British Library
British Library: Using Discovering Literature in the Classroom
Written by the English and Media Centre with the Learning Team at the British Library, this free pack shows you how to make the most of the wealth of materials on the Discovering Literature website. Alongside digitized manuscripts and...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988: Naguib Mahfouz
This the Nobel Foundation page on Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1988. You'll find bibliographic information, his Nobel speech, and articles written about him.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Angela Carter, Gothic Literature
"The Bloody Chamber" is a collection of modern fairy tales, many of which incorporate elements of Gothic literature. Greg Buzwell traces the Gothic influence on Carter's stories, from the Marquis de Sade to Edgar Allan Poe.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1962
Read about John Steinbeck, the author of "Of Mice and Men" and "The Grapes of Wrath," who was honored for his writing as a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Literature: Collection Items
Discover a wealth of original sources from 20th-century literature, including manuscripts, first editions, newspapers, diaries, letters, photographs, and maps.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1999: Gunter Grass
Explore the life and writing of Gunter Grass -- the recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature -- through this multimedia website, which provides video clips, primary texts, images, and resources.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1968
This website from The Nobel Foundation gives the 1968 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature -- Yasunari Kawabata -- is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Swedish Nobel Stamps,"...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Simonds History of American Literature
This site presents the full text of the "Simonds History of American Literature." This detailed reference book explores the literature in early colonial times, the eighteenth century, the beginning of the nineteenth century, the New...
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America Dept. Of State: Outline of American Literature [Pdf]
This online book presents an overview of American literature chronologically. Eras and movements are explained and biographies of significant authors are provided. This is a good way to understand the background and influences of...
Luminarium
Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
This site provides a selection of major authors and works associated with English literature, ranging from Geoffrey Chaucer to Sir Isaac Newton. Each author's page contains online texts of the author's works, essays about the author and...
Howard University
Howard University: African & Caribbean Literature in French
Resource presents an exhaustive bibliography and resources for research on African and Caribbean literature in French.
W. W. Norton
Norton Anthology: Restoration/british Literature
The period between 1660 and 1785 was a time of amazing expansion, when Britain became an empire and its society and literature had to adapt to circumstances for which there was no precedent. The topics in this Restoration and Eighteenth...
Goethe-Institut
German Literature Institute Goethe Institut
This resource covers current national topics in German literature, book reviews from Germany, translations of German literature, and a link to German language literature for children and youth.
University of North Carolina
Unc: Literature in the American South: Regionalism
This University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill site provides a wonderful explanation of regionalism and local color as it applies to literature. There is a lot of other good information about Southern Literature at this site!
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University of Southern Mississippi: De Grummond Children's Literature
The de Grummond Children's Literature Digital Collection contains a selection of items from the manuscript collection located at the University of Southern Mississippi. Includes illustrations, manuscripts, letters, photographs,...
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Applit: Resources for Appalachia Literature
Resources for readers and teachers of Appalachian literature for children and young adults that includes lesson plans, texts, bibliographies, and so on.
Virginia Commonwealth University
On American Romanticism: Definitions From a Handbook to Literature
This page, from A Handbook to Literature, provides a definition of Romanticism and identifies characteristics of the Romantic movement. Describes the Romantic Period in American literature and names major writers of the period.
University of Glasgow
Czech Literature and the Reading Public
A transcription of a lecture given at the University of Glasgow about literature and the availability of it in Czechoslovakia during the Communist reign. It briefly mentions specific authors and the scarcity of publishing houses.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: American Literary Time Periods
This lesson focuses on American Literature literary time periods and a timeline including: Puritanism, Rationalism, Romanticism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. A link to a chart of the time periods and the characteristics of each. It also...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: A Literature of Democracy [Pdf]
In this lesson, 11th graders explore the ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his call for literature that was uniquely American. They then consider how Emerson would have responded to writings by Henry Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Harriet...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1980
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004 CE), the Polish author and 1980 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. This website includes full-texts of Milosz's Nobel Lecture as well as some of...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Engaging With Literature: Workshop for Teachers, Grades 3 5
This nine-part workshop is designed so that it can be used for professional development by individuals, groups of teachers, or as a course for graduate credit. It features videos of eight elementary teachers practicing and discussing...
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Brock University: Some Attributes of Modernist Literature
A nice discussion of the characteristics and attributes of modernism in literature.
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: Literature of the American Civil War
Learning module uses primary resources to take a look at the literature published during the Civil War and examines how it helped make sense of the war and the profound changes brought about.
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