Literature Links

African-American Literature
A Brief Chronology of African American Literature. San Antonio College provides a list of important texts and authors of African American literature ranging from 1746-1990, plus a limited number of links to biographical information. Although the compilation is not exhaustive, it does provide those transitioning fom novice to intermediate status a substantial reading list with which to continue your journey.

American Writers
The Academy of American Poets. This site has information about on-going poetry events, biographies of poets, a collectioin of poetry, audios of poets reading their own or others' poetry, and some good literary links.

Kate Chopin -- This site contains a collection of resources that might enrich your understanding and enjoyment of Chopin's novel The Awakening.

Emily Dickinson -- This site contains biographical information about the poet, as well as information about her family, home, and selected poems.

William Faulkner -- This site contains an extensive list of biographies, critical works, and the often confusing genealogies of Faulkner's fictional families. You will also find photos of the writer.

Herman Melville -- A list of biographies and criticism, as well as contemporary reviews of Melville's novels, appear on this site. You will also find detailed accounts of the profits the writer made (or failed to make) on his works.

Edith Wharton -- this site contains sound recommendations about critical works dealing with Edith Wharton's life and fiction. It has guidelines to help with some of her most popular works--teachers' questions and suggestions. For Wharton lovers, it also has a short quiz on Wharton's major works. Photographs enhance the site, particularly those from the recent exhibit at the national portrait gallery. This is a good place to begin Wharton studies.

Walt Whitman -- This site includes wonderful photographs of Whitman as he passed through the stages of his life. (See the Whitman Gallery.) There are engaging contemporary reviews of the poet's work, several expressing outrage at his sensual poetry.

Richard Wright -- This is the PBS page on the novelist. It has a list of biographies and works of criticism devoted to Wright's fiction and non-fiction, as well as a discussion of his film Native Son.

English Literature
Christina Rossetti -- This site contains biographical information, poetry, and criticism about the poet. It also discusses the Early Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Miscellaneous Sites
The Fellowship of Southern Writers. Do you know who's who in Southern literature now? Most people don't; however, this site provides biographical and critical information about contemporary Southern writers including--but not limited to--the following: A. R. Ammons, James Dickey, William Styron, Eudora Welty, Ernest Gaines, and Reynolds Price. The Fellowship, established in 1987, meets every other year at the Conference on Southern Literature, and the reigning elite of Southern Literature always attend en mass.

Poetry
Poetry -- This site is excellent for English 112 students or others who are studying or who are simply interested in contemporary poetry. The site collects poetry and interviews with poets published in the Atlantic and includes an "audible anthology" of poets reading their poetry.

Research
A Guide -- a student's guide to research, aimed at the first-year composition student.

World Literature

The Classical World -- A guide to ancient world sources on the web, mainly classical.

The Gilgamesh -- This site, part of the Unversity of Chicago Oriental Institute, uses the literary death of Gilgamesh as a tool in the interpretation of archeological findings.

Iraq, Egypt, Iran, and Sudan -- This site contains photographic archives of archeological expeditions in Iraq, Egypt, Iran, and Sudan.

Literature of Ancient Greece -- This site provides translations of Homer and the tragic dramatists, historic overviews of ancient Greece, maps, and links to archeological sites and to museum collections of preserved art work.

The Odyssey -- This site provides Chapman's translation of the The Odyssey ( the first significant translation of the The Odyssey into English). It uses the Roman names, for example Ulysses, not Odysseus.

Trojan War Art Work -- This site provides links inspired by the Trojan War myth.

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