SparkNotes.com

Study guides and discussion forums offered on various academic subjects. Literature section includes brief analyses of characters, themes and plots.
http://www.sparknotes.com/

The Libyrinth

Site focuses on 20th century contemporary literature and author resources available online.
http://www.themodernword.com/authors.html

Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Bartleby.com's publication of Brewer's classic. Includes derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words.
http://www.bartleby.com/81/

How to Excel in an Undergraduate Literature Course

Advice from a professor on what to expect and how to excel in college literature courses.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6354/excell.html

Invisible Library

A collection of imaginary authors and titles mentioned within real books.
http://www.invisiblelibrary.com/

A Celebration of Women Writers

Comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers, and complete published books written by women. Searchable by time period, country, and author's last name.
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/

The Independent Literature Institute

A non-profit co-operative for self-publishing authors and independent publishers.
http://www.geocities.com/indylit/

Electronic Literature Directory

A comprehensive database of listings for electronic works, their authors, and their publishers. The descriptive entries cover poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction that makes significant use of electronic techniques.
http://directory.wordcircuits.com/

A Collection of Classics

Lets users explore the meaning of a "classic," introduces users to the authors who have written classics, gets users on the path to making their own classics.
http://library.thinkquest.org/27864/

The Electronic Labyrinth

Both utilizes and focuses upon the medium of hypertext as it relates to literature and its concrete manifestations--from palimpsests to mechanically printed books to CD-ROMs -- throughout history to the present, with speculation on the future.
http://eserver.org/elab/

Booklist

The digital counterpart of the American Library Association's Booklist magazine. Reviews of the latest books and (more recently) electronic media.
http://archive.ala.org/booklist/

BookSpot

Features book reviews and news, reading lists, and author and publisher information.
http://www.bookspot.com/

SwissEduc

Reading list for university study, with synopses, background and selected texts for works covered.
http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist