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  • (Balzac, Honore de) Balzac's Paris

    A guided tour "through the monumental heart of Paris in the time of Balzac, as described through some of his works, and as documented in maps and engravings of The Vernon Duke CollectionSpecial Collections DepartmentUniversity of California Library."

  • (Brecht) Brecht's Work in English: A Bibliography

    Searchable bibliography of English language trnaslations.

  • (Brecht) Brecht's Works in Engish: a Bibliography

    Searchable bibliography of English language translations.

  • (Ireland) Bibliography of Nineteenth-Century Irish Literature

    A bibliography (in English and Irish languages) of poets, dramatists, and writers of fiction (limited to period 1789-1840), with biographies and links to texts.

  • (Ireland) CELT Corpus of Electronic Texts

    The CELT project is producing an onlinedatabase of Irish literary and historical culture (in Irish, Latin, Old Norse, Anglo-Norman French, and English)in texts accompanied by introductions, translations (where possible and necessary), and scholarly bibliographies.

  • (Ireland) Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, and Drama

    A directory of links whose major categories include history, periodicals, literature, Irish language, mythology, folklore, theatre companies, and fine arts.

  • (Ireland) Irish Resources in the Humanities

    Links to resources of Irish interest including literature, language, newspapers and journals, and theatre.

  • (Milosz, Czeslaw) Czeslaw Milosz

    Biography and bibliography of the Polish Nobel Prize winner.

  • (Rimbaud) Arthur Rimbaud's Life and Poetry

    Access to the poems in French and English,plus letters and other documents, and biographical information.

  • (Scotland) Auchinlek Manuscript

    The Auchinleck Manuscript (NLS Adv MS 19.2.1) is one of the National Library of Scotlands greatest treasures. Produced in London in the 1330s, it provides a unique insight into the English language and literature that Chaucer and his generation grew up with and were influenced by. It acquired its name from its first known owner, Lord Auchinleck, who discovered the manuscript in 1740 and donated it to the precursor of the National Library in 1744.

  • (Scotland) First Scottish Books

    The only known copies of nine of the earliest books printed in Scotland. From the Digital Library of the National Library of Scotland.

  • (Scotland) Scotland's Culture

    Portal to links on Scottish literature. Prepared in collaboration with the Scottish Arts Council and the Scottish Executive.

  • (Scotland) SCOTS Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech

    Includes about 400 texts from Scots to Scottish English.

  • (Wales) Gathering the Jewels

    Over 20,000 images of objects, books, letters, aerial photographs and other items from museums, libraries and record offices in Wales.

  • (Wales) Welsh Authors

    Designed both to introduce Welsh authors and their work and to aid experienced learners fill the gaps between speaking, writing and reading the Welsh language.

  • (Wales) Writers of Wales

    "This is a list of Welsh and Welsh-based writers. The entries include brief biographical details and information about publications, tutoring experience and other work in the creative writing field. Fuller biographical details can always be obtained directly from the writer or from their publisher. In a number of cases, photographs are carried and extracts of work can be seen by clicking the reference in the entry."

  • A World of Books: Annotated Surveys of Noteworthy Books from Around the Globe

    This Library of Cobress site features a "series of annual pamphlets first started in 1998" which highlight "some of the most important and interesting books published abroad that an American public may have overlooked." Includes fiction and non-fiction.

  • Accademia della Crusca

    Literary academy established to preserve the Italian language. In Italian and english.

  • Africa and Asia

    Site presents working papers on a range of topics within African and Asian languages and literatures. From the Department of Oriental and African Languages at Goteborg University.

  • Africa South of the Sahara: Literature

    Stanford University collection of links to interviews, critical journals, web pages, biographies, and bibliographies.

  • African Literature on the Internet

    Columbia University site provides links to bibliographies, scholarly associations, author biographies, and conferences.

  • African Writers: Voices of Change

    University of Florida site begun in 1996 provides biographical information on a number of African writers and a bibliography of African literaturein English.

  • American Association of Teachers of Arabic

    The AATA aims to facilitate communication and cooperation between teachers of Arabic and to promote study, criticism, research and instruction in the field of Arabic language pedagogy, Arabic linguistics and Arabic literature.

  • Antologia (frammentaria) della Letteratura Italiana

    A collection of notable works of Italian Literature (in Italian) produced by the Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development, Sardinia.

  • Arabic Literature

    Columbia University collection of links to Arabic Literature resources.

  • Archivio della Latinita Italiana del Medioevo

    This site provides an archive of medieval Italian texts written in Latin from the 11th century to the 14th century.

  • Association des Bibliophiles Universels (ABU)

    Full text of 288 works and 101 authors, in French only.

  • AusLit: The Resource for Australian Literature

    Although subscriptions are required for use of this vast database, information on about 3,100 authors can be accessed for free.

  • Australian Literary and Historical Texts

    Online collection of Australian fiction, poetry, plays and non-fictional works.

