ONLINE RESOURCES FOR LITERATURE, ARTS, AND HUMANITIES           
                                                       Monika Brown, UNC Pembroke                             
                                                               monika.brown@uncp.edu  

Literature Texts Online               
        Project Gutenberg: many literary and historical texts http://promo.net/pg/index.html
        Project Gutenberg's "top 100" classic and historical texts gutenberg.net/browse/scores/top

readprint.com
bartleby.com 
literature.org   
online-literature.com
bibliomania.com 
classicreader.com
classicsarchive.com
cultural artifacts:  video, audio, texts  archive.org

bartleby.com/100
literaturepost.com
litrix.com
pinkmonkey.com/dl/all.asp

aloud  wiredforbooks.org
women writers  http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/
african-american writers  afropoets.net/
romantic women wrt. bbk.ac.uk/english/ac/wrew.htm
sci-fi voidspace.org.uk/library/index.shtml
poets.org  everypoet.com
poetry aloud--
eaglesweb.com/poets.htm
song lyrics  sing365.com/
 poets' corner:  theotherpages.org/poems/index.htm
representative poetry, criticism, poetry terms glossary  
          http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm
poems to enjoy: http://holyjoe.org/poetry/oldpoems.htm
  
Literature Resources and Links 
     Literary Terms, Literary Genres, Literary Analysis
     Writing About Literature and Literary Research Strategies
     Research Links and Resources for Literature, Humanities, and Arts
     Study Guides for Literature and Humanities
     Film Analysis, Film Studies, and Media Literacy
     British Literature and Culture
     American Literature and Culture
     World History, World Literature, and World Cultures
     Visual Arts Resources
     Music Resources 

Literary Terms, Literary Genres, Literary Analysis                          return to top
glossary of literary terms (Bedford Books) by Michael Meyer bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/glossary_a.htm                                                  
glossary of literary criticism and theory terms, U. Toronto   library.utoronto.ca/utel/glossary/headerindex.html
glossary of literary & critical terms, Longman  http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/1569/1606729/Part%20One.pdf
glossary of literary terms, Cambridge University   english.cam.ac.uk/vclass/terms.htm
glossary of literary terms, Robert Harris virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm
glossary of poetic terms, with links to poems  http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/poetterm.cfm
All-American glossary of literary terms (UNCP student-created)   uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm

literary genres and literary history guide   http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/guide.html
guide for interpreting literature and film, Monika Brown, UNC Pembroke  uncp.edu/home/monika/artslit.htm
drama analysis, Manfred Jahn, Univ. Cologne uni-koeln.de/~ame02/pppd.htm
poetry and criticism:  Representative Poetry, Toronto   http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm
interpreting poetry:  instruction, Linda Sue Grimes  http://webpages.charter.net/classicpoetry/
literary genres and concepts for creative writers, Electronic Labyrinth  iath.virginia.edu/elab/elab.html                                                                       
literary genres CUNY (avoid literary history section)  http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/guide.html

Writing About Literature and Literary Research Strategies                     return to top
writing essays about literature: Perdue        http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_lit.html
writing about fiction: UNC Chapel Hill       unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/literature.html
writing about literature (modern novels) NVCC   nvcc.edu/home/ataormina/eng267c/support/writelit.htm
writing about literature, with sample essays  http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/
critical essays about novels   http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/critical.html
short critical essays by students:  http://webster.commnet.edu/faculty/~archives/archive.htm
student essay about a poem: "Kubla Khan"   http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/review/kubla_frames.htm
student essay about a poem: "Frost at Midnight"  http://homepages.strath.ac.uk/~chcs05/romanticism/exampleessay.html
student essay comparing two poems  genji54.com/cpoetry/lori.htm
literary research guide from Longman     http://longman.awl.com/englishpages/lit_links.htm
MLA Documentation http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html

