*English | Program Guide: Websites

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Lists different critics' interpretations of how many basic plots there are in all of literature.

Considered the most important work of literary history and criticism ever published, the Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing.

Direct access to several million digital objects: film,photos, paintings, sound recordings, maps, manuscripts, books,newspapers and archival papers.Selected from already digitized resources available in Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. French and German cultural institutions are particularly well-represented.

The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.

from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Shakespeare's Life and Times introduces you to the world Shakespeare lived and worked in.

Voices from the Gaps celebrates the creativity of Asian, Black, Latina, and Native women, providing innovative teaching and research tools for accessing a global community of women writers of color living and dead, obscure and renowned.

An independent non-profit professional society open to scholars, teachers and writers from every country. It exists primarily to facilitate the attempts of a world-wide audience to appreciate the efforts of African writers and artists.

The principal learned society in the United States for scholars whose work involves several literatures and cultures as well as the premises of cross-cultural literary study itself.

Mission: To encourage high standards of criticism, scholarship, research, and teaching in children’s literature.

The MLA promotes the study and teaching of languages and literatures through its programs, publications, annual convention, and advocacy work. The MLA exists to support the intellectual and professional lives of its members; it provides opportunities for members to share their scholarly work and teaching experiences with colleagues, discuss trends in the academy, and advocate humanities education and workplace equity.

For writers of Christian novels and stories.

For writers of historical fiction. Offers community, networking opportunities (agents, editors, publishers, booksellers), and more.

For writers of mystery novels, as well as editors, screenwriters, and other professionals associated with the mystery genre.

The trade organization for writers of romantic fiction.

For writers of speculative genres.

For published and aspiring writers, editors, artists, publishers, journalists, playwrights, Web designers, retailers, and marketing consultants.

For writers, poets, and artists who focus on military service. Encourages memoir writing, writing as therapy, and education about publishing.

For novelists, copywriters and copyeditors, writing coaches, proofreaders, magazine writers, writing teachers, business writers and editors, academic writing evaluators, writers of literature for children, fiction editors and other specialists.

For independent nonfiction writers and freelancers.

For new and veteran journalists who are Asian Pacific Americans.

For Native American journalism

Social networking site for readers! Review and recommend books you've read and see what your friends are reading.

From the website: "Book Riot is dedicated to the idea that writing about books and reading should be just as diverse as books and readers are. So sometimes we are serious and sometimes silly. Some of our writers are pros. Many of them aren’t. We like a good list just as much as we like a good review. We think you can like both J.K. Rowling and J.M. Coetzee and that there are smart, funny, and informative things to say about both and that you shouldn’t have to choose."

Recommended Reading published one free story a week. It features original fiction and personal recommendations from top writers.

A daily blog associated with the highly respected literary journal of the same name.