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Literature & Poetry

  1. Literature : Criticisms, Reviews, …
    Both by others, and also for you to use.
    • Children’s Literature Web Guide
      Links to the best children’s reading sites.
    • FreeBooknotes
      ‘Free book notes, chapter summaries, literature notes and study guides for more than 250 books’.
    • Literary Criticism, Internet Public Library
      ‘Contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.’
    • LitLinks
      ‘After reading a great story, poem, play, essay, or critical article, you may want to know more. The Internet provides all kinds of information to aid your research, so we’ve compiled LitLinks — annotated to show you what kinds of information about a work, its author, or period.’
    • Literary Encyclopedia and Literary Dictionary
      [The World Guide to Literature in English]
      Information on authors, books and topics. Simple and complex searches. Build timelines.
    • Novelguide
      ‘The premier Free source for literary analysis on the web. We provide an educational supplement for better understanding of classic and contemporary Literature Profiles, Metaphor Analysis, Theme Analyses, and Author Biographies.’
    • PEN [Sydney]
      ‘Exist[] to emphasise the role of literature in the development of mutual understanding and world culture; to promote literature in a variety of ways, including by opposing restraints on freedom of expression and working to promote literacy itself.’
    • Pink Monkey
      ‘Features over 430 Study Guides/Booknotes/Online Chapter Summary Notes and Analysis for the most popular titles [classic & modern texts].’ Also has links to online books. Free online, Fee-based if you want hard copies.
    • Today in Literature
      ‘Welcome to Today in Literature, a calendar of engaging stories about the great books, writers, and events in literary history.’ A new presentation each day.
    • Victorian Literature Overview, The
      Almost 30 authors from the Victorian period including Wilde and Dickens. Author and book information.
  2. Literature : Other Resources :
    • Absurdism
      ‘Absurdism, and its more specific companion term Theatre of the Absurd, refers to the works of a group of Western European and American dramatists writing and producing plays in the 1950s and early 1960s.’ Includes history, authors, works, further topics, themes, style and more.
    • new !A Hotlist on Australian Children’s Literature
      Includes annotated links grouped under headings including internet skills, publishers, how to write/kid’s sites, teacher resources and author sites.
    • Australian Literature
      An extensive listing of references, bibliographies and websites which provide information, reviews and more about Australian Literature.
    • Books and Reading for Young People
      [With an Australian Bias]
      From the Australian School Library Association [NSW]. Includes links to associations, organisations, awards, Book Week, specific genres of books, literature links, journals, publishers, reviews, literacy, and the list goes on. A very worthwhile site.
    • Journals & Magazines :
      • Arts & Letters Daily
        A newsletter that covers literature and language, philosophy, aesthetics, ideas, culture, ‘gossip’ and more. A significant range of quality links to related areas. Updated 6 times a week.
      • London Review of Books
        Reviews, comments, bookshop and more.
      • The Alan Review
        [The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English]
        Online reviews and information for young adults.
    • Hogwarts Online
      A Thinkquest site. Uses the Harry Potter series to look at specialties including ‘magic’. Translated into a number of languages.
    • Literature, Poems and Famous Quotes
      Links to selected poets and writers and quotations accessible by a variety of methods.
    • Orations, The World’s Famous
      From ancient times to 1900.
    • Playwright Resources
      Developed by Yahoo with links to playwrights from the Ancient Greeks via Shakespeare through to people such as Shaw and Williams.
    • Rhyme Zone
      Find help with rhyme and also with other aspects of poetry.
  3. Poetry
    Links to poems and information about poetry.
  4. Shakespeare
    Considered the greatest writer in the English language. Access his writings [drama and poetry], as well as other information.
  5. Stories
    Short and long fiction.

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