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John
Banville
Biography
courtesy of Read Ireland
The
John Banville Pages: David Alan Sellers
The
Untouchable - Review
Eclipse
- Review by Ann Skea
The
Trilogy Lecture by Steven Connor
Samuel
Beckett
Samuel
Beckett On-Line Resources and Links Page
- links to online essays, reviews and analyses.
Samuel
Beckett Endpage - for fans and
scholars of Samuel Beckett.
Resources
and Links
Samuel
Beckett - Apmonia - Good, Comprehensive site - Worth
a visit.
The Samuel Beckett
Centre - Trinity College, Dublin
Brief
Biography and Bibliography
Little
Blue Light - Samuel Beckett
GradeSaver
- Samuel Beckett
Beckett
International Foundation
Samuel
Beckett - University of South Carolina Press
Brendan
Behan
Brendan
Behan - fan page dedicated to
Irish playwright and novelist Brendan Behan.
Brendan
Francis Behan (1923-1964) -
biographical sketch of the playwright known for his
political views and satirical writings.
The
Brendan Behan Worship Page
Maeve
Binchy
Maeve
Binchy: Read Ireland -
explores her life and career.
Donn
Byrne
Donn
Byrne (1889 - 1929) - about
the life and works of the under-rated Irish author
Philip
Casey
Philip
Casey - poet, novelist,
dramatist
J.P.Donleavy
Donleavy,
J.P. - compendium of resources
relating to his books, plays, art, audio, video, and
related miscellany.
James
Joyce
James
Joyce - The James
Joyce Centre
Patrick
Kavanagh
Patrick
Kavanagh Country -
Information on Patrick Kavanagh and his home in Monaghan
John
B Keane
John
B Keane Website - Links to purchasing his works,
also details of his productions. Nice site, although out
of date.
Molly
Keane
Molly
Keane - Brief Biography from Sleeping Giant
Eamonn
McGrath
Eamonn
McGrath - Ardeevan.com - you are here
John
McGahern
John
McGahern - Bilbliography and links
Edna
O'Brien
Edna
O'Brien - Biography and Bibliography
Edna
O'Brien - Brief summaries of selected novels from
Oxford music
Flann
O'Brien
Flann
O'Brien - Links and Biography
Flann
O'Brien: The No-Bicycle Page -
some excerpts from his works.
Ernie
O'Malley
Ernie
O'Malley - Biography - courtesy of Achill247.com
Keith
Ridgway
Keith
Ridgway - includes exclusive
work, news of publications, and gossip about the
Dubliner.
Jack
Scoltock
Jack
Scoltock - Prolific Children's
writer and Playwright from Derry. Official Website.
George
Bernard Shaw
George
Bernard Shaw -
Information and Research Service
Jonathan
Swift
Jonathan
"Isaac Bickerstaff" Swift
- Biography and Quotes
Oscar
Wilde
Oscar
Wilde - offers a biography,
many photographs, a list of works and much more.
Wilde
[oscarwilde.com] - the story
of Oscar Wilde, the first modern man.
Oscar
Wilde Sites on the World-Wide Web
U.K.
Authors (Top)
Jane
Austen Information Page
- includes annotated and electronic text from Austen's
six novels as well as her minor works.
Austen.com
- information and links about the author, and a
collection of fan fiction inspired by her works.
Hilaire
Belloc Studies Page -
dedicated to the study of the Catholic novelist, poet,
essayist and historian.
Anne
Brontė (1820-1849) - includes
a biography, selected works, and a bibliography.
Brontė
Sisters Web - includes e-texts
for novels by Anne, Charlotte, and Emily Brontė,
including Shirley, The Professor, and Agnes Gray.
Charlotte
Bronte, The Life of -
text of the biography by Elizabeth Gaskell.
Emily
Jane Bronte - bibliographic
and biographical information.
Lewis
Carroll [Joel Birenbaum]
- information on Carroll's literature, photography, and
mathematical puzzles, plus links to Carrollian
organisations, commercial sites, and Carrollians on the
web.
Lewis
Carroll WWW Links - developed
for teachers and school librarians.
Geoffrey
Chaucer Website - from Harvard
University. Includes sections on life and manners in
Chaucer's time, The Canterbury Tales, Middle English,
and common literary subjects of the period.
