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Reference Sources
A select list of writing guides and literary dictionaries, guides and companions available in the Library's Reference Collection (main floor of the R.P. Bell Library) and in online collections.
Literary Terms & Themes
Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. 9th ed. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2009. PN 41 .A184 2009
Baldick, Chris. The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. 3rd. ed. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2008. PN 41 .B35 2008
Childs, Peter, and Roger Fowler, eds. The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms. N.Y.: Routledge, 2005. PN 41 .R68 2006
Cuddon, J. A. A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. 4th ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998. PN 41 .C83 1998
Kennedy, X. J., Dana Gioia, and Mark Bauerlein. The Longman Dictionary of Literary Terms: Vocabulary for the Informed Reader. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2006. PN 44.5 .K46 2006
Lentricchia, Frank and Thomas McLaughlin, eds. Critical Terms for Literary Study. 2nd ed. Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press, c1995. PN 81 .C84 1995
Quinn, Edward. A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms. New York: Facts on File, 1999. PN 44.5 .Q56 1999
Seigneuret, Jean-Charles et al., eds. Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs. 2 vols. New York: Greenwood, 1988. PN 43 D48 1988
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Companions & Guides
American Literature
Andrews, William L., Frances Smith Foster and Trudier Harris, eds. The Oxford Companion to African American Literature. New York: Oxford UP, 1997. PS 153 .N5 O96 1997
Bader, Philip. African-American Writers. New York: Facts On File, c2004. PS 153 .N5 B214 2004
Bercovitch, Scavan, gen. ed. The Cambridge History of American Literature. 8 vols. Cambridge, England,: Cambridge University Press, 1994- . PS 92 .C34 1994
Burt, Daniel S., ed. The Chronology of American Literature: America's Literary Achievements from the Colonial Era to Modern Times. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. PS 94 .C48 2004
Davidson, Cathy N., et al., eds. The Oxford companion to women's writing in the United States. New York: Oxford UP, 1995. PS 147 .O94 1995
Dickson-Carr, Darryl. The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction. New York: Columbia University Press, c2005. PS 374 .N4 D533 2005
Ervin, Hazel Arnett. The Handbook of African American Literature. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004. PS 153 .N5 E78 2004
Hart, James David. The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 6th ed. New York: Oxford UP, 1995. PS 21 H3 1995
Hatch, Shari Dorantes. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations. Amenia, N.Y.: Grey House Pub., 2009. PS 153 .N5 A3444 2009
Matterson, Stephen. American Literature: The Essential Glossary. London: Arnold, 2003. PS 21 .M38 2003
Matuozzi, Robert N. Literary Research and the American Modernist Era: Strategies and Sources. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2008. PS 228 .M63 M38 2008
Nelson, Emmanuel S, ed. Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States. 2 vols. Santa Barbara: Greenwood Press, c2009. PS 153 .S39 E53 2009
Wintz, Cary D., and Paul Finkelman, eds. Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. 2 vols. New York: Routledge, 2004. NX 512.3 .A35 E53 2004
Xu, Wenying. Historical Dictionary of Asian American Literature and Theater. Lanham: Scarecrow, 2012. PS 153 .A84 X83 2012
Canadian Literature
Benson, Eugene and William Toye, eds. The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Toronto: Oxford UP, 1997. PS 8015 O93 1997
Lang, Robert, et al., eds. Contemporary Canadian authors : a bio-bibliographical guide to current Canadian writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. Toronto: Gale Canada, c1996 - . PS 8081 .C66 1996
New, W.H., ed. Canadian writers before 1890. Dictionary of literary biography. Detroit: Gale Research, c1990. PS 8081 C5 1990
---. Canadian writers, 1890-1920. Dictionary of literary biography. Detroit: Gale Research, c1990. PS 8071.2 C37 1990
---. Canadian writers, 1920-1959. Dictionary of literary biography. Detroit: Gale Research, c1988, c1989. First Series: PS 8081 C54 1988 ; Second Series: PS 8081 C55 1989
---. Canadian writers since 1960. Dictionary of literary biography. Detroit: Gale Research, c1986, c1987. First Series: PS 8081 C58 1986 ; Second Series: PS 8081 C59 1987
---. Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2002. PS 8015 .E53 2002
Riegel, Christian. Twenty-first-century Canadian Writers. Detroit: Thomson Gale, c2007. PS 8072.5 .T94 2007
Toye, William, ed. The Concise Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Don Mills: Oxford UP, 2010. PS 8015 .C65 2010
English and Irish Literature
Bate, Jonathan. The Oxford English Literary History. Oxford University Press, 2002- . PR 85 .O96 2002
Crystal, David, and Ben Crystal. Shakespeare's Words : A Glossary and Language Companion. London: Penguin, 2002. PR 2892 .C78 2002
Drabble, Margaret. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 6th ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2000. PR 19 .O93 2000
