DICTIONARIES AND GLOSSARIES
GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
E-TEXT COLLECTIONS
LINKS

DICTIONARIES AND GLOSSARIES

Dictionary of Symbolism – what particular symbols mean in literature
http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/

Glossary of Literary Terms and a Handbook of Rhetorical Devices - very useful site with a search engine for retrieving definitions and examples, explanations, and even a little test at the end
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/Harris/rhetform.html

Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms - page by Jack Lynch, who has the most complete compilation of English pages on the web, with an alphabetical listing from which to choose terms. He promises constant improvement of the site
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Terms/

Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html

Handbook of Terms for Discussing Poetry - short but good
http://www.cc.emory.edu/ENGLISH/classes/Handbook/Handbook.html

GENERAL DISCUSSIONS

See, here, Granny - George Polti’s 36 Dramatic Situations - outline of the recurring 36 plot situations in drama and literature
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/2535/polti.html

Literary Theories Page - short descriptions of various perspectives in literature and literary criticism, a good overview
http://members.aol.com/litpage/theories.html

E-TEXT COLLECTIONS

Online Books Page - from Carnegie Mellon University - links to over 8000 books online, searchable by author and title.  Links to other online hypertexts.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/books.html

LINKS