PVHS English
Literature--Literary Criticism/Summaries
Pathfinder developed by Ms. Elliott
Discovering
Collection
Literary Criticism, biographies,
and much more on over 3000 authors can be found in this database. Passwords are
required if used from home. See library staff.
Novels
for Students Ebooks
Literary Criticism,
biographies, plot summaries, character analysis, historical context and much more!
This link will take you to Volumes 17 - 24.Passwords are required if used from
home. See library staff. Print volumes are
available in the library too!
IPL
Online Literary Criticism
There
are 3936 biographical and critical essays on authors here.
Smoop
From the UNC student newspaper, “Shmoop
provides an in-depth analysis of themes, characters, literary devices … and
the list goes on. This content is all provided by Ph.D. and masters’ students,
much more than can be said for sites like Wikipedia.org. Shmoop’s content
is all regulated and updated on the norm by a full-time staff. What some have
said is the best part of Shmoop.com is that it provides multiple perspectives
on the same topic, not the stereotypical one-sided argument”.
Literary
Analysis and Criticism from Owl at Purdue University
Topics
include image in poetry, literary terms, literary theory and schools of criticism,
as well as reverse outlining, writing a literary analysis presentation, and writing
about various forms of literature.
Western
World Literature: Criticisms and Resources
Primarily covers Dante, Euripides, Virgil, Homer, Cervantes,
Moliere, and Greek and Roman Literature.
Literature
Criticism
"The criticism collection includes more than
40,000 full-length or excerpted essays, spanning more than 25 years of literary
criticism." from enotes.com
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here for more]
Novelguide
Free
source for literary analysis
Literary
Criticism - LibrarySpot.com
Links to over 3,300+ critical and
biographical sites.
PAL:
Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide
Eighteenth-Century
Studies
Novels,
plays, memoirs, treatises and poems of the period are kept here (in some cases,
influential texts from before 1700 or after 1800 as well), along with modern criticism.
SparkNotes
Provides summaries and study questions for a wide variety of authors.
Pink
Monkey.Com
Find over 320 free literature
summaries, study guides, and online classic texts. Registration is required.
New
York Times : Books
Detailed reviews of
new titles, with interviews of authors and bestseller lists.
A
Glossary of Literary Criticism
Terms
to use in critical analysis of literature.
Literary
Resources on the Net
This
is a searchable and comprehensive guide to author information with some critical
links.
Literary
Devices
Find definitions of Literary devices, literary
elements, literary techniques, and literary terms.
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here for more]
Jane
Austen Information Page
Full-text of Jane Austen's works, her biography
and background information as well as information on the Regency Period.
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here for more]
Jane
Austen Pride and Prejudice-Notes on Random Topics
Contains a chronology, character and place listing
and more with many links.
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here for more]
Recreating
Jane Austen
Analysis of the book including an interesting discussion
of the significance of letters and correspondence in the novel.
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here for more]
Capesthorne
Hall-Rooms (Architecture of English Country Home)
See examples of the rooms and style of a currently
utilized English Country Home.
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here for more]
The
Country House--an essay
Narrative
text outlines the authors experience with country homes in England.
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here for more]
Jane
Austen and the Evolution of English Country Houses
"This
is a brief description of how the English country house evolved up to the time
of Jane Austen, and some remarks on Jane Austen's most unusual use of a house
in her stories."
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here for more]
Jane
Austen and the Evolution of English Country Houses
"This
is a brief description of how the English country house evolved up to the time
of Jane Austen, and some remarks on Jane Austen's most unusual use of a house
in her stories."
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here for more]
Internet
Classics Archive
Select from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different
authors mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English.
[click here
for more]
American
Studies @ the University of Virginia--Hypertexts
Full-text from authors such as Henry Adams, Emerson, Harriet Jacobs,
Sinclair Lewis, Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and many more.
[click
here for more]
Digital
Dante Project
A great site featuring online, multimedia
teranslation of Divine Comedy in the original Italian and Longfellow's translation.
Complete with illustrations, study guides, and information about Dante.
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here for more]
Classic
Short Stories
Short stories by authors such as Poe,
Hawthorne, Dylan Thomas and others.
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here for more]
Literature--Author
Information
Discovering
Collection
Literary Criticism, biographies,
and much more on over 3000 authors can be found in this database. Passwords are
required if used from home. See library staff.
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here for more]
American
Authors on the Web
Links to links of many author
pages.
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here for more]
American
Authors
Links
can be found here to a wide number of American Authors.
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here for more]
American
Writers
Brief
biographical organized by year presented by C-Span as accompanying materials to
programs aired.
