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Index: grammar, writing, literature, multiple author links, links for specific authors, poetry, mythology
Grammar Homework Help
The English
Zone
On-line quizzes for grammar, idioms, verbs, etc.
Rules
for Comma Usage
A complete and clearly-written guide to using commas. It includes
on-line quizzes and other interactive features.
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
Perhaps the best grammar and writing resource on the Web, this interactive
site covers virtually every aspect of writing
conventions and composition.
Writing Homework Help
Writer's Handbook
Online instructional materials developed by the University of Wisconsin.
Writing
a Basic Essay
Online tutorial for essay writing.
Before
You Write a Research Paper
Questions to consider before
you start your paper. See also
So You
Have to Write a Research Paper.
Resources
for Proper Grammatical Usage, Citation Formats, or Paper Writing
From the Internet Public Library. See also
A Guide for Writing Research Papers: APA
Style.
MLA Citation
Examples
Good source for help with bibliographies.
APA Citation Style
From the American Psychological
Association (APA). See also
APA Style Electronic Resources.
The Biography
Maker
Excellent resource for helping
students write biographies.
Young
Writer's Clubhouse
Information for prospective young
writers.
Creative Writing Resource Center
Creative
Writing for Teens
Offers on-line writing courses.
Literature Homework Help (study guides, movements, genre, periods)
Spark Notes
Free on-line study guides for over 100 books!
Novel
Guides
More that 50 books from McDougal Littell's ClassZone.
Novel
Study Links
Detailed study guides for 42 novels.
Course
Materials for the Study of Science Fiction
Study guides for nine works of science fiction including The
War of the Worlds and The
Martian Chronicles. See also
Science Fiction
Resource Guide.
Voice
of the Shuttle English Literature Main Page
A massive site with many resources for English and American literature.
The Luminarium
Great site for Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century literature.
The Victorian Web
Terrific site for learning about the Victorian period and Victorian
authors.
American
Literary Movements
Descriptions of various American literary movements such as Arminianism,
Concord Chronology, Covenant Theology,
Native American Literature, Plantation Tradition,
Southwestern Humor, and the Travel Narrative.
Great Books Home Page
A well-indexed site with information and links on the "great
books."
Postcolonial and Postimperial
Literature: An Overview
Another excellent resource.
Movements in American Literature
Early American Literature 1600-1900: Resources for K-12
African-American
Literature Online
A comprehensive guide to African American literature during the
Twentieth Century.
Pronouncing Dictionary
of Authors' Names
An alphabetical pronunciation guide.
Aesop's
Fables
An online collection!
ISLMC
Children's Literature & Language Arts Resources
A wonderful site with reviews, genres, and information on hundreds
of authors.
Vandergrift's
Children's Literature Page
An excellent resource with bibliographies and links to sites on
topics related to children's literature, including
censorship.
Children's
Literature Web Guide
Links to children's literature
sites.
Sites for Multiple Author Links
Doucette Index
Though this index is primarily designed for teachers, students may
also find it useful. It provides links to websites
for specific books and authors. You can search
by entering either the title or author's name.
Book Browser
A massive site from Barnes and Noble with fiction reading lists,
book reviews, forthcoming titles, author information and
much more
Yahoo
Authors
Looking for information on a specific author or his/her works? Try
this comprehensive alphabetical index of links.
Literary
Resources on the Net
A well-organized collection of literature links
Literary
Resources -- American
From the above site. An extensive set of links to sites about American
literature and specific American authors.
American
Literature Anthology - Writer's Index
A chronological and alphabetical index for 332 American authors.
Domestic
Goddesses
An excellent source for information on women writers of "domestic
fiction."
American
Authors
Another list of links to sites for American authors, this one from
Frostburg. See the entire site,
Literature and Composition
Resources.
LSU Libraries
Webliography: Author Guides
Links to individual author guides or other sources that deal with
specific writers.
Authors
on the Web
A collection of biographical sketches organized alphabetically.
Author
Search
Reviews of adolescent literature including I Know Why the Caged
Bird Sings and The Chocolate War .
