University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Poetry of Edmund Spenser
This site is provided by the University of Toronto. Index of poetry of Edmund Spenser, with links to each. Many poems include explanatory notes.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Emily Bronte
This site contains the full text for four of Emily Bronte's poems: "The Night Is Darkening Round Me," "No Coward Soul Is Mine," "Plead for Me," and "Remembrance."
University of Toronto (Canada)
Univ. Of Toronto: Selected Poetry of R. L. Stevenson
Full text of selected poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, including "The Land of Nod," "Looking Forward," "To any Reader," and "Requium."
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Lord Byron
This site from the University of Toronto provides the texts for several poems by Lord Byron, with line-by-line notes.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
This University of Toronto site provides information on Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The text of some of his works is provided.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poems of Stephen Crane
Full text of three Stephen Crane famous poems: "In Heaven, "A Man Said to the Universe", and "Should the Wide World Roll Away". Explanatory note and select bibliography.
Eserver
E Server: The Thoreau Reader: Text/analysis of "The Maine Woods"
Includes the entire e-text of Thoreau's (1817-1862 CE) "Maine Woods," as well as maps of his movement, contemporary and modern reviews, and links to other sites on this work.
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E Server: The Thoreau Reader: "Cape Cod"
The Thoreau Reader includes a full online text of Henry David Thoreau's compelling book-length commentary on nature and society, "Cape Cod." Also includes maps, reviews, and further links and information to this work.
Eserver
E Server: The Thoreau Reader: "Slavery in Massachusetts"
A complete online text of Henry David Thoreau's (1817-1862 CE) essay "Slavery in Massachusetts," as well as quotes about the essay's impact. Also includes links to articles on the essay and further information.
Eserver
E Server: The Thoreau Reader: "Walking"
A complete online text of Henry David Thoreau's (1917-1862 CE) essay "Walking," as well as quotes about the essay's impact and links to further information.
NC State University
Scribbling Women: "A Whisper in the Dark": Synopsis and Interpretations
This site provided by Scribbling Women offers a wealth of information that helps in understanding Louisa May Alcott's work "A Whisper in the Dark." A synopsis, literary interpretation, historical and literary contexts, a biography, and...
Sonoma State University
Berkeley: Rise and Fall of Jack London
Provides a bibliographical essay. Includes the stages of receptiveness from the public, i.e. golden age, bronze age, iron age, etc.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: When Less Is More Understanding Minimalist Fiction
Contains plans for five lessons that use Ernest Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain" and Raymond Carver's "Little Things" to teach about minimalist fiction. After studying these texts, students try to write their own minimalist fiction. In...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Bryant and the Minor Poets, Bibliography
This Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry provides a complete bibliography of William Cullen Bryant and related minor poets among his contemporaries.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Complete Works of Wordsworth
Wordsworth was a defining member of the English Romantic Movement. This is the starting point for selecting poems chronologically by title index or alphabetically by first line.
California Digital Library
Dangerous Intimacy: The Untold Story of Mark Twain's Final Years
From the diaries of his daughter, learn about the later years of the life of Mark Twain.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: The Romantic Revival Byron
Information on the life and works of Byron and several other Romantic-era writers is offered at this site, with links to critical analyses of these works.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Etext
This famous "Ghost," story is especially popular around Halloween. Read the original version by Washington Irving here.
University of Pennsylvania
Aurora Leigh: A Poem by Elizabeth B. Browning
Full text of this nine "book" poem is offered by A Celebration of Women Writers at the University of Pennsylvania. There is no accompanying interpretation or analysis.
Other
Byron: A Comprehensive Study of His Life and Work
This site provides biographical information about Byron, a chronology of works, the text of his works and other good references.
University of Adelaide
University of Adelaide Library: The Alhambra
This site from the University of Adelaide Library provides online text for "The Alhambra" by Washington Irving.
University of Adelaide
University of Adelaide: The Beautiful and Damned (Etext)
Read Fitzgerald's whole novel at this site. The formatting is clean and easy to read, but there is no accompanying commentary or interpretation.
Other
On "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Acclaimed literary critic Dana Gioia analyzes Longfellow's classic narrative poem, "Paul Revere's Ride," encouraging readers to see beyond the story into the rationale for the structure and style of the poem.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott
The full text of the Louisa May Alcott novel, Jack and Jill, is available here, formatted for online reading.