Dobson, Michael and Stanley Wells, eds. The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2001. PR 2892 .O94 2001
Hahn, Daniel. The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2008 PR 109 .O84 2008
Hattaway, Michael, ed. A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture. Oxford: Blackwell, 2001. PR 411 .C66 2000
Hebron, Malcolm. Key Concepts in Renaissance Literature. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. PR 411 .H43 2008
Purchase, Sean. Key Concepts in Victorian Literature. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. PR 461 .P87 2006
Rennison, Nick. Contemporary British Novelists. London: Routledge, 2005. PR 889 .R46 2005
Schlueter, Paul and June Schlueter, eds. An Encyclopedia of British Women Writers. Rev. and expanded ed. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 1998. PR 111 .E54 1998
Solopova, Elizabeth. Key Concepts in Medieval Literature. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 PR 255 .S65 2007
Welch, Robert, ed. The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. PR 8706 .O88 1996
Postcolonial Literatures
Benson, Eugene and L. W. Conolly, eds. Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. 2nd. ed. 3 vols. London: Routledge, 2005. PR 9080 .A52 E53 2005
Poddar, Prem, and David Johnson, eds. A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Thought in English. New York : Columbia University Press, c2005. PR 9080 .A52 H57 2005
Wisker, Gina. Key Concepts in Postcolonial Literature. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. PR 9080 .W57 2007
More Guides, Companions and Literary Encyclopedias
Bosman, Ellen. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Literature: A Genre Guide. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2008. PS 153 .G38 B67 2008
Chevalier, Tracy, ed. Encyclopedia of the Essay. London; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, c1997. PN 4500 .E63 1997
Fallon, Erin, et al., eds. A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English. Publisher: Westport: Greenwood Press, 2001. PS 374 .S5 R43 2001
France, Peter, ed. The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation. Oxford : Oxford UP, c2000. PR 131 .O94 2000
Harner, James L. Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies. 5th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2008. Z 2011 .H34 2008
Johnson, Sarah L. Historical Fiction: A Guide to the Genre. Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, c2005. PS 374 .H5 J64 2005
Netzley, Patricia D. Social Protest Literature: An Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors, and Themes. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, c1999. PN 56 .S65 N48 1999
Riggs, Thomas, ed. Reference Guide to Short Fiction. 2nd ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 1999. PN 3373 .R36 1999
Sage, Lorna. The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English. New York: Cambridge UP, 1999. PR 111 S24 1999
Stringer, Jenny, ed. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1996. PR 471 O94 1996
Wilde, William H., Joy Hooton and Barry Andrews. The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature. 2nd ed. Melbourne: Oxford UP, 1994. PR 9600.2 W55 1994
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Literary & Cultural Theory, Criticism & Movements
Buchanan, Ian. A Dictionary of Critical Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. B 809.3 .B83 2010
Contemporary Authors: A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television and Other Fields. Detroit: Gale, 1962 - . PN 451 C76 *
Contemporary Literary Criticism. Detroit: Gale, 1973 - . PN 771 C59 *
| * The Gale Literary Index serves an index to the two titles listed above, as well as to approximately 130 other literature products published by Gale. The Index may be accessed online at: http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex |
Greene, Roland, ed. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. 4th ed. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2012. PN 1021 .N39 2012
Groden, Michael, Martin Kreiswirth, and Imre Szeman, eds. Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory: The Johns Hopkins Guide. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2012. PN 81 .C744 2012
Groden, Michael, Martin Kreiswirth, and Imre Szeman, eds. The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2005. PN 81 .J554 2005
Hawthorn, Jeremy. A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory. 4th ed. London : Arnold ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. PN 44.5 .H37 2000
Henderson, Helene, and Jay P. Pederson, eds. Twentieth-Century Literary Movements Dictionary. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2000. PN 597 T94 2000
Klages, Mary. Key Terms in Literary Theory. London: Continuum, 2012. PN 44.5 .K58 2012
Kowaleski-Wallace, Elizabeth, ed. Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary Theory. New York: Garland, 1997. PN 98 .W64 E53 1997
Murray, Chris, ed. Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism. 2 vols. London; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, c1999. PN 75 .E53 E53 1999
Novels for Students (vols 1 - 16). Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance. Access via Gale Virtual Reference Library from: on-campus | off-campus
