Web Resources: Language and Literature

ARTFL Project
From U of Chicago - a searchable French dictionary (17th Century) and Bible. Also some images of illuminated manuscripts. New items added here regularly, though most are restricted to member institutions only.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Searchable by keyword, as well as organized by author. Taken from the 1901 edition.

The English Server
From Carnegie-Mellon University, a database of over 18,000 texts covering English language and literature.

Ethnologue Database
Information on some 6500 languages spoken throughout the world, including alternate names, number of speakers, location, dialects, linguistic affiliation, and other sociolinguistic and demographic data.

FAST Glossary Center
Links to glossaries of all types: varieties of English, field glossaries, and subject-specific glossaries, from the Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere, Finland.

Foreign Languages for Travelers
An introduction to words commonly used by travellers - numbers, times and dates, directions, places, and more. Terms for over 15 different languages are included.

Human-Languages Page
Links to dictionaries, software, and more, covering most common human languages from Afrikaans to Yiddish.

Internet Classics Archive
A searchable collection of almost 400 classical Greek and Roman texts (in English translation) with user-provided commentary.

Literary Index: The Gale Group
Search by author, title, or nationality to locate specific information about a given author or work, including birthdates, pseudonyms, lists of works by an author, and a list of reference books in which criticism about that author/work appears. Works indexed here are those published by Gale, such as Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Something About the Author, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography.

Modern English Collection -- Electronic Text Center
From the University of Virginia. Electronic versions of hundreds of many classic works of English and American literature.

Modern Language Association language map
Based on data collected in the 2000 census this site provides maps of languages spoken in the United States by county or zip code

Online Literary Criticism Collection
From the Internet Public Library, links to over 1300 websites dealing with authors and their works.

Online Etymology Dictionary
A dictionary of word origins.

Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Original essays and bibliographies on medieval topics.

Perseus Database: Classical Studies
The main page includes links to an encyclopedia of Greek studies, including mythology, literature, architecture, music, theater, and religion. Also here are several Greek dictionaries and annotated texts.

PoetryArchive
Audio files of English-language poets reading their own works.

Resources for Cape Verde Information
Links to various Cape Verde related web sites.

Shakespeare on the Web
Links to the full text of Shakespeare's works (searchable).

Victorian Women Writers Project
Transcripts of works by British women writers in the late 19th century.

Willa Cather electronic archive
Links to writings, letters, research, photos and more.

Last Modified: November 3, 2009