The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature, 5th ed.
by Michael Myers
This is the new companion Web site that accompanies your textbook, The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature, Fifth Edition. Check this out for some useful online resources, like a glossary of literary terms, visual images, audio poetry clips, and further materials for the authors treated by your text in depth. When you explore the online resources, you'll find they're practically limitless! Defintely recommended.

Modern American Poetry Site (MAPS)
From the site:
" MAPS is a comprehensive learning environment and scholarly forum for the study of modern American poetry. Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2001 by the Department of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This site, and all information herein, is intended for non-profit, educational use only."

Hawthorne's Women

Scholarly consideration of Hawthorne's treatment of women. Does this essay shed light on Georgiana's character in "The Birthmark"? Find out

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Notes on James Joyce

Notes on James Joyce courtesy of The Open Campus at Durham Tech.

Learner.org
What makes a good short story? Have fun stepping through Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers" and find out. (Or rediscover what you already knew but forgot.)

From the site:
"Literature gives order to human experience.
Literature explores cultural values.
Literature demands an emotional response from the reader.
Like a great journey, literature can show you things you have never seen before and will never forget.
Join our journey through a classic short story, "A Jury of Her Peers," by Susan Glaspell. Along the way, you'll solve the mystery of whether Minnie Wright killed her husband and explore the story's literary elements. You will also encounter rest stops where you can read more about the structure of story and take part in activities related to "A Jury of Her Peers."

Classic Short Stories

Another no-nonsense collection of links to on-line versions of classic short stories. It's truly an amazing collection--bookmark it for a rainy day. You never know when you'll want a searchable version of one of these classic short stories, or just something substantive to read once in a while besides email.

Bartleby's Blank Wall

An excellent web resource to supplement you're reading of "Bartleby the Scrivener" by Herman Melville. The team who put together this site did a great job, including two text versions of the story, one hyperlinked including explanatory notes, one the original as it appeared in Putnam's Monthly Magazine in 1853. Also included are scores of interesting images relating to references in the story, and plenty of bibliographic and textual references for serious researchers. Fun browsing, and maybe instructive too.

Other Bartleby sites of interest:

Bartleby the Scrivener, A Story of Wall Street: An Interactive Version

Paul Ford's presentation of the story on Ftrain.com