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This site is dedicated to the first professional woman writer in the English language. A prolific playwright of the seventeenth century (second only to John Dryden in the Restoration), Aphra Behn is known largely for her prose. This site has links to information about Aphra Behn and other women writers.
A wonderful site chronicling the lives and work of Medeival, Rennasaince, and 17th century writers, including biography, bibliography, and samples.
A project of the Cervantes International Bibliography Online and Anuario Bibliogrįfico Cervantino, this site is dedicated to solve the “problem of currency, thoroughness, and accessibility, which now hampers research on Cervantes.” Includes a great amount of information on Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote. There is a record of the books, articles, dissertations, reviews, and other points of interest included here to this end.
This is the site for anyone interested in the plays and writing of William Shakespeare. Includes a listing of festivals and troupes, along with a Web search index for Shakespeare. Provides a feature called “Today in Shakespeare History” and many other related services.
Provides information about late 16th century/early 17th century playwright Thomas Middleton. Includes a biography, bibliographical information, and historical perspective of Middleton’s work.
Provides a wealth of knowledge through links, articles, and essays on literature of the 17th century. Includes an index, database, and many other features. This is a great site for online research.
Provides a search index of the complete plays of William Shakespeare. Includes the capability to search by tragedy, comedy, or history. This is a great site for anyone who is a fan of Shakespeare.
http://www.millersv.edu/~english/homepage/duncan/medfem/medfem.html Providesessays,pictures,andrelatedarticlesonwriterssuch asMargeryKempt,HildegardofBingen,CatherineofSiena,and
others. Includes links to many other online related sites. This site is very academically orientated and is recommended to those doing research on writers of the period.
Provides a bibliography, biography, and background of French Absurdist playwright Alfred Jarry. Includes links to other literature and Jarry-related sites.
Provides a biography, bibliography, and selections of work by late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century British poet and essayist Anna Laeitia Aikin Barbauld. Site includes a detailed background of Barbauld and links to related pages.
Provides a profile, bibliography, and essays on late nineteenth century Russian playwright and author Anton Chekov. Includes links to many other sites about Chekov, literature, and theatre.
This extensive site offers academic resources, chronology, bibliography, and links to many sites about British author Charles Dickens. Dickens, the nineteenth century writer of such classics as Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, and many more, is profiled by many pictures, essays, and articles. This site is a definite stop if doing online research of his work.
This highly extensive site is dedicated to the understanding of eighteenth century language usage in literature. Includes many essays, a term list, bibli-ography (both critical and sources), and a detailed introduction to the site. This site is recommended to anyone studying Victorian period literature.
This site dedicated to the life and writings of Russian author Fyodor Dostoevesky. Provides full texts of many of Fyodor’s novels, a profile, pictures, essays, and much more.
Author of The Raven, Edgar Allen Poe is also famous for his short stories that were meant to “expand the human soul.” This Web site is very popular, and deservedly so—it features biography, links to e-text, and a chat room. Includes links to many other Poe and literature-based Web sites.
Edward Bellamy is the 19th century writer of Looking Backward. This site, evolved from the Center for Utopian Studies, has links to essays and excerpts by Bellamy, as well as links to related sites.
Provides information about nineteenth century author Emily Brontė. Includes information about Wuthering Heights and Emily’s poetry. Also includes links to other Brontė-related sites.
Provides information and background on the nineteenth century American poet Emily Dickinson. Includes a biography, family history, articles, essays, a picture, and links sites that contain Dickinson’s poetry.
George Sand, French writer of the 19th century, finds a very well-constructed Web home here. There are biography, bibliography, and chronology pages present, and perhaps most impressive is the gallery of pictures of Sand.
All right, so maybe you didn’t like reading Moby Dick in high school; that doesn’t mean that it wasn’t worthwhile, though, right? Melville is actually a pretty approachable author, not to mention his importance to the American tradition. Try him again here—you’ll find a comprehensive amount of information about the author of arguably “the great American novel.”
Provides a biography, bibliography, and pictures of Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf author Jack London. Includes a collection of London writings, letters, and links to other resources.
Provides a wealth of information about the life and works of nineteenth century English writer Jane Austen. This site includes bibliographical information, a profile, and essays about Austen’s writing. Includes links to other related Austen sites.
A well-maintained site dedicated to the author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days (among others), this page is easily navigated and has good links to biography, reviews, pictures, and the like. Includes links to other Verne sites.
This extensive site is dedicated to Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. Includes quotes, articles about Russia, family background, and more about the author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Includes links to other Tolstoy sites and books.
Lewis Carroll (née Charles Dodgson) was not only the writer of the famous Alice in Wonderland stories, he also was a mathematician and scientist. This site houses information about Carroll as a whole person—his literary tactics, religion and philosophy, and his work in a political and social context. Also provides links to other Caroll-related sites.
This site calls itself “the highly unofficial organ of the totally unofficial, utterly unacademic Marcel Proust Support Group of San Francisco,” but it is probably the best Proust source on the Web yet. There is an interesting hyperlinked biography, as well as some other tidbits, including recipes and articles only slightly relating to Proust.
Provides a bibliography, articles, essays, and entire novels in HTML of Mark Twain. Includes a great amount of information on Twain, the author of A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court, Tom Sawyer, and many more. This is a great online resource.
Provides a comprehensive collection of Marx/Engels writings along with biography and bibliography information. Includes links to other Karl Marx related sites.
This site houses information about Mary Shelley, Percy Shelly Romantics, and, of course, her popular novel Frankenstein. Newly updated, there is a gothic air to this site, including a musical background. This site provides a wealth of information about Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.
“Dedicated to enhancing our understanding and appreciation of Hawthorne’s writings and life,” this site has complete e-texts of his novels and stories. There are readings, pictures, and information about this 19th century American author of works such as The House of Seven Gables and The Scarlett Letter.
Provides an online magazine and resource site for Romantic literature. Includes articles, reviews, a chronology, and an index of sites dedicated to Romanticism. This is an extensive site and is well recommended for anyone doing online research on Romantic literature.
This site provides a great amount of S.T. Coleridge writings and poems. Includes a critical essay, time line, and profile of the eighteenth century English poet. Coleridge is famous for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, and many others.
Provides a biography, bibliography, and essays about nineteenth century American writer Stephen Crane. Includes images of Crane and literary analysis of works such as The Red Badge of Courage and The Blue Hotel.
This site is dedicated to the English Romantic poet and painter William Blake, author of Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience, and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Includes full color representation of Blake paintings with their accompanying text. Also includes a profile of Blake and links to other related sites.