World Literature: Internet Resources

Large collection of resources to help with research in the humanities

Biographies of more than 500 poets

Online magazine, job listings, writing contests, and other information

Labor Union that represents freelance writers

News, features, and resources for media and publishing professionals

The Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature at the Library of Congress dates back to 1943. It contains nearly two thousand recordings—of poets and prose writers participating in literary events at the Library’s Capitol Hill campus as well as sessions at the Library’s Recording Laboratory.

ZEROLAND is a dedicated guide to top arts website. Listings are arranged by country

Links to Internet sites from Columbia University libraries

Links to resources for world myths and legends

Ongoing project that provides access to digital collections of texts

Short, encylopedic articles on a variety of topics

Digital collection at the world's largest library

HTML versions of Shakespeare's plays and poetry

Information supporting argument that Shakespeare authored his plays

Information related to events and resources at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC

Online dictionary based on the print version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition

Searchable index of more than 5 million words in more than 1000 online dictionaries

Useful online tool for finding words that rhyme or identifying additional relationships between words

List of rhetorical terms with definitions and examples

World's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms