General+Authorss

__**AllReaders.com**__  [|**http://www.allreaders.com**]  __Search for book information by plot, main character, theme; see reviews__ __**American Authors on the Web**__  [|**http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/AmeLit.html**]  __Directory arranged chronologically by authors’ dates; links included__
 * __GENERAL AUTHORS__**

__**Bibliomania**__  [|**http://www.bibliomania.com**]  __Searchable full-text or author/title; read classics; get study guides; and find reference sources__

**BookRags: Free Book Notes Study Guides** ** [] ** Study guides to works considered classics of literature

**A Celebration of Women Writers** ** [] ** Includes biographical information and some page images; browse by name, century, country, or ethnicity

**The Complete Review** ** [] ** Search for books under review by author or title; or search other indices by genre, nationality, other

**Great Writers** ** [] ** Links to home pages of specific writers

**Literary Resources on the Net** ** [] ** Searchable and comprehensive guide to author information with more critical links than most other sites. Search by a single word or select a category.

= LitLinks = ** [] ** Information on works and authors within 5 genres—fiction, drama, poetry, essays, critical theory

** PAL: Perspectives in American Literature – A Research and Reference Guide ** ** [] ** Information on specific authors from the Colonial Period to the Present. Additional information includes obituaries, introductory essays for each period of history, and bibliographies.

** PinkMonkey.com ** ** [] ** One part of this study site contains more than 300 literature summaries, study guides, etexts

**SparkNotes.com** ** [|http://sparknotes.com] ** Literature, poetry, and Shakespeare are among the topics of the study guides available here

= Yahoo! Author Series = ** [] ** Use the list of categories to find links—Classics, Folk and fairy tales, medieval, poets, etc