Research Links and Resources for Literature, Humanities, and Arts                  return to top
Voice of the Shuttle/UC Santa Barbara http://vos.ucsb.edu/
academicinfo.net  humanities gateway (with ads)  academicinfo.net/subhum.html
Andromeda (literature sites)/Rutgers  http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Carnegie Mellon Arts&Humanities http://eserver.org/           
The Literary Encyclopedia: authors, terms (some parts restricted)   litencyc.com/
British and American Literature (Univ. Delaware)  2.lib.udel.edu/subj/engl/internet.htm  
Literature & language reference (UNC Pembroke library)  http://www.uncp.edu/library/reference/quick/language_lit.html
Humbul Humanities Hub/Oxford humbul.ac.uk/                                                                                                                        
Humanities Research Reports http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/reports.html
best history sites  besthistorysites.net/                                                                                                                                       
literary periods and links (many not current): bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/periods/index.htm
what is culture?   http://www.wsu.edu/gened/learn-modules/top_culture/culture-index.html

Study Guides and Criticism for Humanities and Literature                        return to top
cultural history:  Fiero The Humanistic Tradition   http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072317302/student_view0/
world civilization virtual library: Deborah Vess  http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~dvess/dvess.shtml
Humanties Handbook  readings and resources   http://efldept.aug.edu/humanitiesHBK/handbook_htm/index.html
humanities for medical fields:  Literature, Arts, & Medicine Database  http://mchip00.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/about.html
humanities and literature study guides, by Paul Brians, Washington SU wsu.edu/~brians/guides_index.html
world literature guides:  Diane Thompson, NVCC  http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/eng251/eng251schedule.html
                                                            http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/eng252/eng252schedule.htm
World, British, and American literature guides, by Michael J. Cummings   http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/
World Literature guides, by  Fidel Fajardo-Acosta   http://fajardo-acosta.com/worldlit/works.htm
reading group guides  readinggroupguides.com/findaguide/index.asp
literary classics: summaries & background   http://sites.micro-link.net/zekscrab/Great%20Works.html#Great%20Books

French literary works (guides in French), A la lettre  http://www.alalettre.com/HFcenter_accueil.htm
modernist authors and texts (British, American, world)  themodernword.com/authors.html
selected classic poems, U Toronto  http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/indexcriticism.cfm
plays by Shakespeare and others, Utah Shakespeare    bard.org/Education/resources.html
links for theatre, dramatists, plays, Theater Database   http://www.theatredatabase.com/
interpretations of poets and poetry poets.org      
gothic literature, European & American:  links for authors  litgothic.com    

Film Analysis, Film Studies, and Media Literacy                                   return to top
Internet Movie Database imdb.com/
Movie Review Query Engine (full-text reviews for 70,000 films) mrqe.com/
film language basics (British site):  http://www.filmeducation.org/secondary/concept/filmlang/docs/frameset.html
media literacy, award-winning site by Frank W. Baker   http://medialit.med.sc.edu/
film literacy through To Kill a Mockingbird  http://medialit.med.sc.edu/tkam.htm
advanced film analysis, with movie clips (Yale University) 
                      http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/htmfiles/nojava_index.htm OR http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/
film analysis questions and terms (Harvard history class) courses.fas.harvard.edu/~fc76/handouts/
film studies bibliography and links    http://library.msstate.edu/resources/guides/FilmStudies.asp
film studies resources    library.georgetown.edu/guides/film/filmguide.htm
film studies links  georgetown.edu/irvinemj/english016/resources/resources.html
science fiction film resources (bibliography)  wsu.edu/~brians/science_fiction/sffilmbib.htm
film soundtracks resources:   http://www.filmtracks.com/

British Literature, Culture, and History                                        return to top
English literature resources, well-selected links (London School of Journalism)  english-literature.org/resources/
Voice of the Shuttle/UC Santa Barbara http://vos.ucsb.edu/
British literature research (Concordia University)  http://library.concordia.ca/research/subjects/english/web-british.php
British Library resources  bl.uk
britannia: culture and history      britannia.com/
British history resources for students, National Archives   learningcurve.gov.uk/default.htm
British and Irish Authors on the Web  lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/UK-authors.html
English Literature on the Web  lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/EngLit.html
British Literature topics, introductory essays (London School of Journalism):  english-literature.org/essays/
*British Literature history, major authors, images gutenberg.org/dirs/1/0/6/0/10609/10609-h/10609-h.htm
Norton Anthology of British Literature supplement (primary texts, illustrations) wwnorton.com/nael/
British texts: evolution of prose style    towson.edu/~tinkler/prose/prose1.html#18b
London: history and images   perseus.tufts.edu/cache/perscoll_Bolles.html
      or  britannia.com/history/londonhistory  or  britainexpress.com/London/history-of-london.htm