Score
CyberGuides
Another site primarily for teachers, but it also includes student
activities for literature, including many on specific
works and authors. There are separate lists for
grades K-3, 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
American
Literature
From the Rivendell Educational Archive, this site offers author
biographies (Chopin, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Hawthorne,
Hurston, Jewett, Steinbeck, and Stowe), articles
(Chopin and Gilman, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Richard
Wright), and texts online.
Pronouncing
Dictionary of Authors' Names
An alphabetical pronunciation guide.
Quotez
Quotation Index
Index for quotations from authors.
The Victorian Web
A great site for learning about the Victorian period and Victorian
authors.
SFF Net
An alphabetical listing of links to science fiction and fantasy
authors.
Native
American Literature
Includes links to Native American authors.
Latin
American Literature
A list of links.
Voices from
the Gaps
A site devoted to women authors of color.
Writing
Black
Literature and history written by and on African Americans. The
page provides links to sites for many African American authors.
African
Literature
A list of links.
Specific Authors/Works (An alphabetical listing of pages for more
than 100 authors and some of their major works)
Abbey's Web
A comprehensive page on Edward Abbey, author of The Hidden Canyon.
For more Abbey information, check out these
Edward Abbey links.
Louisa
May Alcott
A page about this author of Little Women from
Domestic
Goddesses,
a terrific site devoted to
women writers of "domestic fiction."
Maya
Angelou: Teacher Resource File
A biography, bibliography, E-texts, and lesson plans.
Rudolfo
Anaya
Links.
Isaac
Asimov Home Page
A comprehensive resource for information about this prolific author.
Jane
Austen's Art and Her Literary Reputation
The definitive Jane Austen page.
Avi
The author's home page. See also
Avi Teacher Resource
File.
Natalie
Babbitt
A collection of links to information about this author of literature
adolescents and for young adults.
The
Samuel Beckett Endpage
A comprehensive site with a timeline, biography, photo gallery,
bibliographies, links, etc.
Beowulf
Okay, I know that's not the author's name, but it seemed rather
pointless to list this work under anonymous.
So, if you want resources for studying Beowulf
, click above. Or, see the
Electronic Beowulf.
The Ray
Bradbury File
A brief biography and some excellent links. See also
Study
Guide for Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles
and
Spark Notes: Fahrenheit 451.
Click
here
for
discussion questions appropriate for the movie version
of this novel.
Carol
Ryrie Brink
A bibliography and other resources for this author of Caddie
Woodlawn .
Pearl
S. Buck
A comprehensive page with a biography, selected writings, news,
a list of articles and books about her, etc.
William S. Burroughs
An impressive site devoted to this author of
Naked Lunch.
Joseph
Campbell
A set of links. Click on the red text to read
Joseph
Campbell's Ten Commandments for Reading Mythology.
Albert
Camus Critical Interpretation Homepage
An excellent site with a biography, essays, analyses, and links.
Also, check out my site,
The Sisyphus
and Teaching Page,
for other information and
links.
LEWIS
CARROLL Home Page
A guide to Lewis Carroll resources and documents on-line and in
print.
geoffreychaucer.org
An annotated guide to on-line resources.
Chaucer
Metapage
A site designed to "provide navigation aides for Chaucer resources
on the WWW."
Canterbury
Tales Study Materials
From the Luminarium. To improve your reading pleasure, take a look
at
A Basic Chaucer Glossary.
Kate
Chopin
A page about this author of The Awakening from
Domestic
Goddesses,
a terrific site devoted to women writers of
"domestic fiction."
James
Fenimore Cooper Society
Information on Cooper and his books.
Robert
Cormier
An author profile.
Click here
for
Spark Notes for Cormier's The Chocolate War
.
Stephen
Crane Page
Created by three University of Akron students, this page contains
biographical information and links. See also
The Stephen
Crane Society.
Karen
Cushman
A biography and bibliography as well as reviews and critiques.
Digital
Dante
From Columbia University, this is the ultimate Dante site! See also
Project Ideas for Dante
and
Study Guide: The Inferno.
