This Open Directory Project category is for printed literary texts available on the Internet--links to Internet literature archive projects such as Project Gutenberg, for example, can be found here. If you are looking for--or wish to submit a site with or related to--literature originally published to the Internet, you may wish to browse the Arts: Online Writing category.
Primary historical texts and relevant secondary sources pertaining to the bizarre Roman Emperor Elagabalus and related subjects. An offbeat, fascinating introduction to Imperial Roman history, starting on the fringe. Texts in HTML format. members.aol.com/heliogabby/private/hglib.htm
Links to electronic texts, electronic text archives, electronic publishers and booksellers, compiled by the Library of Congress. www.loc.gov/global/etext/etext.html
A compilation of classic authors and their works, along with biographies, background, study guides. Linked to other sites related to the study of literature. www.anova.org
For theories on the status of the contemporary novel, reviewing texts in print form, with an eye toward the form's evolution via hypertexts and immersive environments. members.tripod.com/~dglen/society.htm
Free, online illustrated childrens stories, 20 best out-of-copyright novels of the 20th century, out-of-copyright nonfiction of the 20th century. Also children's stories. www.bygosh.com
A very large selection of electronic online texts by a wide variety of authors from a wide range of literature; many works can also be downloaded in .zip file-format. www.blackmask.com
A collection of classic books, poems, speeches, and plays. Site offers online chapter-indexed hypertext that can be easily read and searched and each piece includes downloadable e-text of the work. www.literatureproject.com
Links to third party sites, plus literary and reference databases including English and American poetry, drama, and prose, and The Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature. Requires paid subscription. lion.chadwyck.com