  • Australian Literature

    Covers a wide range of Australian authors from the nineteenth century to the present. Includes biographies, bibliographies, introductions to texts, and links to other sources.

  • Bibliography of Asian and Pacific Islander American Literature

    "A bibliography listing to assist teacher, students, and the general public in their Asian Pacific American research projects. The following bibliography is arranged according to ethnicity, age or grade for ease of locating information."

  • Biblioteca dei classici italiani

    Italian novels, poems, plays, and essays by over 200 authors. In Italian only.

  • Biblioteka Maksima Moshkova

    Russian language only. Provides a wide range of online Russian literary texts, as well as European texts translated into Russian.

  • Books From the Past

    An on-line collection of books of national cultural interest which have long been out of print. In English and Welsh.

  • Canadian Literature Archive

    "The Canadian Literature Archive has been online since October 4, 1994 and is a repository for information about Canadian writers, novelists, poets, playwrights, essayists, Canadian literary organizations, magazines, publications, texts and library archives. It is a project of the English Department of the University of Manitoba. "

  • Canadian Poetry

    Poems, biographies, bibliographies, and selected resources featuring Canadian poets.

  • Canadian Poetry Archive

    Selected Canadian poems in English and French.

  • Canadian Writers

    Site features essays, a digital manuscript gallery, and resources for Canadian writers such as Marie-Clair Blais, Roger Lemelin, Carol Shields, and Michael Tremblay.

  • Center for Slovenian Literature

    Introduction to contemporary Slovenian Literature. In Slovenian, Czech, and English.

  • Charrette Project

    "The Princeton Charrette Project is a complex, scholarly, multi-media electronic archive containing a medieval manuscript traditionthat of Chretien de Troyes's Le Chevalier de la Charrette (Lancelot, ca. 1180)."

  • China the Beautiful: Classical Chinese Poetry

    Site includes poetry (in Chinese and English) arranged by author, audio clips of readings, world poetry in Chinese translation, and poetry links on the web.

  • Chinese Text Sampler: An Annotated Collection of Digitized Chinese Texts for Students of Chinese Language and Culture

    "The sampler of Chinese texts collected here is intended as a resource for students of written Chinese from the advanced beginner level onward. The selections represent a wide range of periods and genres, but all are well known in modern-day China and worth reading in their own right."

  • Columbia Encyclopedia: German Literature

    Entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, presented by Bartleby.

  • Conradish.net

    "Contains works of notable Russian/Soviet writers from the Nineteenth and Twentith Century. The text is in Russian, with special reading aids for learners of that language. When you encounter a word that you don't know, poisition your mouse pointer over it to see its English equivalent."

  • Danish Literature Center

    Searchable database provides a wealth of information about classic and modern Danish writers and literary history. In Danish and English.

  • Danish National Archive of Literature.

    Online texts (in Danish).

  • Dave's French Literature Links

    Very thorough collection of links relating to French literature, arrange by period.

  • Decameron Web

    An interactive, hypermedia project providing the text of the Decameron, various interpretations of it, and information about Giovanni Boccaccio and the culture of fourteenth-century Italy.

  • Duecento : la poesia Italiana dalla origini a Dante

    Provides full Italian texts of 2,400 poems by 200 authors written in and around the 13th century.

  • Early Twentieth-Century Russian Drama

    Site featuring data on the Russian artists, designers, playwrights, directors and impresarios from the turn of the twentieth century until after the Revolution.

  • EGIL Electronic Gateway for Icelandic Literatue

    Digitized texts which are "related to the subject of textual transmission, the reception of Icelandic culture, and the cultural links between Iceland and Britain."

  • Electronic Library of Ukrainian Literature

    Provides free access to electronic texts of Ukrainian literature to all readers, particularly to students outside Ukraine. Texts in both Ukrainian and English.

  • Francophone Women Writers

    Overview of Francophone women writers. Mainly in French, with a modified English version available.

  • French Medieval Drama Database Project

    The Project compiles bibliographic references to Medieval French Drama, includes references to critical editions, translations, and secondary sources, and displays images and miniatures of manuscripts along with detailed descriptions.

  • Fundamental Digital Library of Russian Literature and Folklore

    A repository of Russian verbal art and the scholarly and other texts vital to understanding it.

  • German Studies Trails on the Web

    University of North Carolina listing of interdisciplinary German resources on the web, including large sections on literature and literary theory.

  • German Studies Web

    German studies resources from the Western European Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

  • Germanistik.net: Internet Resources For Germanists

    Resources (mainly in German) for the study of German literature, language, culture, history, and philosophy.

  • Guido Mazzoni Pamphlet Collection

    "This on-line exhibit showcases a representative sample of the Mazzoni Pamphlet Collection at Duke Univerity. . .the collection consists of pamphlets, newspapers, programs, catalogs, and small volumes dating from the 16th through 20th centuries. It includes periodicals, political satire, Italian and French dramas, ballets, librettos, eulogies, epithalamia, materials from both World Wars, many collections of poetry, and many pamphlets relating to the Unification of Italy."

