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The Romantic Circles Praxis Series (RCPS) is devoted to using computer technologies to investigate critically the languages, cultures, histories, and theories of Romanticism. RCPS is committed to mapping out this terrain with the best and most exciting critical writing of contemporary Romanticist scholarship.

a 'personal project'intended to provide access to 'all things Beat' and serves as a useful introduction to the group of American writers who flourished in the 1950s and 60s. The site includes features on most of the Beat writers, from Kenneth Rexroth through Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady, to lesser figures such as Bob Kaufman and Lew Welch - each one giving a brief introduction and a selection from their writings.

The Emory Women Writers Resource Project is a collection of edited and unedited texts by women writing from the seventeenth century through the early twentieth century

Edited by PURDUE ONLINE WRITING LAB this handout is intended to help you become more comfortable with the uses of and distinctions among quotations, paraphrases, and summaries. This handout compares and contrasts the three terms, gives some pointers, and includes a short excerpt that you can use to practice these skills.

Zembla is one of the finest Internet resources devoted to the Russian / American novelist and poet Vladimir Nabokov. It is organised by the library at Pennsylvania State University, and will be of interest to: students; enthusiasts; teachers; and researchers. Resources available here include: extensive biographical information on the author; excerpts from his work (including Nabokov's own readings from his poetry and his novel Pale Fale); detailed critical essays, bibliographies, creative writing based on Nabokov; and news on Nabokov mailing lists, conferences, summer schools, etc. The site also give information relating to the International Vladimir Nabokov Society and its publication 'The Nabokovian

Carolyn Guertin of the University of Alberta in Canada provides this online resource for hyperfiction and critical works. This website will be of interest to students of hypermedia, web writing, literature and of course postmodernism and contemporary schools of thought.

The Sadleir-Black Collection of Gothic Fiction numbers over a thousand titles. Focusing on English writers and imprints, it is unique in its coverage of minor authors writing in this genre and in its holdings of original and subsequent editions of their works. Although its holdings consist mainly of English imprints issued from 1765 to 1830, it also contains American, French, and German editions dating from this time period.

The webpage is part of a larger site published and compiled by Margo Burns, who has worked on the University of Virginia Salem witchcraft trials etext project. This site provides hundreds of annotated links to resources on seventeenth century USA. The links are arranged by subject to ease searches and include: archaeological exploration of the period; audio programmes on relevant topics; daily life; images and facsimiles; Native American Indians; and Increase and Cotton Mather. Burns is good when writing in the field of her expertise, which is the Salem trials for witchcraft and there are several good documents on the site.

LUXONLINE is a web resource for exploring British based artists' film and video in-depth. Luxonline is the single most extensive publicly available resource devoted to British film and video artists. Streaming video clips, new writings, past articles and biographies provide a comprehensive contextual background to the artists featured on the site.

The ultimate website to learn all aspects of the English written language and improve your writing skills in both personal and formal communications, a superb and free English language resource, aimed at students but equally handy for teachers. The site offers a huge range of grammar explanations and downloadable lessons, categorised by grammar topic.

The Celebration of Women Writers recognizes the contributions of women writers throughout history. Women have written almost every imaginable type of work: novels, poems, letters, biographies, travel books, religious commentaries, histories, economic and scientific works. Our goal is to promote awareness of the breadth and variety of women's writing. All too often, works by women, and resources about women writers, are hard to find. We attempt to provide easy access to available on-line information.

TolkienBooks.net aims to list all British editions of the published writings of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) and to illustrate changes to the texts and covers. The site was put together to act as a companion piece to a book called J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography by Wayne G. Hammond

The mission of the CCEL is to build up the church by making classic Christian writings available and promoting their use

Information about various authors and their literary works which were inspired by events and people in colonial New England -- among them, Arthur Miller (The Crucible) and Nathaniel Hawthorne (The Scarlett Letter and "Young Goodman Brown"). The webpage is part of a larger site published and compiled by Margo Burns, who has worked on the University of Virginia Salem witchcraft trials etext project. This site provides hundreds of annotated links to resources on seventeenth century USA. The links are arranged by subject to ease searches and include: archaeological exploration of the period; audio programmes on relevant topics; daily life; images and facsimiles; Native American Indians; and Increase and Cotton Mather. Burns is good when writing in the field of her expertise, which is the Salem trials for witchcraft and there are several good documents on the site.

Comicsresearch.org is a bibliographic website that has details of a wide range of serious books about comic books and comic strips. The website also includes a bibliography of comics-related dissertations & theses. Begun in 2000 by Gene Kannenberg, Jr., the website is a useful and active scholarly resource, with a wide range of subject-categorised and annotated bibliographies. Some bibliographies are hosted on behalf of other scholars, such as the bibliography for "Early Decades of Italian Comic Art". The website contains a detailed style guide, giving authoritative guidance about how to cite panels or pages of comics in academic writing.

Names, brands, writing, and the quirks of the English language

Grammarly is an automated proofreader and your personal grammar coach. Check your writing for grammar, punctuation, style and much more.

Portale disciplinare per lo studio della lingua inglese nel contesto accademico con esercizi di grammatica, listening, writing, reading, speaking e uso di vocabolario specialistico

he website 'Anthology of Spanish Poetry' by Fred F. Jehle offers a collection of Spanish poetry ranging from Gonzalo de Berceo (13th century) to Rosalía de Castro (writing in the 19th century). The user will find the work of a wide selection of poets in the anthology including: Juan Ruiz; Gil Vicente; Garcilaso de la Vega; Teresa de Ávila; Góngora; Quevedo; Calderón; Espronceda; and Bécquer. Some 'romances' and 'villancicos' are also included.