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here for more]
American
Literature, Twentieth-century
This page lists American
authors from the twentieth-century. Links to additional resources and on-line
texts are provided for some authors.
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here for more]
Contemporary
American Literature
"Links
to websites for the time period encompassing the late twentieth century in American
Literature", includiong biographies of authors and information on their works.
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here for more]
Great
Writers
Covers webpages and information on
hundreds of writers around the world.
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here for more]
Nobel
e-Museum
Locate biographical information
on Nobel Prize winnersin Literature.
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here for more]
King
Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Pictures
of knights, historical vs. legendary Arthur, land, structures, characters, time
period map and other features are used to give a picture of life during the reign
of King Arthur.
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here for more]
Poets
and Writers, Inc.
Poets
& Writers, Inc. is the primary source of information, support, and guidance
for creative writers. Founded in 1970, it is the nation's largest nonprofit literary
organization. Contests are featured here, funding sources to support poetry, publication
information, forums and more.
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here for more]
Poets
Daily
Get
a poem a day here, sign up to receive a poem with commentary every day through
email, read articles written about poetry and check out the special features.
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here for more]
Poetry
Magazine
Featured
poets of the day and of the month offer free poems online. In addition, find current
information on poetry, publications and contests.
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here for more]
Poetry
Express
Learn
to write poetry, publish it, get tips and techniques and read others' works.
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here for more]
Poetry
180
Poetry 180 is designed
to make it easy for students to hear or read a poem each day of the 180 days of
the school year.
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here for more]
Academy
of American Poets
Find a poet,
a specific poem, listen to poetry being read and find literary links here.
[click
here for more]
AmericanPoems
Locate biographies, and full text poetry from American poets.
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here for more]
Representative
Poetry Online
Biographies, and full text
poetry from many famous poets.
[click
here for more]
Modern
American Poetry Home
Essays, multimedia and
comprehensive information about American poets with analyses of their work.
[click
here for more]
Atlantic
Unbound: Poetry Pages
The spotlight is on
famous modern poets and looks back on writers from the past. Includes RealAudio
recording of poems and a large selection of poems published by Atlantic.
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here for more]
Behind
the Name -Etymology and history of first names
Find the
meaning of any English, Spanish, German, Arabic, French, Indian, Italian and Irish
first names.
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here for more]
Trace
the history of your surname
Get
brief information about the origin of your surname.
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here for more]
Surname Origins
Index
Some links to surnames and their origin.
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here for more]
Surname Origin
List
Look up the meaning and origin of your surname.
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for more]
U.S. Surname Distribution
List
Find the places where your surname is most
common.
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here for more]
Behind
the Name - The Etymology and history of surname
The Etymology and history of English, Dutch, Spanish, Scottish, German, Italian,
Irish, French, Scandinavian, Welsh, and Jewish surnames.
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here for more]
Baby
Name Locator
Find the
origin and meaning of first names and also the most popular baby names by year.
[click here for more]
Baby
Center: Baby Names
Find the meaning of first names
or type in the meaning and find a name.
[click
here for more]
babynames.com
after a visit to this site, the problem won't be finding a name
you like-it will be choosing among your options
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here for more]
Baby
Names: Meanings of Names
Search
for the meaning of a name, or type in a meaning and find the name that matches.
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here for more]
Character
Naming Resources
Enormous
number of links to name sites similar to those above. Does include many ethnic
naming sites, e.g. African, Arabic, Hungarian, Chinese, Sikh and more.
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here for more]
Wilton's
Word and Phrase Origins
Locate the reasoning behind
words and phrases here.
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here for more]
A+
Research & Writing
Step by step approach to
a successful research project.
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here for more]
The
Pulitzer Prizes
Locate the winners of this prize
through the timeline or the search feature.
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here for more]
Children's
Literature Web Guide
Find
lists of best books, online children's books, and resources for parents, lists
of web sites related to literature.
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here for more]
SCORE
Language Arts
Find framworks, content standards,
with lessons in cyberguides(aligned with California content standards) and teacher
resources.
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here for more]
101
Things to do with Books
Print
this out and give one to each student to keep or swap to do projects.
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here for more]
English
Online
English
Online is part of an ongoing English professional development contract between
Unitec in Schools and the New Zealand Ministry of Education
[click
here for more]
To
Kill a Mockingbird Survival Guide
From
Belmont High School in Los Angles Unified School District.
Of
Mice and Men Survival Guide
From
Belmont High School in Los Angles Unified School District.
Updated 09/28/2009