  • Handbook of German Literary Mag/Zines

    In German.

  • HAPAX: French Resources on the Web

    A collection of links to French-related web resources of interest to university-level teachers and students. Covers many aspects of French history and culture, including language, literary criticism and theory, Literature in e-text, and other literature databases.

  • Ibero-American Electronic Text Series

    Digital library of Spanish and Latin American literature.

  • ile en ile

    Gateway to resources on Francophone arts and culture, with a vast assortment of site devoted to literature.

  • IntraText Digital Library: Literature: Italian

    An archive of Italian literary, theatrical, and religious works which allows users to work interactively with the online texts.

  • Irish Literature, Mythology, Folkore and Drama

    Links in the categories of Mythology, Folklore, Drama, Literature, History, Language and others.

  • Japanese Historical Text Initiative

    Searchable full-text documents in Japanese and English translation.

  • Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies

    "The Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies has been established to promote the study of Arabic language and literature and Islamic civilization through the publication of research articles, review articles, and occasional communications and shorterreviews." Since 1996, the University of Bergen (Norway) and Charles University of Prague have published this multi-lingual journal. Most articles are available, although there is no search mechanism.

  • Les Bibliotheques Virtuelles Humanistes

    Provides images and texts from French Renaissance literature.

  • Literature and Culture of Francophone Africa and the Diaspora

    Gateway to online resources, in French and English.

  • Lithuanian Classic Literature Anthology

    Sponsored by UNESCO, this site offers of a virtual library (in English and Lithuanian) of key texts by Lithuanian authors. It includes bibliographic descriptions, short biographical notes on the authors, and links to Lithuanian literature resources on the web.

  • Mahabharata

    Introductory essay and commentary on the longest work in world literature. Includes synopsis.

  • MCLC (Modern Chinese Literature and Culture) Resource Center

    Contains bibliographies and other resources of mostly English-language material on Chinese literature, film, art, and culture.

  • NationMaster.com

    Graphically compares the nations of the world.

  • New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre

    Site promotes New Zealand poets and poetry and serves as a gateway to poetry in the Pacific region.

  • New Zealand Electronic Text Centre

    The NZETC, at the Victoria University at Wellington, was designed "to create a sustainable, optimally usable, and free online library of New Zealand and Pacific Island texts and materials."

  • Old French Literature

    "This page provides access to Old French texts and information about the literature, all of which is classified according to century. Some of the documents are in English, some in Old French and others in Modern French translation. Many of the links listed in this website are individual pages from other websites forming entire collections of French literature."

  • Papers Past: New Zealand Newspapers and Periodicals

    This site "showcases selected 19th century New Zealand newspapers and periodicals. The site currently [2005] contains digital images of over 750,000 pages from 34 publications."

  • Persian Literature in Translation

    Poetry, stories, and histories translated into English, from the Packard Humanities Institute.

  • Polish Writing

    "This website is intended to serve as an index of Polish writing available in English, giving extracts of key works and providing an overview of this exciting area of world literature. We aim to bring acclaimed works (e.g. those nominated for the NIKE prize) to a wider audience. You can search our database for an already published work, or read extracts of the most highly regarded writers in Poland today."

  • Project Runeberg

    Electronic editions of classic literature from Sweden and the Nordic countries.

  • Reading Women Writers and African Literatures

    Site provides "an overview of African women writers writing in French. It provides an opportunity to find out more about the authors' life and interests and to get acquainted with their novels, short stories, plays and poetry." In French and English.

  • Saganet

    Icelandic medieval literature: images of books and manuscripts published before 1901. Available in English and Icelandic interfaces.

  • Sophie : A Digital Library of Works by German-speaking Women (1740-1923)

    Texts (mostly in German) of a collection of works from the middle of the eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century.

  • South Asian Literary Recording Project

    "Launched in April 2000, to record the voices of South Asian authors for the Library of Congress' Archive of Recorded World Literature, the project has captured the readings of prominent South Asian poets, novelists, and playwrights. The authors recorded so far represent more than fifteen of the languages of India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh."

  • Southeast Asia Visions

    "A collection of European travel accounts of pre-modern Southeast Asia from Cornell University Librarys John M. Echols Collection. The site provides online access to more than 350 books and journal articles written in English and French."

  • Sovlit: Sovetskaia Literatura

    A growing, Russian-language database focussing on twentieth-century Russian Literature. Features a bibliographic database of journals from the 1920s, and poetical works from 1900-1955.

  • The German Historical Novel Project

    This site from the Universitat Innsbruck in Austria contains a database with records of more than 6,000 German historical novels. In German or English.

  • Virtual Library of Polish Literature

    Numerous electronic texts of Polish classical authors in Polish biographical information in English.

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