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- African American Women Writers of the 19th Century from the NYPL Digital Library Collections–writings and biographical information
- American Transcendentalism Web authors, texts, criticism from Virginia Commonwealth University
- Bartleby.com searchable database of more than twenty anthologies and individual poetry, fiction and nonfiction works
- Bibliomania–Free Online Literature and Study Guides texts, author biographies, fiction, drama, poetry, short stories, study guides
- Chaucer Resources from the New Chaucer Society that has links to resources
- Contemporary Postcolonial & Postimperial Literature in English Irish, Caribbean, South Asian, Australian, Canadian and African literature
- Discovering Literature from the British Library explore the ways in which key 20th-century authors experimented with new forms and themes to capture the fast-changing world around them.
- Edgar Allan Poe: Times Topics The New York Times maintains a section of their website to chronicle the various times that Edgar Allan Poe has been covered by the paper
- The Internet Public Library–Literary Criticism browse by author, literary period, or title– includes American, Canadian, French, Spanish, and Japanese literature
- Jane Austen biography, criticism and links devoted to novelist Jane Austen–from Brandeis University
- Library of Quotes over 2 million quotes with the original source as well as the context for thousands of the most popular quotes, author biographies, & top 100 list of the Most Famous Quotes of All Time
- Literary Hub is a site readers can rely on for smart, engaged, entertaining writing about all things books
- The Literature Network searchable online literature with over 35,00 full books, 44,00 short stories and poems by over 260 authors; includes a quotations database with over 8,500 quotes, and a quiz system with over 340 quizzes.
- Luminarium:Anthology of English Literature medieval, renaissance, restoration, 17th, 18th and 19th century English literature
- Milton Reading Room works and research links–from Dartmouth College
- Nathaniel Hawthorne from Eldritch Press–full text, site is dedicated to “enhancing our understanding and appreciation of Hawthorne’s writings and life”
- The Nineteenth Century English Novel from the English Department of Brooklyn College
- PAL: Perspectives in American Literature
- The Paris Review online version of the famous literary magazine–searchable archives
- Perseus Digital Library texts by major ancient authors, the classics, English Renaissance
- Poetry Archive recordings of poets reading their own work, contemporary and past English language poets, resources for students and teachers
- Poetry Foundation from the publisher of Poetry magazine–full text of magazine dating back to 1998, information on poets and poems
- Poetry Portal directory of poetry sites–poetry archives, criticism, etc.
- Poets’ Corner text of thousands of works by hundreds of authors
- poets.org search for poets and poetry–from the American Academy of American Poets
- Romantic Circles refereed, scholarly website for the study of the literature of the Romantic period
- Shakespeare Resource Center biographical information, criticism, and selections of work
- Sonnet Central an archive of English sonnets, links, and commentary
- Victorian Women Writers Project from Indiana University, transcripts of works by British women writers of the 19th century
