Recommended Links

African-American Studies

African-American Literature Online.  A comprehensive guide to literature published during the twentieth century.  Includes novels, poems, autobiographies, essays, and commentaries.

Classic African-American Literature.  A page of links to a number of electronic texts written by Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Dubois, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others.

Richard Wright.  General information on the author of Native Son.

Anniina's Toni Morrison Page.  A comprehensive website for Morrison's books as well as bibliographies, interviews and Internet resources.

Zora Neale Hurston.  Features selections from her fiction, photographs, essays, and links to critical resources and related authors.

Best of the Web - Literature.  A helpful resource for researching African-American literature on the Internet.
 

American Literature

American Literature Anthology Writer's Index. Bibliography of American writers and their works.

ECP.  Website dedicated to the poetry of Ezra Pound.

H.D. Homepage.  Resource site for poet Hilda Doolittle.

Mark Twain in Cyberspace. Links to Twain's writings on the Internet, literary criticism, and discussions.

Modern American Poetry.  Online journal and multimedia companion to The Anthology of American Poetry containing information on individual poets, course syllabi, and links to publishers.

The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society. Information on papers and conferences, Fitzgerald's life and works, bibliographies, and other resources.

The Robert Frost Webpage.  Features a biography, select interviews, electronic texts, and a bibliography.

William Faulkner on the Web. Comprehensive website containing primary texts, criticism, biographical information, and links to other Faulkner websites.
 

British Literature

Chaucer MetaPage.  Navigation aid for Chaucer resources on the web.

International Virginia Woolf Society.  MLA organization dedicated to scholarship on Woolf.

James Joyce Portal.  Superb website featuring electronic texts to major works, summaries, bibliographies, criticism, multimedia, and much more.

Romanticism on the Net.  An online journal of British Romantic studies featuring articles, reviews, conference listings, and links to other sites related to Romanticism.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.  An anthology of all of the bard's dramatic works.

The Dickens Page.  A diversity of information on the author and his writing, including e-texts of novels and essays.

The Samuel Beckett Endpage.  Features biographies, bibliographies, conferences, performances, and links to other Beckett sites.

The Victorian Web.  Detailed introduction to the politics, society and culture of the Victorians.
 

Creative Writing

Academy of American Poets.  Contains news and events, a large archive of poetry, discussion forums, audio clips, and links to other literary resources.

Drowning Man.  Comprehensive directory of literary publications with an emphasis on poetry.

Poetry Daily.  A consistently updated anthology of contemporary poetry.  Poems are selected for publication based on their topical or seasonal interest.

Poetry Society of America.  Past members of this distinguished organization include Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent, Marianne Moore and Wallace Stevens.

Poets & Writers.  A good source of information, support and guidance of beginning and advanced creative writers.

Teachers & Writers Collaborative.  Association of educators that sponsors a writing program for students of all ages and backgrounds.

The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP).  National organization serving writers, teachers and readers of contemporary literature.

The Market List.  A resource guide for speculative literature publications.

Verse Daily.  Independently owned publication of poetry.  One poem per day is selected from a literary magazine or book.

Web del Sol.  Diverse collection of cutting-edge literary journals and magazines for poets, fiction writers and visual artists.
 

Cultural Studies

Cultural Studies Central.  Meeting house for cultural studies junkies that contains general information, commentaries, analyses, resources, and discussion groups.

Erratic Impact.  Academic and general interest philosophy research database.

Institute of Global Cultural Studies.  Academic community whose purpose is to develop new multidisciplinary approaches to the study of cultures and cultural influences across societies in the contemporary world.

Sarah Zupko's Cultural Studies Center. A vast collection of links ranging from the history of jazz to the metaphysics of Star Wars.

The Institute.  Collection of links in the fields of cultural studies, sociology, critical theory, and media studies.
 

Women's Studies

Women in Literacy and Life Assembly.  Electronic version of the print journal.

Women's Studies Resources.  Excellent collection of links to articles, websites, galleries, interviews and bibliographies.

