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Reviews, Criticism and Analysis of Literature

Online Literary Criticism Collection
The Complete Review
    "A selectively comprehensive, objectively opinionated survey of books old and new,
    trying to meet all your book review, preview, and information needs."
The Puritans:  American Literature of the Colonial Period (1608-1700)
Glossary of Literary Terms and a Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
    "This book contains definitions and examples of more than sixty traditional rhetorical
    devices, all of which can still be useful today to improve the effectiveness, clarity,
    and enjoyment of your writing." --Source
Amazon.com
Barnes and Noble
Booklist
    "The digital counterpart of the American Library Association's Booklist
    magazine.  Booklist has been the librarian's leading choice for reviews of the latest books." --Source
A Literary Index
    :A Literary Index provides both an overview and a review of the more significant
    collections of Internet literary resources of interest to scholars, students, and lovers
    of literature." --Source
Great Books Index
    The Great Books of the Western World, in English. Links to online editions, criticisms, and
    author information if available.
SparkNotes
    Online study guides written by Harvard students for many popular novels including 1984, Animal Farm,
    Beowulf, The Odyssey, My Antonia, Great Expectations, Farhenheit 451, Frankenstein, Scarlet Letter,
    To Kill a Mockingbird, and many others commonly used in high school classrooms.
Book Rags
    Free book notes and literature study guides by title.
NovelGuide   
    "Source for literary analysis on the web.We provide an educational supplement for better
    understanding of classic and contemporary Literature Profiles, Metaphor Analysis,
    Theme Analyses, and Author Biographies." --Source
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
    "This is the list of acronyms and abbreviations in the Network Acronym and
    Abbreviation Server..." --Source
WWWebster Dictionary
ARTFL Project: Roget's Thesaurus
Wordsmyth: The Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus
Dictionary of Symbolism
    "This symbolism dictionary endeavors to provide some possible cultural significances
    of various symbols, and suggest ways in which those symbols may have been used
     in context. Most symbols are not code signals, like traffic lights, where red means stop
    and green means go, but part of a complex language in which green can mean jealousy
    or fertility or even both, depending on context. It is up to each of us to explore works
     of art sensitively, and decide for ourselves how the symbols in each work function.
     This web site is offered as an aid in that enriching activity." -- Source
 

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This page was first published July 27, 1999. This page was modified February 28, 2004.

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