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On-Line Books
The Online Books Page
Over 20,000 e-texts. Search by author, title or subject.


Literary Meta Sites
The Voice of the Shuttle
The best all around collection of sites for literature students -- covers authors, periods, critical theory, etc.

Literary Resources on the Net
A smaller, but well selected list of on-line resources divided by genre, nationality, etc.

Theory and Cultural Studies
PopCultures.com
A gigantic site for Cultural Studies including modules on cyberculture, film, media, and television, as well as literature. It includes good sections also on theorists and critics, academic programs specializing in Cultural Studies, and articles on everything from celebrity and consumerism to gender theory and globalization.

theory.org.uk
From Leeds University in the U.K., a marvelous source on important literary and cultural theorists, with neat stuff like "Theory Trading Cards" and "Action Figures."

2. American Literature to 1865 Links

The Norton Anthology of American Literature
The useful companion site for our textbook. Click on volume B for author explorations and biographies, a timeline, an interactive quiz, study questions, etc.

American Studies at the University of Virginia
"An extensive collection of American resources, including a superb collection of annotated links, on-line exhibits from the Museum for American Studies, many hypertext editions of American works, historical maps, virtual classrooms, and an extensive site on America in the 1930s."

American Studies Hypertexts
Within the American Studies at the University of Virginia site, this is a collection of more than 50 hypertexts including works by Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Harriet Jacobs, Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, H.D. Thoreau and many others).

Early American Literature 1620-1820
From Nagasaki University’s massive project, American Literature on the Web, this site features excellent links for this time period.

American Literature 1820-1865
From Nagasaki University’s massive project, American Literature on the Web, this site features excellent links for this time period.

American Verse Project
From the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative, a searchable archive of American poetry, primarily 19th century


3. More General Literary Links at Prof. Silverberg’s English 200 page

*Click here for English 200 page