C-SPAN
C Span: American Authors 2: Jack Kerouac
Contains a biography of Jack Kerouac (1922-1969 CE), list of works, and links to additional information on the writer.
C-SPAN
C Span American Writers 2: Ernest Hemingway
Contains a bibliography of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961 CE), list of works, and links to additional information.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Yukio Mishima
A biographical sketch of the Japanese author Yukio Mishima with a description of his better known works. Also included is a selected list of his writings.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Allan Sillitoe
This site has a short biography and bibliography of this writer, perhaps best known for "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner."
Emory University
Emory University: Assia Djebar
Site designed at Emory University. Features a biography and bibliography of Assia Djebar.
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Eudora Welty
The National Women's Hall of Fame offers a brief but interesting biographical facts on Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Eudora Welty.
New York University
Nyu: "Washing Your Feet" by John Ciardi
Read a quick summary and analysis of the poem "Washing Your Feet", by John Ciardi.
New York University
Nyu: May Swenson Nature Poems Old & New
A brief analysis of several Swenson poems dealing with the human life cycle, particularly death. The critic calls her style, "both abstract and concrete."
New York University
O'connor, Flannery
This site, part of one on medicine and the humanities from New York University, provides links to discussions of four of O'Connor's stories. The discussions included summaries of and commentaries on the stories.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Sandra Cisneros
This biography of author Sandra Cisneros lists her books and awards and includes related links.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Juliana of Norwich
Brief biography from The Catholic Encyclopedia of Juliana of Norwich, a fourteenth century writer. Details her life experiences as well as her background as a nun, and some of her writing. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is...
Other
Poem Hunter: All Poems of William Wordsworth
Provides links to a few poems and some of Wordsworth's poetic theory.
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Works of Christina Rossetti
This site provides the text to "Goblin Market" and "Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme" written by Christina Rossetti.
Other
Official Site of Gary Soto
This site provides a brief biography of author, Gary Soto, and includes links to his current works.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Hildegard
Exerpt from the Catholic Encyclopedia about St. Hildegard. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around 1910.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Michel Eyquen De Montaigne
A biography containing some references to Essays and a general overview of his philosophy. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around...
NSTATE
Netstate: Michigan, Edna Ferber
A brief biography is included here, along with an early photo of Ferber (1885-1968 CE). Focuses primarily on her writing career.
Other
Ron: Analysis Interminable in the Other Wordsworth
A psychoanalytical look at Wordsworth, with comparision to Freud, using his writings. A very detailed exploration of this topic.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1936 Award Ceremony Speech
At this site from the Nobel E Museum you can read Per Hallstrom's presentation speech before the Swedish Academy prior to Eugene O'Neill's acceptance of the Nobel Prize.
Other
Guide to Writing Lyrics
A complete guide to writing lyrics for songs and jingles. Provides good advice and insight in the art of writing lyrics.
Other
Harper Collins: J. R. R. Tolkien Books & Biography
This brief biography takes Tolkien through his early years to his marriage and professorship at Leeds and Oxford and his telling stories to his children that would later become the novels so loved by the rest of the world. Also has a...
A&E Television
Biography: Russell Baker
A brief biography of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Russell Wayne Baker.
Baertracks
Creative Quotations: John Masefield
This site from Creative Quotations is not a site with depth. Only five quotes from Masefield are listed, but they do give a flavor of Masefield's style and may be helpful for a report.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: On Lord Francis Bacon, 1625
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of Forham University provides a brief biography of Jonson and an excerpt by Jonson on Lord Francis Bacon.