A collection of about 600 public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.

A guide to what you might look for in analyzing literature, particularly poetry and fiction.

A collection of original plays and screenplays, criticism and links to other sites concerned with theater. Plays are organized by historical period, from classical to contemporary

Provides both an overview and a review of the more significant collections of Internet literary resources of interest to scholars, students, and lovers of literature. This site is not intended to be an exhaustive index of all literary resources; rather it functions both as a descriptive meta-index to all things literary and as a review of the most important lists of literary resources and collections of literary links that proliferate on the Internet.

Offers searchable online literature for the student, educator, or enthusiast. Features over 1200 full books and over 2000 short stories and poems by over 250 authors, plus a quotations database of over 8500 quotes.

A virtual exhibit of 18th and 19th century African-American literature that spotlights some of the fascinating early African-American writers whose work is collected in the University of North Carolina libraries. It includes both text and audio files.

A complete annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on Internet which also presents new Shakespeare material unavailable elsewhere on the Internet, such as a Shakespeare timeline and the Shakespeare Canon.

Contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.

This site features some of the best starting places for finding online critical writing. This resource is particularly good for finding information on English-language authors, but also includes many authors whose works have been translated into English.

An extensive set of links to online collections of fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction texts.

Provides texts of the plays in electronic form. Access the entire play or use the act and scene selection feature.

Includes links to authors, classics, creative writing, criticism and theory, genres, literature blogs, poetry, study guides, and much more.