World Literature

A description of activities from 1997 to the present, including lecturers, scholarships and application.

Listing of key online Joycean resources.

Boris Shusteff's review of "The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years" by Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov.

Details the change in Russian literature after the introduction of Gogol's works

HTML texts of "Fathers and Children" and "House of Gentlefolk."

Online publication from Bartleby.com.

Information about the author, book overviews and links. [English and German]

Located in Arbuthnott, Laurencekirk, Scotland. Information on the centre, plus details of the author and his works and a bibliography of critical works.

Profile and bibliography. [From Wikipedia]

Biography and bibliography.

A biography and appreciation of the poet, on The Literary Encyclopedia.

Official site with a newsletter, biography, bibliography, tour schedule, audio and video, photo albums, reading guides, Botswana trip diary, and forum.

Biography, texts of selected poems, bibliography, news and gallery.

Alexander Hutchison writes about his encounters with the Scottish poet and critic.

Text of the poem.

Includes author profile, introductions to the works, ordering details, articles and a bibliography.

Has a biography, bibliography, list of awards, and a critical essay on the novels.

A biography of the Perth-born poet, with a collection of poems, and a bibliography.

To a Waterfowl, Sonnet- to an American Painter Departing for Europe, The Poet and Thanatopsis.

From The Century Illustrated Magazine 23, published November 1881. From Project Gutenberg.

A later work of Emerson's (1878) showing his move away from the radical individualism of his younger years and towards a spirituality of relationships.

A searchable version of Emerson's first collection of essays which includes History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-Soul, Circles, Intellect, and Art.

Poem published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1857.

A brief biography and survey of online links of the American poet, and writer of horror, mystery and science fiction.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Louis Stevenson, and John Burroughs all wrote about Thoreau. Includes an essay on the relationship between Emerson and Thoreau.

A detailed biography of Thoreau by Lucius Furius.

Etext and study resources at the University of Virginia.

From the autobiography entitled We Are Many, by Ella Reeve Bloor.

Rob Couteau's biographical essay on the author, published in West Hills Review, 1985, explores the poet as an American ideal, focusing on his spirituality and politics.

Full text organized by chapter of Mencken's analysis of the discrepancies between British and American English and the distinguishing characteristics of the latter.

Philip José Farmer on Kurt Vonnegut and Kilgore Trout.

Series of sermons preached in 1739 and published posthumously by his son of the same name.

Franklin's life as a printer, inventor, scientist, and revolutionary, with an introduction, a timeline and related links.

Text divided by chapter, with other related writings.

Etext of Paine's pamphlet.

HTML text from Mondo Politico.

Etext on the Hanover Historical Project's site.

Young adult novelist; with reviews, awards list, and synopses.

Young adult novelist, and finance writer; with a newsletter, biography, and guestbook.

Winner of the NSW Premier's Literature Award; with activities, poetry, and a biography.

Young adult novelist; with synopses, a biography, questions and tips.

Young adult novelist; with synopses, teacher notes, and a biography.

Young Adult novelist; with news, a biography, appearance details and a discussion board.

Picture book writer; with workshops, synopses and a biography.

Explore the fascinating and sometimes strange life of Francis Bacon and read his "Essays."

Electronic edition.

Elizabeth Hodgson reviews The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Volume 8: The Epigrams, Epithalamions, Epitaphs, Inscriptions, and Miscellaneous Poems. Gary A. Stringer, et al.

Bryan N. S. Gooch argues that the ordering of the Sonnets in Britten's Opus 35 reflects the composer's personal experience of visiting German concentration camps.

Sermons, poems, and Devotions. Downloads in PDF, HTML, or plain text.

Yumiko Yamada suggests that while many studies of Cervantes make connections to Shakespeare, the connection to Jonson deserves more critical attention.