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SELECTED ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

SELECTED LIBRARY RESOURCES

African Literature

Books

Databases*
General Sources

Hebrew Literature

 

Journals*
Latin American Literature

Middle Eastern Literature

Online Literature

Oriental Literature

 

 

 

Audiovisual Materials

Books

Journals

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SELECTED ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

AFRICAN LITERATURE

African Literature and Writers on the Internet
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/lit.html  
A web site from Stanford University, this source includes individual author sites, topical links, and journals in the field.

African Literature on the Internet
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/aflit.html  
This African Studies Internet resource has been developed by Columbia University and is quite extensive in its study of different areas of African literature.

African Writers: Voices of Change
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/africana/writers.htm  
From the University of Florida, this site includes individual authors, children's writers, women writers, poets, and a literature bibliography.

Voice of the Shuttle - African Literature
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2719#id149
Excellent web site from the University of California.

BOOKS

The electronic books listed below are available through the CCM Library Catalog.
 

Bush, Andrew.  The Routes of Modernity : Spanish American Poetry from the Early Eighteenth to the Mid-Nineteenth Century. Lewisburg [PA] : Bucknell University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, 2002. 

eBook PQ7082.P7 B87 2002eb

 

Kristal, Efraín.  Invisible Work: Borges and Translation.  Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2002. 

eBook PQ7797.B635 Z77155 2002eb

 

Martí-López, Elisa. Borrowed Words: Translation, Imitation, and the Making of the Nineteenth-Century Novel in Spain. Lewisburg, [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, 2002. 

eBook PQ6144 .M333 2002eb

 

The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature.  London ; New York : Routledge, 2002. 

eBook PG2951 .R68 2002eb

 

Stratton, Florence.  Contemporary African Literature and the Politics of Gender.  London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
eBookPR9340.5 .S77 2002eb

DATABASES

Contemporary Authors
Literature Resource Center
Literary Reference Center
MagillOnLiterature Plus
MLA International Bibliography

Twayne's Authors Series

GENERAL SOURCES

World Without Borders: the Online Magazine for International Literature
http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/index.php

Includes literary texts from around the world.

HEBREW LITERATURE

Hebrew Authors - A General Directory
http://www.ithl.org.il/authors.html
Website from the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature. 

Hebrew Literature
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/hebrew_lit.html  
A Columbia University site that accesses individual author sites as well as poetry and prose.

JOURNALS

Languages and Literatures

http://wc5ca4yl9r.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=WC5CA4YL9R&N=100&S=SC&C=080090

LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE

Literature in Latin America: Regional Resources
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/literature

A collection of links to literary web pages in Latin America.

MIDDLE EASTERN LITERATURE

Arabic Literature
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/arabic_lit.html
Very extensive website from the Columbia University Middle East Studies for Arabic literature.

Storytelling, the Meaning of Life, and The Epic of Gilgamesh
http://eawc.evansville.edu/essays/brown.htm
An essay on Gilgamesh.

ONLINE LITERATURE

American and English Literature Online Books for Educators
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/online.htm                       
Literature collections in online book format from the Internet School Library Media Center.

Bartleby.com                                  
http://www.bartleby.com/                                                    
"Great books online".

Bibliomania
www.bibliomania.com/ 
"Extensive online collection of texts ranging from fiction and poetry to general non-fiction".

Classic Reader   
http://www.classicreader.com/  
Extensive collection of fiction, short stories, drama, and poetry.

English Language Resources
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/english.html                          
Collection of online English language texts from the University of Virginia.

EServer.org                       
http://eserver.org/                                                                 
A varied collection of original and classic poetry, short fiction, and classics from the University of Washington.

Great Books Index
http://books.mirror.org/gb.home.html      
"An index to online great books in translation."

Major Works of Literature                                             
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/works.html            
Texts of original editions from the University of Toronto English Library.

The Online Books Page  
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/    
More than 15,000 English works in various formats from the University of Pennsylvania.

An Online Library of Literature
http://www.literature.org/         
Online texts of selected classic authors.

Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.net/  
A web site of classic books which can be browsed by either author or title.

Reading Room
http://www.lib.umd.edu/ETC/ReadingRoom/
The University of Maryland provides links to drama, fiction, historical documents, nonfiction, and poetry.

SearcheBooks.com                    
http://www.searchebooks.com/
Provides links to web pages that contain online books.

ORIENTAL LITERATURE

Chinese Literature Classics
http://www.chinapage.com/classic1.html  
A web site of Chinese classical prose and poetry from "China the Beautiful".

Classical Chinese Literature
http://zhongwen.com/gudian.htm  
A site dedicated to selected Chinese classics, links to English translations are included for most works. 

Japan, My Japan! - A Guide to Japan (Literature)
http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Japan.html#literature
Extensive collection of links that deal with Japanese literature, especially good on Haiku.

The Japanese Literature Home Page
http://www.f.waseda.jp/mjewel/jlit/index.html
Designed to be used as a general source for information in English on Japanese literature: literary history, authors and works, links, and literary news, etc.

Japanese Literature Resources Page
http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/worldlit/wldocs/japan.htm
Local on-line resources, links to other websites, recommended books, audiovisual resources, and authors and texts.

SELECTED LIBRARY RESOURCES                                                                             RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS

Isabel AllendeHanover, NH : Ediciones del Norte, 1986. 

Video PQ8098.1.L54 A13 1986

 

Luisa ValenzuelaHanover, NH : Ediciones del Norte, 1986. 

Video PN7798.32.A48 L85 1986

BOOKS

Eisler, Benita.  Naked in the Marketplace : the Lives of George Sand.  New York : Counterpoint, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2006. 

PQ2412 .E37 2006


A History of Women's Writing in Russia
.  Cambridge, UK : New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002. 

PG2997 .H56 2002

 

Moss, Joyce.   British and Irish Literature and its Times.  Detroit : Gale Group, 2001. 
Reference PR25 .M67 2001/ Reference PR471 .M65 2001

 

Moss, Joyce.  Classical Literature and Its Times.  Farmington Hills, MI : Thomson Gale, 2006.

Reference PA3003 .M67 2006

 

Moss, Joyce.  Italian Literature and Its Times.  Farmington Hills, MI : Thomson Gale, 2005.

Reference PQ4038 .M67 2005

 

Moss, Joyce.  Middle Eastern Literatures and Their Times.  Farmington Hills, MI : Thomson Gale, 2004.

Reference PJ307 .M67 2004

 

Moss, Joyce.  Spanish and Portuguese Literatures and Their Times : The Iberian Peninsula.  Detroit : Gale Group, 2002. 
Reference
PQ6041 .M67 2002

 

Tatar, Maria.  The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales.  (Expanded 2nd ed.)   Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2003. 
PT921 .T38 2003
 

 

Zipes, Jack David.  Breaking the Magic Spell : Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales.  ( Rev. and expanded ed.)  Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2002. 

GR74 .Z56 2002 

 

Zipes, Jack David.  The Brothers Grimm : from Enchanted Forests to the Modern WorldHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. 

Reserve PT921 .Z57 2002

JOURNALS

Contemporary Literature  (1968-1994)
Journal of Modern Literature
  (1970-1993)
Notes on Contemporary Literature
  (1971- )
Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature  (1960-1967)

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