WWWomen!  The premier online search directory for women including materials on feminism, women's education, and advocacy.
 

Gay and Lesbian Literature

CLAGS (Center for Lesbain & Gay Studies).  University-based research center dedicated to the study of historical, cultural, and political issues of vital concern to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and communities.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies Resources.  A well-organized collection of web links from New York University.

People with a History.  Online guide to the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people.
 

Humanities (General)

H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine.  A superb online resource for scholars, teachers and students in the humanities and social sciences. This organization manages over 100 listservs, many of which would be of interest to the cultural studies community. Check out H-Net's List of Lists.

Library of Congress.  The Bigwig of research databases.

The HUMBUL Gateway.  Resources in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, classics, drama, electronic text centers, film, history, hypermedia and multimedia, language and linguistics, media studies, medieval studies, music, philosophy, religious studies, and visual arts.

The Voice of the Shuttle.  One of the best websites for humanities research.
 

Journalism

American Society of Newspaper Editors.  Organization of daily newspapers in the Americas focusing on careers, legal issues, the First Amendment, and newsroom diversity.

Poynter Online.  Comprehensive, highly active website containing everything you need to become a better journalist.

Society of Professional Journalists.  National organization with local chapters.

The New York Observer.  Newspaper of controversies and scandals in the media world.
 

Literary Criticism

Internet Public Library.  Mega-search engine that contains critical and bibliographical websites about authors and their works.

Literary Resources on the Net.  Collection of diverse links to academic websites that deal with English and American literature in particular.

Project Muse.  The gateway to online criticism in nearly 250 scholarly journals.
 

Literary Theory

Derrida Online.  User-friendly website devoted to the master of deconstruction.

Illuminations.  Based in the Frankfurt School of thought, this site maintains a collection of articles, excerpts and chapters from writers of and about critical theory.

Introduction to Modern Literary Theory.  A concise overview of different trends and areas of inquiry.

Glossary of Literary Theory.  Features brief descriptions of theory-related terms.

The Foucault Pages.  Site devoted to the French theorist/philosopher/historian.
 

Medieval Studies

Internet Medieval Sourcebook.  Large archive of medieval history, philosophy, literature and politics.

Medieval Literary Resources.  Contains a range of links from individual authors to general information.

The Labyrinth.  Georgetown University's guide to electronic resources in medieval studies.
 

Modernism

Modernism.  An online essay providing a broad overveiw of the development of modernist artistic thought.

Modernism Links.  Links to definitions, essays, journals, artwork, and criticism.

The Culture of Modernism.  An online essay that explores modernist aesthetics and vicissitudes.
 

Native American Studies

Native American Resources.  Large index of websites, documents, music, galleries and bibliographies on the Internet.
 

Postmodernism

Postmodernism.  A broad description of postmodernism as well as modernism.

Postmodern Culture.  Seminal electronic scholarly journal of interdisciplinary thought on contemporary cultures.

Postmodern Thought.  Contains links to information on the bigwigs of postmodern theory.
 

Postcolonial Studies

Contemporary Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English.  A rich introduction to more than 100 postcolonial authors.

Introduction to Postcolonial Studies.   A description of the field's major issues and figures.

Jouvert.  Online journal of postcolonial studies.

Truth to Power.  An online biography of Edward Said.
 

Science Fiction

Locus Online.  Internet version of the popular magazine.

Science Fiction Research Organization.  Academic community dedicated to the study and teaching of science fiction.

The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts.  Academic community dedicated to the study of the fantastic as it is represented in literature, film, and other media.
 

Writing Resources

Resource Central.  Links to over 100 writing sites.

SharpWriter.com.  Contains everything from dictionaries and grammar tools to job postings and copyright information.

The Bedford Handbook.  Companion website for the writer's guide.

The Text Doctor.  An exceptional collection of writing-related reference sources.

The Writer's Almanac.  A daily program of poetry and history hosted by NPR affiliate Garrison Keiller.