Chaucer:
An Annotated Guide to Online Resources
- resources include bibliography, biography, commentary,
language tools, background, and teaching resources.
Chesterton,
G.K. (1874-1936) - information
and resources about Chesterton, including copies of much
of his work, Heretics, Orthodoxy, Father Brown detective
fiction and more.
G.
K. Chesterton Library -
compilation of Chesterton's works including fiction,
poetry, essays, as well as criticism and links to his
literary friends and influences.
Roald
Dahl - official site. Includes
illustrations from Quentin Blake, plus treats for kids,
tips for teachers, details of the Roald Dahl Foundation,
and more.
Walter
de la Mare Classic Horror and Fantasy Page:
- biography and suggested reading list, as well as a
discussion of the supernatual in de la Mare's writing.
Daniel
Defoe - provides bibliography
and biography.
Daniel
Defoe - provides bibliography
and biography.
Charles
Dickens - information and
links on his life, works, and times.
David
Perdue's Charles Dickens Page
- dedicated to the life and works of the author.
Dame
Daphne du Maurier - about the
author, including bibliography, reminiscences, and
events.
Daphne
du Maurier (1907-1989) -
contains biographical background and a list of selected
works.
Victorian
Web: George Eliot - provides
bibliography, and links to discussions of themes,
styles, and characterization, and biographical
information.
Cecil
Scott Forester (1899-1966) -
biography of the author.
John
Galsworthy (1867-1933) -
profile and bibliography from Moonstruck Drama
Bookstore.
William
Golding - tribute to the
author. Includes bibliography and reviews.
Graham
Greene Site - about his life
and works.
Thomas
Hardy Resource Library -
includes chronology, biography, reviews, texts, and
Hardy's ale recipe.
Thomas
Hardy: An Overview - from the
Victorian Web.
D.H.
Lawrence and Lady Chatterley -
about Lawrence's life and his controversial novel.
C.S.Lewis:
Into the Wardrobe -
comprehensive site including daily quotes, pictures,
papers, news and events, discussion forums, and complete
lists of literary works.
W.
Somerset Maugham Centre -
offers biographical information, a list of his works,
details about his art collection, photographs, quotes,
and more.
John
Milton - Part of
the Luminarium Bookstore
John
Milton - The
Milton L Home Page
George
Orwell Page - includes a
biography, essays, and summaries and synopses of his
books.
George
Orwell Resources - includes a
biography and extensive bibliography, as well as links
to works online.
Alexander
Pope - Works and
Links
Alexander
Pope - Biography
John
Boynton Priestley - provides
biographical information and a list of selected works.
Salman
Rushdie - index of sites on
Rushdie's works and the author himself.
Shakespeare
- Shakespeare in the
Information Age
My
Hideous Progeny: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- covering Mary Shelley's life, her family, friends, and
her novels, with special sections on Frankenstein and
Gothic literature.
Robert
Louis Stevenson Web Site, The
- includes bibliography, links to associations, and
images.
JRR
Tolkien - The Tolkien
Homepage
Anthony
Trollope Web - guide to
Trollop sites and e-texts.
Evelyn
Waugh: The Complete Stories of, New York Times
- review, as well as text of the story The Balance.
Registration required.
H.G.
Wells - a brief biography as
well as links and information about some of his earlier
works of science fiction.
Virginia
Woolf Web Directory: Links to Web Sites on
- includes annotations.
American
Authors (Top)
Louisa
May Alcott : Teacher Resource File
- links to biographies, bibliographies, lesson plans,
and other resources for librarians, teachers, students,
and parents.
Louisa
May Alcott: Life and Works of
- by Nancy Imelda Schafer.
Samuel
L Clemens (Mark Twain) - Ever
the Twain shall meet
Emily
Dickinson - The
Emily Dickinson Society
F.
Scott Fitzgerald's The Sensible Thing: American
Storytellers: -
biographies, reading list, links, and behind-the-scenes
of the short film adaptation.
T.S.
Elliot - What the
Thunder said
Hemingway
Resource Center -
features a biography, bibliography, audio clips, writing
contest, and links.
John
Irving Very Unofficial Page -
works, biographical sketch, bibliography, and more.
Jack
London (1876-1916) His life
and books
Bernard
Malamud: Unofficial Pages - an
examination of his life and works.
Herman
Melville: The Life and Works of
- features biography, news, and papers.