Poplawski, Paul, ed. Encyclopedia of Literary Modernism. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003. PN 56 .M54 E53 2003
Ryan, Michael, ed. The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory. 3 vols. Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, c2011. PN 81 .E635 201
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Writing Guides
Avery, Heather. Thinking it Through: A Practical Guide to Academic Essay Writing. Rev. 2nd ed. Peterborough: Academic Skills Centre, Trent University, 1995. LB 2369 T45 1995
Buckley, Johanne. Fit to Print: The Canadian Student's Guide to Essay Writing. 4th ed. Toronto: Harcourt Brace Canada, 1998. LB 2369 B83 1998
Colin, Norman. Writing Essays: A Short Guide. 2nd ed. Kingston: Dept. of English, Queens University, 1987. PE 1471 N67 1987
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 3rd ed. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2008. PN 147 .G444 2008
Harvey, Gordon. Writing With Sources: A Guide for Students. 2nd ed. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub. Co., c2008. PE 1478 .H37 2008
Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide. 12th ed. New York: Pearson/Longman, c2007. LB 2369 .L4 2007
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009. LB 2369 .G53 2009
Northey, Margot. Making Sense: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing. 5th ed. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, c2007. LB 2369 .N67 2007
Rocco, Tonnette S., & Tim Hatcher, eds. The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2011. PN 146 .H36 2011
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Selected Literature Resources on the Web
- Medieval, Renaissance, 17thC. Lit.
- Shakespeare - Romantic and Victorian Literature
- William Blake - 20thC. and Contemporary Lit.
- Film: See the Film/Cinema Subject Guide
American Literature
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
A digital collection of over 50 published works by 19th-century black women writers. Provides access to "the thought, perspectives and creative abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to 1920." Howard Dodson, Chief, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.
American Verse Project
An electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920. A collaborative project between the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan Press.
Contemporary American Poetry Archive
An electronic archive "designed to make out-of-print volumes of poetry available to readers, scholars, and researchers." Based at Connecticut College; Wendy Battin, Director.
Dickinson Electronic Archive
Includes writings by the Dickinson family, correspondence, critical resouces and more. Produced by the Dickinson Editing Collective.
The Mississippi Writers Page
Features authors such as William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, Tennessee Williams and many more. Includes collections of articles on each author, biographical information, lists of published titles, bibliographies of additional resources and a chronology of literary events in the state. Maintained by the Dept. of English, University of Mississippi.
PAL: Perspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide
Organized by literary period, this site provides introductory information and bibliographies on American authors. Project Director: Paul P. Reuben, Professor of English, California State University Stanislaus
Poets.org
Site of the Academy of American Poets, the largest organization in the U.S. dedicated specifically to the art of poetry. Features biographies, photos, and other information on more than 200 poets and links to many other literary Web resources.
Canadian Literature
Canada's Early Women Writers
Database of biographical and publication information for more than 470 women who lived in Canada or wrote about Canada, and authored an English-language book or pamphlet of fiction or poetry published before 1940. Includes titles of publications and references to archival resources. Directed by Dr. Carole Gerson and supported by SSHRC, the University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University.
Canadian Adaptiations of Shakespeare
Explores and documents "the ways in which Shakespeare has been adapted into a national, multicultural theatrical practice." Includes information on Canadiana, Canadian theatre, Shakespeare, as well as essays, interviews, bibliographies, links and more.
Canadian Poetry Audio Archive
Contemporary recordings of English and French language poets. Developed by Library and Archives Canada.
Canadian Poetry Online
Information on contemporary and 19th century Canadian poets. Produced by the University of Toronto Library.
Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources
Includes a brief section on the Canadian Literary Canon. By John D. Blackwell, Research Officer, St. Francis Xavier University, & Laurie C.C. Stanley-Blackwell, Department of History, St. Francis Xavier University.
Canadian Writers
Profiles and bibliographies for a select list of Canadian authors. Centre for Language & Literature, Athabasca University.
History of the Book in Canada
A project to produce a "three-volume interdisciplinary history of the book in Canada from the beginnings to 1980."
The League of Canadian Poets
The "national association of professional publishing and performing poets in Canada."
