Links to interesting websites and documents
Research
Search Oxford English Dictionary
- 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
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Bizarre, but wondrous site about Victorian England
