English and Literature Resources

BEHS Library

Critical Review

• NINES : Nineteenth-century Scholarship Online - Search a huge database of articles and sites (requires free registration); searches JSTOR too!
• ipl2 Literary Criticism Links - Browse by author or title to find links to critical reviews and essays; all sites are reviewed but use with caution
• Literary History - Search for links to 19th and 20th century literature. Not all resources are academic-quality; use with caution

 

American Literature

• Outline of American Literature (Revised Edition) - Online book by Prof. VanSpanckeren covering American literary genres from Colonial to contemporary times
• American Authors - Annotated links to reviewed websites on U.S. writers, plus some short biographies by Dr. Campbell, Washington State University

 

British Literature

• British Library: Learning Language & Literature - A wealth of information on British literature, including timelines, texts in contexts and more
• Discover Shakespeare (Folger Shakespeare Library) - Biography plus study guides to selected plays
• Romantic Circles Scholarly Resources - links to sites covering "the Romantics, their contemporaries, and their cultural contexts"

 

Poetry

• Poets.org - Poems, biographies of poets, essays, interviews poems for teens, poetry near you and much more
• Modern American Poetry - Poems and critical reviews of modern American poets
• The Poetry Archive - Hear contemporary poets read their works; plus find biographical information and poems by theme
• Poetry Foundation - Browse for poems by author, title, genre, or historical period; read articles, watch videos and more

 

Grammar & Writing

• The Purdue Owl: Writing in Literature - Short overviews of what you need to know before you write about literature
• Discovery Education English Homework Help - Stuck on sentence structure? Watch these short grammar videos
• Grammar Conventions Videos on YouTube - Short videos on prepositions, subjects, predicates and more

 

Classics

• Search the BEHS Library Catalog - Find classic literature and reading list books in the BEHS Library
• Project Gutenberg - Find free ebooks, mostly classics, to download
• The Harvard Classics - Download titles from this 51-volume anthology of classic world literature; print versions of most volumes in the BEHS Library

 

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