Literary Archive: A Guide to the Literary fonds at Library and Archives Canada
An introductory guide to the Library's unpublished resources in the field of Canadian literature.
Quill & Quire
"Canada's Magazine of Book News and Reviews." Registration is required to access certain pages.
Will R. Bird Bibliography
A bibliography of the works of Will R. Bird, compiled by Arthur M. Smith, Librarian.
SEE ALSO the Canadian Studies Subject Guide
Medieval, Renaissance, 17th Century Literature
Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts
Provides access to medieval manuscripts available on the web. Develped by Matthew Fisher and Christopher Baswell, University of California.
A Compendious Anglo-Saxon and English Dictionary
By Joseph Bosworth, published: London: John Russell Smith, 1848.
Geoffrey Chaucer
Site of Harvard University's Chaucer classes. Provides "a wide range of glossed Middle English texts and translations of analogues relevant to Chaucer's works, as well as selections from relevant works by earlier and later writers, critical articles from a variety of perspectives, graphics, and general information on life in the Middle Ages." Focus is largely on the Canterbury Tales.
The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
Provides organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies, including connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other servers around the world. Martin Irvine and Deborah Everhart, Co-Directors; sponsored by Georgetown University.
Luminarium
Resources for Medieval, Renaissance and 17th Century Literature. Created and maintained by Anniina Jokinen.
Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL)
A collection of "some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization." By Douglas B. Killings, University of Californa, Berkeley.
ORB: Online Reference Books for Medieval Studies
Includes essays, bibliographies, images, links to excerpts and full texts from primary and secondary sources and more.... Edited by Kathryn Talarico.
TEAMS Middle English Texts
Makes available "texts which occupy an important place in the literary and cultural canon but which have not been readily available in student editions."
Shakespeare
Canadian Adaptiations of Shakespeare
Explores and documents "the ways in which Shakespeare has been adapted into a national, multicultural theatrical practice." Includes information on Canadiana, Canadian theatre, Shakespeare, as well as essays, interviews, bibliographies, links and more.
Internet Shakespeare Editions
A nice source of Shakespeare's works, both page images and searchable text. There is also some secondary material, but really the best part about this site is the texts. Note that the database of Shakespeare in Performance does not include a lot of important work, such as the productions at the Stratford Festival of Canada. World Shakespeare Bibliography Online (restricted to Mount Allison users and available here) is a better source for both secondary material and for production information.
Hamletworks.org
Based on the materials of the MLA's Variorum Hamlet Project: the site is intended "to complement the eventual print edition of the New Variorum Hamlet and vice versa." Includes Hamlet editions from the First Quarto, Second Quarto, First Players' Quarto and First Folio; textual notes; line-by-line commentary from the 18th - 20th centuries, and more. A work in progress.
Romantic and Victorian Literature
British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832
An online "scholarly archive consisting of E-text editions of poetry by British and Irish women written (not necessarily published) between 1789 and 1832." General editor Nancy Kushigian, Shields Library, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, U. of California--Davis.
The Literary Gothic
A Web guide "to all things concerned with literary Gothicism, which includes ghost stories, "classic" Gothic novels and Gothic fiction (1764-1820), and related pre- and post-Gothic and supernaturalist literature written prior to the mid-C20." By Jack G. Voller, Associate Professor of English at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
Romantic Circles
A site devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture. Includes electronic editions, reviews, and scholarly resources. General editors: Neil Fraistat, Steven E. Jones, Carl Stahmer; Published by the University of Maryland.
The Victorian Women Writers Project
Makes available transcriptions of works by British women writers of the 19th century. Includes anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, children's books, and volumes of poetry and verse drama. Maintained by Perry Willett, General Editor, Indiana University.
William Blake
The William Blake Archive
Includes illuminated and non-illuminated materials, complete poetry and prose and more. Morris Eaves, Robert Essick and Joseph Viscomi editors.
20th Century and Contemporary Literature
Contemporary American Poetry Archive
An electronic archive "designed to make out-of-print volumes of poetry available to readers, scholars, and researchers." Based at Connecticut College; Wendy Battin, Director.
Electronic Poetry Center, SUNY Buffalo
A gateway to resources in electronic poetry and poetics produced at SUNY Buffalo and elsewhere on the Internet. Links to a wide range of resources centered on contemporary experimental and formally innovative poetries. Loss Pequeño Glazier, Director.
