing, and access to some academic publications.
http://papyr.com/
An educational resource dedicated to providing access to literary and historical works from the Classical era to the Renaissance. Recent special exhibits hosted by the website include one dedicated to the ancient Olympics and Hercules, a famous Greek hero.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
PW is an American weekly trade magazine for publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, its current emphasis is on book reviews. Features include but are not limited to, publisher news, manufacturing and marketing, book reviews, author profiles, interviews, awards and prizes, conferences, trade shows, and opinion columns. Contacts, submission guidelines, an editorial calendar, and subscriber services are featured.
https://www.publishersweekly.com/
The Suite 101 website provides original articles on a wide variety of topics including music, politics, travel, the performing arts, history and recreation. The website also regularly hires freelance writers to create new material. With more than one hundred thousand articles, this website is a useful resource.
http://www.suite101.com
The oldest U.S. federal cultural institution, its catalogue includes over 110 million items. Extensive resources on a variety of topics.
http://www.loc.gov/
Online encyclopedia with over 4,000 profiles of authors and literary works. Members can gain full access to the encyclopedia, while visitors to the site can browse free excerpts, as well as a glossary.
http://www.litencyc.com/
Created by George Landow. Noted site with sections devoted to genre, authors, theatre, gender, and more. Includes bibilographies.
http://www.victorianweb.org/
Contains tales and information on ancient and medieval mythology and and legends. Covers classical mythology, Norse mythology, Celtic mythology and Arthurian legends.
http://www.timelessmyths.com
W.W. Norton Anthology of English Literature
Founded by William Warder Norton in 1923, W.W. Norton is an independent book publisher. Its website sells books, with reader, student, and educator programs, including complimentary copies for instructors, and offers information about its publishing policies, contacts, and so on. Its anthology page provides historical and literary information on English literature, including multiple-choice quizzes and other tools designed to help readers explore the resource more fully.
https://wwnorton.com/catalog/college/english/english-literature
Provides suggestions based on books you already like. All you need to do is enter the title and author of a book you like and then you can get suggestions. The more books you enter, the better the suggestions become.
http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com
The Wired for Books website produced by the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University, is a great place to discover free plays, essays, lectures, poems and other material. You can also find interviews with authors such as Russell Banks, John Edgar, William Kennedy and Olen Butler.
http://www.wiredforbooks.org
