- Literature
Critical Reading, A Guide
An instructional guide on how to analyze and interpret literature, particularly poetry and fiction.
Literary Criticism, Internet Public Library
Contains critical and biographical Web sites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
PAL: Perspectives in American Literature, A Research and Reference Guide
Covers major perspectives or literary movements in American literature. Discusses over 300 years of writing in America.
LitLinks
LitLinks are organized alphabetically by author within five genres: fiction, essays, poetry, drama, and critical theory.
Sparknotes
Offers free study guides for many literary works. Registration required.
Today in Literature
Provides information on classic and international authors and poets. Includes life stories, selected links, and suggested readings.
The Encyclopedia Mythica is an online encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legends. It contains over 6,100 entries on gods and goddesses, heroes, legendary creatures and beings from cultures all over the world.
Bulfinch's Mythology
This site is an online version of the standard text in Classical Mythology, The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods And Heroes by Thomas Bulfinch.
Literary Criticism on the Web
Links to general literary sites and particular literary periods