The Dickens
Project
This definitive Dickens page is "devoted to promoting the study
and enjoyment of the life, times, and work of Charles
Dickens."
David
Perdue's Charles Dickens Page
Works, characters, timeline, bibliography, etc.
Dostoevsky
Research Station
A comprehensive site with a biography, chronology, quotations, and
200 links to information on Dostoevsky and his
works.
Arthur
Conan Doyle Literary Estate
A biography, quotes, and many links.
Stanley
Elkin
An interview, two essays, and links.
Click
here
to read
his obituary!
T. S.
Elliot - What the Thunder Said
A timeline, works, and links to online resources.
Ralph
Ellison
A biography and links. See also Ralph Ellison's
The Invisible Man.
Ralph
Waldo Emerson
A long list of Emerson links from Geocities.
William
Faulkner on the Web
Information about Faulkner's life, works, and adopted hometown.
F. Scott
Fitzgerald
An extensive page with bibliographies, a biography, essays , articles,
etc. See also
The Great Gatsby: A
Beginner's Guide.
Sid Fleischman
Links to biographies and reviews.
Dario
Fo
A list of links from the
Nobel
Prize Internet Archive.
Anne
Frank Internet Guide
An excellent resource. See also
Anne Frank: Her Life and
Times,
photographs and information about Anne's journal
and how it survived World War II; and
Cybrary
of the Holocaust,
a comprehensive site with images and recollections
of survivors, a teacher's guide,
and links.
Ernest
J. Gaines
A unit outline plus study guides, activities, and projects
for A Lesson Before
Dying.
Click here
for links to biographical
information and lesson plans for several
other books by Gaines.
Jean
Craighead George
The official website for this author of Julie of the Wolves.
Click here
for
links to other sites about George and her works.
William Golding Home Page
Biography, resources, bibliography, etc.
Spark Notes for William Golding's Lord of the Flies
The Summer
of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
A webquest in which students use the links provided to learn about
the historical context of Greene's book.
Bette
Greene: Teacher Resource File
Though this site is designed for teachers, the biographies, reviews,
and movie facts should also be of interest to students.
John
Grisham Online
A biography, information about his books, and links. See also
MWP:
John Grisham.
Alex
Haley
Information about Haley and his works.
The Lorraine
Hansberry Page
A brief biography, teacher's guide to Raisin in the Sun ,
and information on African American writers.
See also
Raisin in the Sun
Novel Guide.
Thomas
Hardy and The Mayor of Casterbridge
Biographical information, the Victorian context, study notes, and
critiques.
Nathaniel
Hawthorne
Links to many useful sites.
Joseph
Heller
Quotes, a biography, and links. See also
Internet
Resources: Joseph Heller & Catch 22.
Virtual
Hemingway
Biography, bibliography, articles, photos, teaching resources, and
links to other Hemingway sites. See also
Ernest
Hemingway's Places.
The Hermann
Hesse Page
A comprehensive source of information about Hesse and his writing.
S.E. Hinton
Links to biographies and lesson
plans. See also
The Outsider s Spark Notes
and
The Outsdiers Novel Study.
Oliver
Wendell Holmes
An extensive list of links.
Victor
Hugo
A page on Victor Hugo and Les Miserables .
See also
Victor Hugo Central
Brave
New World (Aldous Huxley)
A comprehensive page on the novel and the author, complete with
music!
Aldous
Huxley
A brief biography, quotes, a bibliography, and numerous links.
The Henry
James Scholar's Guide to Web Sites
Just what the title implies.
A Website
Devoted to the Writings of James Joyce
A comprehensive site.
Garrison
Keillor
Links to sites about this Minnesota author and radio personality.
Jack
Kerouac
An extensive set of links to sites about Kerouac and the "beat generation."
Stephen
King
Links to sites for biographies, books and movies, and even the officially
sanctioned Stephen King page!
Kent's
Shoeless Joe Resource Page
Information about W.P. Kinsella and Shoeless Joe .
Rudyard
Kipling
A biography, short summaries of stories from The Jungle Book
, full text of six poems, analysis, and links.
