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ENG 125: World Literature & the Human Experience

A course guide for students taking ENG 125 w/ Ms. Marconette, this guide includes research tips and resources including search databases, journals, e-books, literary webpages, and citation guides.

Web Sites

American Writers
American authors’ influences on life, literature, and the U.S.

Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485)
Study materials on Middle English literature

Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
The prevention, awareness, and detection of plagiarism

American Authors
Images, works, etc.

Ask Grammar
Grammar guides and questions

Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation, The
Rules for grammar and punctuation

Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes
An electronic version of this classic work

Encyclopedia Mythica
Folklore, mythology, and legends

Genres of Writing
Links for writing in various subjects and fields

Geoffrey Chaucer
Harvard’s Chaucer site

Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples, A
Definitions and examples for rhetorical devices and literary terms

Greek Mythology Link
Myths as well as topics, people, places, etc.

Guide to Grammar and Style
Comments on style as well as grammatical rules

Guide to Grammar and Writing
Grammar and advice on English usage

Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism, The
Critical and biographical websites about authors and their works

Introduction to Modern Literary Theory
Postmodernism, Feminism, Marxism, etc.

Library of Southern Literature
Literary texts from the South

Literary Gothic, The
Gothic literature

Literature Webliography
General guides, periodicals, discussions, etc.

Literary Resources on the Net
Links for American and English Literature

Literary Resources—Theory
Links to sites on literary theory

Litline.com
Literary criticism

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
Literature from the Medieval, Renaissance, 17th century, and Restoration periods

MLA: Modern Language Association
MLA style

Middle English Compendium
The Middle English Dictionary, Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, etc.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Resources for Shakespeare

New Chaucer Society, The
Materials on Chaucer and late Medieval literature

On-Line Books Page, The
Books, collections, and serials that are accessible over the Internet for literature

Online Medieval & Classical Library, The
Sites for Medieval and Classical literary works

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature
Authors, primary works, bibliographies, etc.

Perseus Digital Library
The Classics, Renaissance materials, etc.

Poetry
Selected works of poetry from Poetry Magazine

Poetry Portal
Numerous poetry sites

Poets.org
Poems as well as poets

Project Gutenberg
Free electronic books

Representative Poetry Online
Poems, criticisms, and timelines

Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors
General resources, grammar, literary terms, etc.

Rhyme Zone
Find synonyms, antonyms, rhyming words, etc.

Romantic Chronology
Documents from the 17th through the 19th century

Romantic Circles
Romantic literature and culture

Shakespeare Resource Center
Play synopses, Elizabethan England, Shakespeare’s works, etc.

Twentieth-Century Poetry in English
Twentieth Century English Poetry

Victorian Women Writers Project
Transcriptions of works by nineteenth-century British women writers

Web Poetry Corner, The
Poetry around the world

Willa Cather Archive, The
Biographies, letters, writings, etc.

Women Writers Project
Early women’s writing

Writer’s Style Guide
Capitalization, abbreviations, a punctuation primer, etc.

Writing Tutorial Services
Pamphlets on plagiarism, outlines, resumes, etc