University of Pennsylvania
University of Pa: Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
This University of Pennsylvania site reproduces the 1846 book here with some enhancements. Icons representing each of the 3 Bronte sisters identify who wrote which poem, and a provenance of the text explains where the information...
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Online Symbolism Dictionary
Great website where you can look up literary symbols in a searchable index. For each symbol there is a brief explanation of its significance and links to other related symbols.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media
PBS's source for teachers, covering all subject areas. This is a site that has so much wonderful information as well as interactive activities that you are sure to find something that would be useful in your classroom.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Latin Amer. In Search of Himself
Summaries and commentaries on five of Garcia Marquez? short stories, ?Death Constant Beyond Love,? ?Tuesday Siesta,? ?One of These Days,? ?Balthazar?s Marvelous Afternoon,? and ?Big Mama?s Funeral? to form this unit. Discusses how these...
University of Glasgow
Czech Literature and the Reading Public
A transcription of a lecture given at the University of Glasgow about literature and the availability of it in Czechoslovakia during the Communist reign. It briefly mentions specific authors and the scarcity of publishing houses.
abcteach
Abcteach: Mystery Book Report Form [Pdf]
Great printable page that helps students write a mystery book report form. Calls attention to characterization and clues.
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Charles Dickens's a Christmas Carol, 1843
A scholarly article written about Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: List of Spanish Language Authors
An encyclopedia with a fantastic list of Spanish language authors, organized by country. List is weighted toward authors from Spain but includes at least 1-2 authors for Latin American countries. For some authors, biographical references...
Victorian Web
Victorian Web: Oscar Wilde an Overview
Victorian Web provides a neatly organized site with links to information about Oscar Wilde including biography, works, political history, social history, religion, science, genre and mode, visual arts, themes, characters, imagery,...
Vocabulary.com
"The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," Vocabulary From Part I
This site contains a list of words from the first part of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, a Pulitzer Prize-winning book written by Junot Diaz. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings,...
University of Michigan
American Verse Project: Atlanta Offering: Poems, by Frances e.w. Harper
Searchable text of poems by Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, from the book "Atlanta Offering."
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Interview With Tom Stoppard
This is a transcript of an interview with Stoppard that was done on "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." Stoppard talks about his writing process and creativity.
Other
The Camelot Project: Tristan and Isolt
This is part of a literary history reception project. It presents a number of English texts inspired by the Tristan and Isolt legends.
Other
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Winners 2008 1901
A list of the Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine (updated yearly). Click on the names for more information.
Other
Societe Pour L'oeuvre D'antoine De Saint Exupery
Official web site of Antoine de Saint-Exupery. It features biography, bibliography, updated news, photos, excerpts of work, and links.
Other
Site Officiel De Guillaume Apollinaire
Official web site of Guillaume Apollinaire. It features everything you need to know about the poet and playwright.
Other
Fujen University: Post Modern Theories and Texts
This site from Fujen University gives a good general presentation/definition of Postmodernism by Dr. Mary Klages, Associate Professor of English at the University of Colorado.
Other
Michael Lastinger's Emile Zola Page
A comprehensive link site, with literally everything one could want about Zola.
Sonoma State University
Berkeley Digital Library: The Red One
Short story collection from 1918, including a haunting novella entitled "The Red One". Check out this site.
Other
Merlyn's Pen
This is the official site of Merlyn's Pen, a magazine publishing student writing. It provides links for submitting student writing, thousands of published entries for your reading pleasure, a list of contests for students to enter,...
Other
Association Des Amis D'andre Gide
All things Gidian! Association des Amis d'Andre Gidesite features exhaustive information and links on the writer.
Other
Biography: Uri Zvi Greenberg (1896 1981)
A biography on the Hebrew writer Uri Zvi Greenberg (1896-1981) and a collection of his famous works.
Other
Club De Poesie: Quelques Mots Sur Alfred De Musset
This short but informative hypertextual French biography was prepared by Dominique Nourry for the Club des Poetes. It includes a bibliography and links to Alfred de Musset's poems.