A richly documented portrait of the author of The Scarlet Letter.
Annotated guide to Shakespeare resources on the Internet, including links to primary texts, information on the Globe Theatre, and aspects of Shakespearean theatrical performance.
Described as an online journal and multimedia companion to the Anthology of Modern American Poetry, produced by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the site includes articles analyzing specific poems as well as the oeuvres of 161 modern American poets.
Based on a PBS lecture series narrated by Michael Palin, this site provides younger students with an overview of the life of Ernest Hemingway.
Broad range of materials on Mark Twain the writer and his times.
The LiTgloss project is a collection of texts written in languages other than English. The texts are of literary, cultural, or historical interest to speakers of English, and likely (we think) to be better appreciated if read in the original language.
Bilingual collection of material on Francophone African literature written by women since the 1970s.
Sponsored by Kentucky Educational Television, this site supports an online course in the study of Latin and offers additional resources on Roman culture.
Texts, images, and commentary for the study of the Middle Ages.