The Literature & Culture of the American 1950s
Designed for a course on American literature and culture of the 1950s, this site lists articles and materials on literature, politics, sociology, and the arts. Maintained by Alan Filreis, Univ. of Pennsylvania.
Women and Literature
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
A digital collection of over 50 published works by 19th-century black women writers. Provides access to "the thought, perspectives and creative abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to 1920." Howard Dodson, Chief, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.
British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832
An online "scholarly archive consisting of E-text editions of poetry by British and Irish women written (not necessarily published) between 1789 and 1832." General editor Nancy Kushigian, Shields Library, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, U. of California--Davis.
Canada's Early Women Writers
Database of biographical and publication information for more than 470 women who lived in Canada or wrote about Canada, and authored an English-language book or pamphlet of fiction or poetry published before 1940. Includes titles of publications and references to archival resources. Directed by Dr. Carole Gerson and supported by SSHRC, the University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University.
A Celebration of Women Writers
Edited by Mary Mark Ockerbloom, this site "recognizes the contributions of women writers throughout history." Provides a listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers.
Domestic Goddesses
A moderated E-journal devoted to women writers who wrote domestic fiction. Featured writers include Willa Cather, Kate Chopin and Edith Wharton. Kim Wells, Editor.
The Victorian Women Writers Project
Makes available transcriptions of works by British women writers of the 19th century. Includes anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, children's books, and volumes of poetry and verse drama. Maintained by Perry Willett, General Editor, Indiana University.
SEE ALSO the Women's Studies Subject Guide
Literary Criticism & Theory
Contemporary Postcolonial & Postimperial Literature in English
Introduced and directed by George P. Landow, Brown University. Offers introductions to postcolonial issues, theories and contemporary authors. Organized by country.
Everything Postmodern
A guide to postmodern theory on the Web. Includes links to online journals, Websites, and directory of pomo theorists. Gregory Broquard, author and editor.
Online Literary Criticism Collection
The Internet Public Library's links to critical and biographical websites about authors and their works. Includes American, British, Canadian Literature and more.
Science Fiction
Out of This World: Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy
An exhibition which "celebrates and defines the rich heritage of Canadian science fiction and speculative fiction within a historical and international context." Produced by the National Library of Canada in conjunction with the Toronto Public Library's Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy,
Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database
Provides access to articles, books, news reports, obituaries, motion picture reviews and other material about science fiction and fantasy. There is also some coverage of horror, gothic and utopian literature.
Online Literary Journals, Reviews, Interviews, etc.
Arts & Letters Daily
Links to news sources, journals and magazines, book reviews and more.
The Atlantic Online: Books & Critics
Features reviews, book news, author interviews and much more.
Booklist Magazine
Search for recent reviews or browse the archive of reviews from 1996 - .
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
Directory of quality controlled scientific and scholarly open-access journals covering all subjects and languages. The directory includes over 2250 journals, including 80 in Languages and Literatures category.
Guardian Unlimited: Books
Features reviews, book news, author biographies and much more.
H-Net's Book Reviews
Reviews of scholarly and academic books, by Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine
London Review of Books
Selections from the current and past issues, including letters and reviews.
New York Review of Books
A searchable index of the magazine's contents from 1963 to the present. Free access to the full text of several hundred articles from the Review, both recent and from years past.
The Paris Review
Includes the DNA of Literature -- over 50 years of the journal's Writers-at-Work interviews available online for free.
Salon Books
Reviews, book news, essays, monthly recommendations, etc.
Taddle Creek
Canadian Literary magazine featuring fiction, poetry and graphic fiction by (mainly) emerging Toronto authors.
Tyee Books
"Reading B.C. and beyond"
Literary Awards
Govenor General's Literary Awards
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Misc.
Intute: Arts and Humanities: English Studies
Formerly the Humbul Humanities Hub. Search or browze a database of resources selected, evaluated and described by subject specialists.
Irish Literature, Mytholgy, Folklore and Drama
A collection of links pertaining to Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, Theatre and Fine Arts. Includes sections on authors such as Swift, Joyce, Yeats, Beckett, Heaney and others. By Anniina Jokinen.
Poetry Portal
Gateway site to an extensive list of poetry-related sites.
Project Gutenberg
Electronic editions (not necessarily scholarly or authoritative) of over 32,000 free ebooks.
Voice of the Shuttle
A gateway site providing access to web pages for Humanities Research.
- Subject categories include: Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Literature (in English), Literature (other than English), Literary Theory, Media Studies, Science, Technology & Culture, and Technology of Writing