The following Internet sites have been selected for
their value as reference sources. Although reviewed by library staff
at the time of inclusion in this list, the Palm Beach County Library
System is not responsible for their contents.
AllReaders.com Book Reviews
Choose from hundreds of plot, theme, character, and setting
options to find precisely what you're looking for! |
Book Rags
BookRags hosts the largest literature study guide collection
online - 3,600+ literature study guides including free book
notes. |
BookSpot -
Literary Criticism
BookSpot's collection of web sites covering many different
aspects of literary criticism. |
Bookwire
Use this site to search book reviews, read about the latest
releases, watch author video clips, and learn about upcoming
book events. |
The Complete
Works of William Shakespeare
Welcome to the Web's first edition of the Complete Works of
William Shakespeare. This site has offered Shakespeare's plays
and poetry to the Internet community since 1993. |
Feminist
Literary Criticism and Theory
This page includes information on different literary genres,
specific historical periods, pedagogical issues, politics and
literature, and literary theory. |
Free Booknotes
A comprehensive guide to free book notes, free book summaries,
literature notes, and study guides (like "Cliff’s Notes") for
over 1600 books, plays, and poems. |
Glossary of
Literary Terms
This site contains definitions of important literary terms
ranging from Adventure novel to the Western and all points
in-between. |
Handbook of
Rhetorical Devices
This handbook contains definitions and examples of more than 60
traditional rhetorical devices, from Alliteration to Zeugma. |
In Other
Words: A Lexicon of the Humanities
This site offers a basic glossary, a collection of quotes from
authors and a bibliography of all works cited, to provide a way
for scholars to cross over from one discipline - Literary
Criticism, Rhetoric, Linguistics, or Identity Politics - to
another. |
The Internet
Classics Archive
A searchable archive of 375 classical Greek and Roman texts (in
English translation). |
The Internet Public
Library Online Literary Criticism Guide
Brings together hundreds of literary criticism and/or
bibliographical web sites (with annotations) arranged by author,
subject, and time period. |
Links to Literary Criticism
From InfoUSA, a list of links to useful literary criticism web
sites, cutting across gender and race lines. |
Literary Criticism
Links to literary criticism sites including critical reading,
writing about literature, study guides, etc. |
Literary History
A selective bibliography of open access articles for more than
300 authors, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars,
articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites. |
Literary Index
Provides both an overview and a review of the more significant
collections of Internet literary resources of interest to
scholars, students, and lovers of literature. |
Literary Movements
Links to articles explaining the various movements of literary
criticism, such as Realism, Naturalism, Sentimentalism, etc. |
Literature Resource Center
Gives access to biographies,
bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age
and literary discipline. It covers more than 120,000 novelists,
poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers. |
Marxist Literary Criticism
Comprehensive index to references to art, literature, culture
and literary criticism in the writings of Marx and his literary
disciples – Lenin, Trostsky, Diego Rivera, Georg Lukács, etc. |
Modern Word
- The Libyrinth
Modern Word is the Web's largest site devoted to exploring
twentieth-century experimental literature. Selected authors
include Samuel Beckett, Philip K. Dick, and Umberto Eco. |
NovelGuide
A free source for literary analysis on the web, providing an
educational supplement for better understanding of classic and
contemporary Literature Profiles, Metaphor Analysis, Theme
Analyses, and Author Biographies. |
Overbooked: A Resource for Readers
A website which specializes in literary and genre
fiction--annotated lists of fiction and mystery books, reviews,
new books, hot links, and author information. |
Pink Monkey
A "G" rated study resource for students, teachers and home
schoolers with over 430 free Study Guides, Book Notes & Chapter
Summaries online. Downloadable and printed versions available
for a small charge. (Look for
free section.) |
Readerville
Readerville.com was founded on the idea that literature -- and
discussion thereof -- is one of life's finest pursuits. It
provides a broad and flexible space for readers, writers,
librarians, publishers, critics and anyone else who loves books
to have thoughtful and engaging discussions. |
Poetry Portal
Critiquing your poetry: an internet guide, along with lots of
links to various literary websites, resources and ezines. |
SparkNotes
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere and geared
to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes study guides
are for studying and writing papers. Each guide contains
thorough summaries and insightful critical analysis of a nearly
endless range of subjects including English literature,
Shakespeare, History and Math and Science. We offer hundreds of
study guides for free to read on the web, and many SparkNotes
and SparkCharts as downloadable, printable PDFs for a small fee. |
