Links to interesting websites and documents

Research

• emagazine: you will need to ask an English teacher for password access
• Click for The English Review
• You can access The Literary Encyclopedia.
• Here is a useful English Literature Study Guide.
• An online reference library for European Painting.
• British Library literary timeline.  And this is good, too - Andrew Moore's brief history of English Literature.
• Some online lectures can be found here - http://www.theenglishfaculty.org/

Style and writing accurately and well

• George Orwell's writing rules.
• A superb grammar resource from Bristol Univeristy
• Cambridge University's advice on essay writing
• A selection of rules for good writing from a number of different authors.
• This site is called Newsroom and gives you the the chance to test your language skills through the prism of writing well in the media.  Would you make a good journalist?
• The BBC produces this style guide for its journalists.  It is a very useful document and a good reminder that we should aim to write clear, accurate English.
• This is a link to the Wellington guide to writing good literary essays.
• This site is called Dr Grammar and answers many obvious questions about grammar and style.
• Here is a guide to good, clear writing written by a lecturer at the univeristy SOAS.
• Rhetorical Terms

Contemporary writing and reading suggestions

• Arts and letters daily is a fantastic digest of good writing on the web.  It comes highly recommended.
• The British Council maintatins this site featuring contemporary writers in the UK.
• The Wellington booklist is published from time to time featuring recommendations from students and teachers alike.  This is the most recent version.
• The poetry archive is another fantastic resource.
• The Poetry Channel has some very interesting contemporary poets and performances of classic works.

Shakespeare

• All the plays and a concordance.  A remarkable site.
• This site is called Mr William Shakespeare and the internet.  Is this self-explanatory?
• This site is called Shakespeare and his critics.  It could be helpful for essays.
• Are you Shakspearianced?
• Explore the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Other Literary interest

• Intelligence Squared: clips of interviews with great writers.
• Project Gutenburg: online versions of literary texts
• Nobel prize for literature
• Interested in poetry? - try The Poetry Society  and Pass on a Poem.
• Anxious about Greek Myths?  Try this cheesy-looking, but pretty accurate site: http://www.mythweb.com/

Victoriana

• Bizarre, but wondrous site about Victorian England