Medieval, Renaissance, 17th-18th centuries
Luminarium luminarium.org/lumina.ht
    Chaucer  towson.edu/~duncan/chauhom3.html
    Shakespeare  http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/
    Milton-richmond.edu/~creamer/milton/   
  rise of the novel and early novels   http://dc-mrg.english.ucsb.edu/WarnerTeach/RiseNovels/index.htm
  early modern London-interactive map   http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/
                
19th and 20th centuries
Literary England map & links to photos http://hcps2.hanover.k12.va.us/ahs/jrbailey/Home.htm
19th century British culture & novelists:  http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/websites.html

Romantic links: journals, authors  english.upenn.edu/~mgamer/Romantic/r-index.html 
Romanticism:  chronology and web links  http://english.ucsb.edu:591/rchrono/      
Romantic Audience Project, criticism and resources   http://ssad.bowdoin.edu:8668/space/snipsnap-index
Gothic Novelists, 18th-19th century Europe  litgothic.com 
Romantic Age Women Writers: texts & links (Birkbeck College)   bbk.ac.uk/english/ac/wrew.htm
Romantic authors: major sites (see Brontes under Victorian)
      William Blake   blakearchive.org       Blake images tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/blakeinteractive/      
      Walter Scott    walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/home.html
      Jane Austen     pemberley.com/   

The Victorian Web resources and links  victorianweb.org
Victorian History and Society bbc.co.uk/history/lj/victorian_britainlj/index.shtml
Victorian Research Web (journal articles)   http://victorianresearch.org
Victorian Research Web: Teaching Tools http://victorianresearch.org/teaching.html
Victorian links: http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Victorian.html
Victorian Women Writers' Project (online texts)  http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/
Victorian novelists, major sites  (see also victorianweb.org)
       Brontes   bronte.org.uk
                      http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/%7Ematsuoka/Bronte.html
       Dickens   David Purdue Dickens Page  http://charlesdickenspage.com/index.html
                      lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Dickens.html                    
                      Dickens' London-map   fidnet.com/~dap1955/dickens/dickens_london_map.html
       George Eliot   george-eliot-fellowship.com/
       Thomas Hardy  yale.edu/hardysoc/
Modern British authors
       Conrad   josephconradsociety.org/        http://conrad-centre.w.interia.pl/pages/home_en.html
       Joyce   themodernword.com/joyce/
       Woolf   utoronto.ca/IVWS/


American Literature and Culture                                                                                  return to top 
Voice of the Shuttle UC Santa Barbara  http://vos.ucsb.edu/
PAL resources for American literature   csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/TABLE.HTML
Norton Anthology supplement wwnorton.com/naal/

World History, World Literature, and World Cultures (see History Links, uncp.edu/history)   return to top
Internet History Sourcebooks, Fordham U.  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
Global History resources  fordham.edu/halsall/global/globalsbook.html
Modern History (after 1500) online resources   fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
Chronology of World Cultures  adh.brighton.ac.uk/schoolofdesign/MA.COURSE/07/TheChronMenu.html
World Civilization, virtual library, Vess, Georgia College  faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~dvess/dvess.shtml
European history resources, prof. Hugh Dubrulle    anselm.edu/academic/history/hdubrulle/home.htm
Women's history   fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html

Norton World Literature resources  wwnorton.com/nawol/index/site_map.htm
Longman World Literature, Teacher's Guide vol. 1  http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/1507/1543340/DAMRvol1.pdf
Longman World Literature, Teacher's Guide vol. 2  http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/1507/1543340/DAMRvol2.pdf
Longman World Lit: research links, glossary   http://wps.ablongman.com/long_damrosch_wl_1/0,9513,1543103-content,00.html
paintings from world literature   abcgallery.com/literindex.html

Bible Translations   bible.gospelcom.net/
Christianity and culture  christusrex.org/
Classical: Greece--Perseus Project perseus.tufts.edu
    Iliad study guide: http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~kallet/greece/
Classical literature in translation http://classics.mit.edu/
Ancient Rome: images capitolium.org

