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Portals - websites that give you links to many other websites worth checking out:
Biographies written for students - short and simple biographies - includes some authors
The Children's Literature Web Guide - internet resources related to books for children and young adults
Collections Canada - Literature page
Collections Canada - Writers page
The Digital Librarian - Mythology page
The Digital Librarian - Books and Reading page
The Digital Librarian - Book Collecting and Book History page
The Digital Librarian - Literature page
The Digtial Librarian - Children's Literature page
The Internet Public Library (IPL) - Literary Criticism page - links to critical and biographical resources searchable by author, title, nationality or time period
The IPL - Mysteries and More page - covers mystery and detective fiction, real life mysteries, investigative reporting and more
The IPL - Native American Authors page
Voice of the Shuttle - a portal for humanities research (includes resources for subject like history, literature, literary criticism, media studies, religion and more)
the Yahoo Directory for Literature
Websites
Beyond the Funnies: The History of Comics in Canada and Quebec
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Online
Educational Resources for Media Studies
Freedom to Read - celebrating freedom of expression in Canada; anti-censorship resources
Library of Congress Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature
". . . a series of audio-recorded readings of renowned poets and prose writers reading from their work at the Library of Congress. Recordings include readings by former consultants in Poetry Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks and Robert Frost; Nobel Laureates Mario Vargas Llosa and Czeslaw Milosz; and celebrated writers such as Ray Bradbury, Margaret Atwood, and Kurt Vonnegut. The Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature at the Library of Congress dates back to 1943. . . It contains nearly two thousand recordings—of poets and prose writers . . . Most of these recordings were captured on magnetic tape reels, and are only accessible at the Library itself. In digitizing the archive and presenting it online, the Library hopes to greatly broaden its use and value. The material featured on this online presentation represents a sample of this collection. The site will continue to provide additional items from this archive on a monthly basis over the next several years."
Mythweb - illustrated Greek myths and other resources
Mythweb Encyclopedia
Fables, Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes