Fiction & Literature
Labyrinth Library Middle English Bookcase
Links to Chaucerian Web sites. Part of the Labyrinth World Wide Web Server for Medieval Studies, an invaluable resource for historical novelists.
University of Virginia Electronic Text Library
A vast collection of classic and contemporary texts in English, French, German, and Japanese.
Nerd World: Classic Literature
A modest but interesting group of links to topics as diverse as Shakespeare, Jack Vance, and the Dutch Franz Kafka Circle.
An attractive, frame-based collection of hypertext links under headings that include "authors and poets," "downloadable text," "author FAQs," "other links," and "4-star pages."
Wolfgang Hink's A Guide to Literature on the Internet
As the name implies, this page goes beyond mere Web listings to include newsgroups, mailing lists, FAQs, library catalog listings, and other goodies--albeit with a plain Jane (Eyre) interface.
English Language and Literature
Despite its title, this page also features some of the more important American literary sites.
This gateway to The Complete Works of William Shakespeare has searchable texts to help you find that perfect quote from Henry VIII or The Merry Wives of Windsor when you'd rather spend time with the Bard than with the keyboard.
Links to innumerable Milton resources--including the Milton Transcription Project, which is working to put all of Milton's prose and poetry (including Paradise Lost) on the Web.
A short description of English author Jane Austen, with links to a biography, Jane Austen's writings, Pride & Prejudice hypertext, bibliographies, and a menu of all Jane Austen HTML files.
A superbly researched collection of pages on Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and other writers from the Beat Generation.
Links to Web sites about writers (many of whom are still alive).
Voice of the Shuttle English Literature Main Page
A collection of links to resources on English-language literature from Anglo-Saxon to modern times. Includes information on text-analysis, bibliographic, and writers' software. British and European users should access the UK mirror site.
Jack Lynch's Literary Sources--Romantic
Links, links, and more links to Web sites, mailing lists, and Gophers devoted to English literature's Romantic era.
This is far more than a literature site, since it encompasses religion, philosophy, politics, social structure, science, and a host of other topics related to the Victorian era. Click the "Literature" button on the introductory page for a handy timeline, links to authors, and critical resources.
James Zwick's site has weekly features on Mark Twain, plus links to Web resources that range from book texts to an analysis of a fictional guest appearance on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
A collection of links to Faulkner resources on the Web, such as the Nobel Prize speech, manuscript collections, a bibliography, and photos.
Marcel Mitran has built a Hemingway home page with photographs, biographical information, literary quotes, paintings, and links to other Ernestesque URLs in this lovingly maintained paean to Papa.
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