Literature Hotlist A list of websites selected for their helpfulness
AUTHORS
Author biographies and bibliographies
American authors on the web 1550 to 1950
Modern American poets
20th century classic authors
Classic author webpages
American authors
Women writers of colour
Google author directory
These authors of teen books have their own websites or blogs
Favourite teen authors’ websites
Teen Reads
LITERARY ANALYSIS
How to write a literary analysis
How to write a literary critique
Glossary of literary terms
BOOKS, DRAMA AND POETRY TO READ ONLINE
Bibliomania! Click “Read” on the left and pull down menu to choose classic fiction, poetry, short story, or drama.
http://www.bibliomania.com/0/-/frameset.html
Read Books Online! Choose fiction, poetry, short story, essay or drama
http://www.readbookonline.net/
Thousands of classic stories and poems to read online
http://www.readprint.com/
Classic and modern stories to read online with teen interest
http://www.bookloons.com/handHTML/Teens/readonline.html
The complete works of Shakespeare
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/works.html
The Gutenberg Project (free e-books)
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Googlebooks and GoogleLibrary project http://books.google.com/(more on this incredible project at bottom)
JUST SHORT STORIES ONLINE
Classic short stories up to early 20th century
http://www.classicreader.com/browse/6/
Bibliomania’s short story classics http://www.bibliomania.com/0/-/frameset.html
20 American classic short stories
http://www.americanliterature.com/SS/SSINDX.HTML
Short stories of O. Henry, Chekhov, de Maupassant, Poe, de Balzac, Twain and Harte
http://www.americanliterature.com/shortstories/shortstories.html
Children’s classic short stories
http://www.bygosh.com/childrensclassics.htm
Modern short stories (with age ratings) http://www.short-stories.co.uk/
POETRY ONLINE
Types of poetry http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html
A poem a day site http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
Academy of American poets http://www.poets.org
Poetry for teens http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/394
Listen to poets read their poems
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/home.do
Poetry from 1100 to 1900’s
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/indexpoet.html
Famous poetry online http://www.poetry-online.org/
More famous poets http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/
Modern American Poetry http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/
Great poets of the past http://www.poetseers.org/
MYTHOLOGY
Greek mythology in literature and arts: gods, spirits, creatures and heroes
More about Google Books Online:
| Browse books online If the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given us permission, you’ll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it’s in the public domain, you’re free to download a PDF copy. Learn more about the different views. |
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| Learn more — fast We’ve created reference pages for every book so you can quickly find all kinds of relevant information: book reviews, web references, maps and more. See an example. |
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| Buy the book … or borrow it from the library If you find a book you like, click on the “Buy this book” and “Borrow this book” links to see where you can buy or borrow it. |
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| Where do the books come from? Currently, we are connecting readers with books in two ways: the Partner Program and the Library Project. |
Out-of-print books aren’t actively being published or sold, so the only way to procure one is to track it down in a library or used bookstore. When this agreement is approved, every out-of-print book that we digitize will become available online for preview and purchase, unless its author or publisher chooses to “turn off” that title. We believe it will be a tremendous boon to the publishing industry to enable authors and publishers to earn money from volumes they might have thought were gone forever from the marketplace.
· Online access
Once this agreement has been approved, you’ll be able to purchase full online access to millions of books. This means you can read an entire book from any Internet-connected computer, simply by logging in to your Book Search account, and it will remain on your electronic bookshelf, so you can come back and access it whenever you want in the future.