The Madeleine
L'Engle WWW Resource
Resources, articles, reviews, etc.
A Madeleine
L'Engle Bibliography
Information on the the Murry family (Time Quartet) novels.
Ursula
K. Le Guin
The author's home page.
To Kill
a Mockingbird & Harper Lee
Essays, readings, etc.
The
To Kill A Mockingbird Student Survival Guide
Everything you need to know about Harper Lee's classic novel. See
also
To Kill a Mockingbird
: Then and Now,
a new resource from
Thinkquest.
Sinclair
Lewis Society
Click here
for
Spark Notes on Main Street.
Jack
London - His Life and Books
Biography, photos, and links. See also
Jack
London Homework Help
for
links to articles, study guides, and writing guides
and
Call of the Wild WebQuest.
Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow Books Central
Links to a biography and online sources for his works. See also
Classical
Authors Directory: Authors: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
.
Bette
Bao Lord
Links to biographies and other information about this Asian-American
author.
Featured
Author: Lois Lowry
A guide to links on Lowry and her books.
Gabriel
Garcia Marquez
Biography, bibliography, Nobel Prize Lecture, criticism, papers,
reviews.
Click here
for
another site with lots of Marquez links.
Nancy Matson
The official home page of this author of
The Boy
Trap
and other books for young readers..
The
Cormac McCarthy Home Pages
This is the official web site of the Cormac McCarthy Society. It
features a biography, information about his
works, news, criticism, etc.
The Life and
Works of Herman Melville
Biography, works, criticism, links. See also
Vocabulary for Moby Dick
and
The Web of Meaning in Moby Dick.
Arthur
Miller's The Crucible
An excellent set of links to help you with your paper on this timeless
work. See also
Jen's
Crucible Web Page.
Anniina's
Toni Morrison Page
Biographies, bibliographies, interviews, links, and information
on specific works.
Phyllis
Reynolds Naylor
A collection of links for this author of books for young readers.
Scott
O'Dell
Links to a great deal of information on this author of Island
of the Blue Dolphins.
George Orwell
Page
Summaries, interpretations, essays, biography, and links.
See also
Animal Farm and Orwell Links.
Study Questions for 1984,
1984: How Much Fact in Fiction?
and
Big Brother WebQuest.
Sara Paretsky
The author's home page.
Katherine
Paterson
The official web site for this author of Bridge to Terabithia.
Also, take a look at the page devoted
to her at
Children's Authors
Pages.
Gary
Paulsen
A biography and links. Also, see the
Gary
Paulsen Teacher Resource File.
Richard
Peck
A biography and other information about this author of books for
young adults. See also
Richard Peck Teacher Resource
File.
Egdar
Allan Poe
"A critical guide to electronic resources for Poe research on the
World Wide Web."
Thomas
Pynchon Home Page
A comprehensive site on this American author.
The Ayn
Rand Institute
Biography, articles, essentials of objectivism, and all sorts of
other information.
Salman Rushdie
Links to many sites on Rushdie.
Salinger.org
Information on J. D. Sallinger and his works.
Shakespeare
Chill with Will
A site designed to help high school students learn to love Shakespeare!
Well, that may be a bit of an overstatement,
but this site may help you understand his plays
and improve your grade. See also
Shakespeare Sites on the Web.
The Plays
of William Shakespeare
An excellent set of links to study guides, Sparknotes, study questions,
literature summaries, lesson plans, teachers
guides, and full text
Shakespeare's Plays:
Lesson Plans and Resources
Another long list of lessons and resources, this one from
About.com.
Mary
Shelly and Frankenstein
Essays, links, and references.
Upton
Sinclair's The Jungle
Spark notes with everything you need to understand this novel
Betty Smith
A study guide for
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
Gary Soto Home
Page
The "official" web site for this author of adolescent literature.
Also, take a look at his
Teacher
Resource File.
Jerry Spinelli
See also
Wringer Reader's Guide.
Steinbeck:
The California Novels
Summaries and links. See also the
The center for Steinbeck Studies.
