The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature, 6th ed.
by Michael Myers
This is the new companion Web site that accompanies the longer Bedford Introduction to Literature, Sixth 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.

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18-Aug-2004

American Passages
Norton built this site with grant money from Annenberg/CBP. Very impressive. Students and teachers can register at the site and get access to a large collection of free, fascinating materials. Excellent resource.
10-Dec-2003

The Life & Works of Jorge Luis Borges
From the site: "This site was conceived, designed and programmed by Martin Hadis - mhadis@internetaleph.com Martin is a professor, writer, researcher and software developer. He holds an undegraduate degree in computer systems from CAECE university in Argentina and a graduate degree in Media Technology from the MIT Media Laboratory. Martin has a dual background in both computing and the humanities. His areas of expertise include Artificial Intelligence, Human Computer Interaction, Languages and Linguistics, and the study of Narrative and Storytelling. His articles have appeared in different newspapers and magazines including the Buenos Aires Herald (Argentina) and El País (Spain). He is also co-author of the book Borges Profesor which has received excellent reviews and has been translated to many different languages. He often lectures and writes articles about the life and works of Borges, literature and linguistics as well as the intersection of these topics and disciplines with computer technologies and new media.
25-Aug-2003

Poets Against the War
From the site: "February 5, 2003. 4 A week ago Sam Hamill sent an open letter -- printed below -- to a few friends. Word has spread like wildfire from mailbox to mailbox, and to date over 3,600 poets have submitted poems or personal statements to register their opposition to the Bush administration's headlong plunge toward war in Iraq. In doing so, they have honored a long and rich tradition of thoughtful and moral opposition by poets and other artists to senseless and murderous policies, including those of our own government."
5-Feb-2003

A Lesson: Hills Like White Elephants
From the site: "This lesson was originally prepared in 1997 under a Courseware Grant for the Virginia Community College System to become part of the Litonline website. J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College houses the Literature Online site.
1-Feb-2003

James Joyce's Dubliners: An Introduction
An introductory article by Wallace Gray appearing on his website: World Wide Dubliners. WWDubliners@brown.edu
23-Jan-2003

Joyces DUBLINERS as Epiphanies
An article by Francesca Valente appearing in the premier issue of McLuhan Studies, 1996.
23-Jan-2003

Favorite Poems Project
Americans Saying Poems They Love. Robert Pinsky's brainchild. Very cool idea; beautiful site.
12-Dec-2002

Contemporary American Literature: Multicultural Perspectives
The U.S. State Department produced this overview to explain the diversity of contemporary American literature.
7-Dec-2002

Outline of American Literature
A government produced online resource providing an overview of American Literature.
7-Dec-2002

Writers on America
From the NY Times, Dec. 7, 2002: "The Bush administration has recruited prominent American writers to contribute to a State Department anthology and give readings around the globe in a campaign started after 9/11 to use culture to further American diplomatic interests. The participants include four Pulitzer Prize winners, Michael Chabon, Robert Olen Butler, David Herbert Donald and Richard Ford; the American poet laureate, Billy Collins; two Arab-Americans, Naomi Shihab Nye and Elmaz Abinader; and Robert Pinsky, Charles Johnson, Bharati Mukherjee and Sven Birkerts. They were all asked to write about what it means to be an American writer. Although the State Department plans to distribute the 60-page booklet of 15 essays free at American embassies worldwide in the next few weeks, one country has already banned the anthology: the United States. The Smith-Mundt Act of 1948, renewed when the United States Information Agency became part of the State Department three years ago, bars the domestic dissemination of official American information aimed at foreign audiences. Another words, Congress feared propaganda. Go there now now--see what you think.
7-Dec-2002

Sophocles - Scribners Writers Series
An encyclopedic tour through the life and work of one of Western literature's great masters.
27-Nov-2002

Contemporary Authors and Scribner Writers Series
Available through a local elementary school in the West Chester Area School District, this resource, provided by Infotrac, links to a wealth of information on contemporary writers.
27-Nov-2002

Study Guide for Oedipus the King
Study questions to help with reading, comprehending, and interpreting Oedipus the King.
19-Nov-2002

Shakespeare's Tragic Hero: A Lecture
Lecture materials on the Shakespeare's tragic heroes from Global Campus.
25-Oct-2002

Artist Profile: Ntozake Shange
From the site's main page: "As a service to the Internet community Bridges Web Services provides this comprehensive list of black theatre artists."
16-Oct-2002

Library of Congress Webcasts
Many topics of interest here, including "Poetry in America: A Library of Congress Bicentennial Celebration," "with readings of "favorite poems" by [former] Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, Rita Dove, Louise Gluck, and W.S. Merwin, along with Joshua Weiner and Naomi Shihab Nye. The reading celebrates the completion of The Favorite Poem Project, a video and audio archive of more than 1,000 Americans of all ages and from all backgrounds reading aloud their favorite poems.
10-Oct-2002

Classicreader
Here "you can read, search, and annotate great works of literature by authors such as Dickens, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and many others. The collection currently contains 673 books and 908 short stories by 198 authors. New works are added to the collection on a regular basis, many at the suggestion of readers. The works are split into seven categories which may be accessed via the links at the left of every page."
7-Oct-2002

The British Library
One of the world's best library's is on the web with lots of interesting resources. Check out the "Automatic Treasure Machie" by following the link "in education" which will take you to the LIVING WORDS page. Excellent resource.
6-Oct-2002

Poetry at Bibliomania
An extensive archive of poetry (as well as fiction and drama) resources.
6-Oct-2002

The Beowulf Project
This site was designed by students at Pace University in New York, Fall 2002.
6-Oct-2002

The Harvard Advocate
Contemporary art, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction in an attractive web format.
3-Oct-2002

The Art of John Dos Passos
A brief overview of ...the art of John Dos Passos.
8-Aug-2002

John Gardner's Specters and Salvation
From the site: "JOHN GARDNER received great acclaim for his novels The Wreckage of Agathon, Grendel, The Sunlight Dialogues, Nickel Mountain, October Light, and Freddy's Book , for his scholarly books, including The Life and Times of Chaucer , for his epic poem, Jason and Medeia, for his collections of stories, The King's Indian and The Art of Living and Other Stories, for his work of criticism, On Moral Fiction , and for his books of fairy tales for children. In addition he was a medievalist, banjoist, consultant on all subjects, and dispenser of general good advice."
7-Aug-2002

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