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English
Links
- English
Grammar. These web sites may be especially helpful
to students in general ed writing courses
- Grammar & Style
notes by Jack Lynch: a helpful place to look up
things the meaning of things like dangling participles,
comma splices or faulty predications.
- Janice
R. Walker's Columbia
Online Style Guide: a helpful site that shows you
how to use MLA-Style to cite electronic sources.
- The
Elements of Style: an online version of the original
English handbook by WILLIAM STRUNK, Jr.
- English
Literature. These links might be of use to students
and teachers of literature
- The
Perseus Project: a digital library of resources
for studying the ancient world. Its resources
include ancient texts and translations, maps, art catalogues,
and essays on secondary topics like vase paintings.
- The
Voice of the Shuttle: a web site dedicated to research
in the humanities.
- Books
On-Line: a web page that lists and provides links
to hundreds of texts that have entered public domain,
including the complete works of Shakespeare, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey,
and Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha.
- Project
Gutenberg: a searchable web site that lists and
provides links to hundreds of texts that have entered
public domain and can thus be downloaded free of charge. Texts
are available in .txt format, .zip files, and/or via
ftp. For
more detail, see my Lit resources page.
- Creative
Writing. If you like to read poetry or creative
nonfiction, here are a few good cyber journals.
- Poetry
Daily: a new poem every day, plus selections from
weeks past.
- Creative
Nonfiction: a journal devoted exclusively to creative
nonfiction, including essays, profiles and reviews.
- Ploughshares:
a literary journal that publishes fiction and poetry.
Each issue is guest-edited by a prominent writer who
explores personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
- The
North American Review: "Cause friends don't
let friends read junk!
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