English Language Arts
Writing and Grammar
Guide to Grammar and Writing: From Capital Community College, CT, help for composition, paragraph construction and research papers (interactive)
Writer's Web: From Writing Center, Univ. of Richmond, help getting started, focusing, editing first drafts.
Owl: OnLine Writing Lab: From Purdue University, with lots of great information about writing, creating a thesis statement, creating citations, etc.
Chomp Chomp Grammar Bytes : Interactive grammar with handouts, quizzes, and more.
Grammar girl: Fun site with "Quick and dirty tips for better writing."
Poetry
Poets.org: Brief biographies of poets from classical to contemporary plus samples of works.
American Verse Project: Public domain poetry: American poets before 1920, including Dickinson, Sanburg, James.
Poetry 180: Daily poems for high school students, from the Library of Congress.
Representative Poetry Online: Indexed by title, author, date, keyword and first line.
Famous Poets and Poems - a searchable database
Authors
Literature in Latin America (LANIC): Exhaustive source of links to authors, biographies, journals and magazines.
Native American Authors (Internet Public Library): Reliable and organized source of information and links to Native American authors
Shakespeare Web: More on Will.
Shakespeare: information on all kinds of questions about Shakespeare
10 Black Authors Everyone Should Read (from KQED) with brief biographies
Mythology
Encyclopedia Mythica: Information on world mythology, including Greek, Roman, gyption, Chinese and Japanese. This site also has information about the Arthurian legends.
Theoi Greek Mythology: Free reference guide to ancient Greek mythology and religion
Greek Mythology: Information on all aspects of Greek mythology, from gods and goddesses to myths to heroes; full texts of some Greek mythology and literature books
General Resources
National Humanities Center Toolbox Library: Primary sources in U.S. History and Literature
Literary resources: International literature and drama.
Literary Collection: Internet Public Library online literary criticism collection and links.
English Scholar: Links to all kinds of English resources, from literary criticism to research