Cannery Row
Spark Notes for this book. See also
Cannery Row
Photo Essay
and
Book Club
Questions for Cannery Row.
The Grapes of Wrath:
Scrapbooks and Artifacts
An excellent lesson plan from the Library of Congress. See also
Grapes of Wrath Study Site
and
Introduction
to the Grapes of Wrath.
Teacher CyberGuide
for Of Mice and Men
Lesson activities and links for the secondary level. See
also Spark Notes:
Of Mice and Men.
The Pearl
A secondary-level lesson plan that requires students to use
the Internet. See also
Spark Notes: The Pearl
and
Introduction to The Pearl
.
The Red Pony
Spark Notes for this book.
The
Robert Louis Stevenson Web Site
A great site for learning about Stevenson's life and works.
Gulliver's
Travels by Jonathon Swift
A comprehensive site with text, a Swift biography, quotes, notes,
images, and links to online resources.
Anniina's
Amy Tan Page
Biography, interviews, essays, reviews, and a bibliography.
Study
Guide for Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry by
Mildred D. Taylor
A brief biography, synopsis, comprehension questions, and literary
concepts.
The Thoreau
Reader
An online guide to Thoreau and his works.
Leo Tolstoy
An impressive site with a biography, timeline, reading tips, e-texts,
and links.
Mark
Twain and His Times
An excellent site with information that will make your study of
Mark Twain and his books a lot more manageable. See also
Tom Sawyer: Distance Learning Lesson Plan
and
Tom Sawyer Home Page.
Jules
Verne Collecting Website by Andrew Nash
Book summaries and links to other Verne pages. See also
Academic
Scholarship on Jules Verne.
John Updike
A biography, bibliography, and information about selectd works.
Kurt Vonnegut
His "official" Web site. If it pertains to Kurt Vonnegut, you'll
probably find it here.
Anniina's
Alice Walker Page
Biographies, interviews, essays, articles, reviews, etc.
H. G.
Wells
A brief biography and some links. See also
e Notes for The Time Machine
and
Study
Guide for H. G. Wells The War of the Worlds.
Oscar
Wilde
A page from
The Victorian Web.
Laura Ingalls
Wilder Teacher's Resource File
Information, links, and lesson plans.
Click here
to go to Come Home to Little
House for additional information on
Laura
Ingalls Wilder
and her books.
Thornton
Wilder
Links to sites on Wilder and Our Town.
Tennessee
Williams
An extensive site on Williams and his works.
Poetry Homework Help
Glossary of Poetic
Terms
Definitions, examples, quotations, and writer's guidelines. Check
out the
Related Links
for
other pages with literary terminology.
The Semantic
Rhyming Dictionary
Find the perfect rhyming word.
Write Express
Online Rhyming Dictionary
Another rhyming dictionary.
Poetry
Writing Tips
From John Hewitt's Writer's Resource
Center.
Take a look at the entire site.
The Poetry
Resource
Links to poets, collections, poetry around the world, poetry through
time, etc.
Yahoo
Poetry
A huge list of links organized topically.
The American
Verse Project
An electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.
Twentieth-Century
Poetry in English
Links to pages for 159 poets. Click
Related
Links
for
other poetry pages.
Find
a Poet
Information on specific poets organized alphabetically.
17th
Century Women Poets
Poets, poems, articles, resources.
African-American
Writers: Poets and Poetry
Links to sites about African-American poetry and poets
Mythology Homework Help
Mythweb
A site devoted to the heroes,
gods, and monsters of Greek Mythology.
Homer's
Odyssey
An extensive study guide.
The Hero's
Journey
Cool resource for helping students create their own stories using
mythical heroes.
Perseus
Digital Library
Use the left-side menu or the search box at the top of the page
to find the specific information you need or see
their online exhibits:
The Ancient Olympics
and
Hercules.
Greek
Mythology Link
A searchable site full of information.
E-mail me if you would like help in locating
the resources you need. Also, please
let me know if you find a link on this site that no longer functions.
My name is
Edmund J. Sass,
Ed.D.
You can reach
me at
esass@csbsju.edu
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