Literature

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General Literature Resources

Gale Literary Index - An index to Gale literary reference books at our Central Library. Includes Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, and Short Story Criticism.

Author Information

BC Author Bank - A great place to find out more about literacy activity in British Columbia – over 7,000 authors listed.

Author Yellow Pages - A searchable directory of author websites.

Authors on the web - Lists many websites built by authors on the Web.

Canadian Literature

The LRC 100: Canada's Most Important Books - (PDF) The Literary Review of Canada's "Top 100" Canadian books — both fiction and non-fiction — from 1545 to 2003. Introduction by Margaret Atwood.

Northwest Passages - Canadian Literature Online

English Literature

English Literature on the Web

Cambridge History of English and American Literature

Bartleby.com's Great Books Online - Full text collections of verse, fiction and non-fiction.

The Internet Shakespeare Editions - The Internet Shakespeare Editions (ISE) publishes only high quality materials. Their aim is to provide our world-wide audience with the best in Shakespeare scholarship and performance on a site that is freely available. The ISE is a non-profit corporation affiliated with the University of Victoria, British Columbia.

Poetry

Representative Poetry Online

Bartleby Verse

Canadian Poetry

Canadian Poetry Audio Archives - Through the Library & Archives Canada website.

Literary Criticism

Literary Resources on the Net

Online Literary Criticism Collection - From the Internet Public Library. Contains links to critical and biographical websites about authors, their works and literary movements.

Quotations

Familiar Quotations