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Literary Works and Criticism

Poem-a-Day
The original daily poetry series publishing new work by contemporary poets.
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
This is a full-text digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century African American women writers.
Gale's LitIndex
This is an index without full text links to the printed volumes in Gale's series on authors and their works.
Legends
Provides links to websites that explore famous legends in history, literature, folklore, fiction, film, and the arts.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg offers over 40,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online.
Representative Poetry Online
This site surveys 1,400 years of poetry in English.

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Grammar Book
Quickly look up grammar and punctuation rules.
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Contains information on grammar fundamentals, research paper essentials and quizzes.
Online Writing Lab
Sponsored by Purdue University, this excellent site provides student/teacher handouts for punctuation, parts of speech, research papers, business writing, resumes and cover letters, and exercises for practicing the basics, and links for more help.
University of Wisconsin Writing Center
A writing web site offering helpful guidelines for academic writing including developing a thesis statement and citation formats.