Medieval history, culture, and literature  georgetown.edu/labyrinth/labyrinth-home.html
Printing and Gutenberg Bible  hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg/    
    Dante  http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/dante/
    Dante: Divine Comedy visual tour   http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/
    Inferno read aloud (Italian) italica.rai.it/principali/dante/multimedia/divinacommedia/divinacommedia.htm

Early Modern history, culture, literature resources   fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
Renaissance     accd.edu/sac/english/BAILEY/renaissa.htm 
Enlightenment [with museum images]  culture.gouv.fr/files/imaginary_exhibition.html
Enlightenment history   wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/ENLIGHT.HTM

Nineteenth Century history, literature, and culture resources
Romanticism:  Paul Brians study guide  wsu.edu:8080/~brians/hum_303/romanticism.html
    Goethe resources and links, the Wolf     geocities.com/the2wolf_com/
    Goethe's Faust  Jorg Esleben, U Ottowa  http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~jesleben/faust/faustindex.htm
    Faust in literature and arts: lists and links   cybergerman.addr.com/Goethe/art.html#art
Realism and Naturalism:  http://www.wsu.edu/%7Ebrians/hum_303/naturalism.html
    Flaubert main site, in French  univ-rouen.fr/flaubert/
    Madame Bovary  award winning school site  springfield.k12.il.us/schools/southeast/bovary/
    Madame Bovary criticism [via  iinternet archives:  sunderland.ac.uk/~os0tmc/chemin/meanbov.htm]  
    Ibsen intro and links   theatredatabase.com/19th_century/henrik_ibsen_001.html
    Hedda Gabler  http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/ibsen.html

Modern World history, literature, and culture resources   cultures.com
modern world history   fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
    Africa fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html
    Latin America (U Texas Latin American Network Info Ctr) http://lanic.utexas.edu/
    Asian cultures and literature  http://www.exeas.org/teaching-materials.html
    East Asia-fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html
twentieth century  literature and culture themodernword.com/themodword.cfm
modernism Victoria & Albert museum   http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1331_modernism/
expressionism in the arts    http://waynesweb.ualr.edu/Expressionism/
Kafka project    kafka.org/
Achebe     usp.nus.edu.sg/post/achebe/achebeov.html         addison.lib.il.us/6achebe.asp
 
Visual Arts Resources                                                                                         return to top
glossary of art terms, Tate Gallery  http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/default.htm
3,600 art terms defined, Artlex.com   http://artlex.com/
Voice of the Shuttle, UC Santa Barbara      art history links  http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3404
Artsource  ilpi.com/artsource/welcome.html
Art History Resources http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Web Gallery of Art (Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassic, Romantic)  wga.hu/index.html
Olga's gallery   abcgallery.com/     world literature paintings   abcgallery.com/literindex.html
art images for education     http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/
Paris Web Museum (via Erlangen Univ.) http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/
National Gallery of Art   nga.gov/                                                                             
Metropolitan Museum of Art (with arts chronology) metmuseum.org/home.asp
NC Museum of Art     ncartmuseum.org   NC Museum, teaching resources  http://www.ncartmuseum.org/artnc/
Christian artmonuments christusrex.org

Music Resources                                                                     return to top
Voice of the Shuttle, UC Santa Barbara, music links  http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2722
classical music information   classical.net/
history of classical music   http://library.thinkquest.org/16020/data/eng/text/education/theory/history.html
Norton Concise History of Western Music     wwnorton.com/college/music/concise/welcome.htm
opera & instrumental music: terms, bios, plots, links  http://sites.micro-link.net/zekscrab/armchair.html#Armchair%20Opera                          
online resources for music, classical to rock   musicwithease.com/
BBC audio lectures on classic instrumental works   bbc.co.uk/radio3/discoveringmusic/audioarchive.shtml
listening guides etc   mhhe.com/socscience/music/kamien/student/olc/
lyrics for songs     sing365.com/
folk songs http://ingeb.org/home.html OR http://ingeb.org/folksong.html
hymns & spirituals: texts and music   http://ingeb.org/spiritua.html
Opera Today: articles, streaming audio of operas, songs    http://www.operatoday.com/
opera aria database   aria-database.com/
 
last update August 2008