Edgar
Allan Poe: Best of -
collection of his works.
Edgar
Allan Poe - Selected Works -
full online text.
International
(Top)
Honoré
de Balzac - provides
biography, bibliography, further reading list, and
museum information.
Albert
Camus: The Stranger - includes
biography, pictures, works list, excerpts, quotations,
and links.
Truman
Capote: Capote's Room -
personal evaluations of the author's works, selected
bibliography, BBS, and links.
Cervantes
International Bibliography Online
Miguel
De Cervantes: Don Quixote Web Page, The
- features English translation by John Ormsby, as well
as a Spanish language history of Cervantes and his work.
Dostoyevsky
- Study Guide
Alexandre
Dumas pčre - offers a
biography, bibliography, photographs, and links.
J.M.
Falkner: Moonfleet -
electronic text of the novel.
Johann
Wolfgang Von Goethe: Poetical Works of
- includes the text of Faust and other collected poems.
Goethe
Ring - a ring of pages devoted
to Goethe.
H.R.
Haggard: He-Who-Must-Be-Read -
dedicated to the author of King Solomon's Mines and She.
Franz
Kafka: Constructing Kafka -
Comprehensive site on the Czech author.
Kipling
Society - resource and
world-wide contact point for people interested in the
writings and life of Rudyard Kipling.
World
of Rudyard Kipling - contains
analysis and text of his poems, short biography, and
some useful links.
Primo
Levi - rare interview by Levi
transcribed, alongside portraits, original photographs
from composer Ari Frankel, and many book covers.
Primo
Levi: Granta - Weightless
- Levi considers the miracle of weightlessness in outer
space, as well as Dante's Inferno.
Llywelyn,
Morgan - author of Irish and
Celtic historical novels.
Katherine
Mansfield - provides brief
biography and selected bibliography.
Aleksandr
Isaevich Solzhenitsyn: Winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in
Literature - links, essays,
reviews and more.
William
Makepeace Thackeray - links,
quotes, and a chronology of the author's life.
Jules
Verne: Life and Works of
- biography, reviews, commentary and more.
Jules
Verne: Complete Bibliography
Classical
- Greek (Top)
Alcman
- one of ancient Sparta's best known poets
Aristophanes:
The Classic Text: -
explores various editions of the plays of Aristophanes,
including one illustrated by Pablo Picasso.
Aristotle
- Ancient Philosopher -
summary of his life and works.
Dante
- The World of Dante - (including a free map of
hell!)
Dante
- The Renaissance Editions
Diogenes
of Sinope and the Cynics -
concerning the Ancient Greek philosophy of Cynicism and
its greatest practitioner.
Epicurus
and Epicurean Philosophy -
comprehensive survey of Epicurean philosophy, including
ancient texts, history, bibliography, related links, and
e-mail discussion group.
Epictetus:
Britannica.com - biography of
the Greek philosopher associated with the Stoics.
Heraclitus
- The Fire Priest - explores
the life and beliefs of the materialist pre-Socratic
philosopher.
Herodotus
Web Site - includes commentary
and essays on the historian's work and its style, as
well as maps, a glossary, and personal details.
The
Homer Hompage
Homer
- The Illiad
Homer
- The Odyssey
Lycurgus
- The Father of Sparta -
Plutarch's life of Lycurgus, in an abridged modern
English version.
Plato
- Plato's works available to read online or download.
Plato:
Works of - contains a
collection of writings.
Plutarch
- his life and legacy.
Works
by Plutarch - from The
Internet Classics Archive.
Porphyry
(232/3-c. 305 C.E.)
Sappho:
Tufts Hellenic Society
Socrates:
Philosophy Pages: - biography
featuring links and related hyperlinks.
Socrates
Had it Coming - commentary on
the trial and execution of the philosopher.
Socrates:
Last Days of - includes scenes
from the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo.
Sophocles
- guide to his life and works.
Sophocles:
Web Directory: - guide to
Internet resources and texts.
Thucydides
and the Writing of History -
"I have written my work, not as an essay which is
to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession
for all time."
Classical
- Roman (Top)
Apuleius'
Apologia - by
which he defended himself on a capital charge of at
least magic and possibly murder, all apparently arising
out of jealousies raised by his marriage to a
distinguished older woman.
Augustine
of Hippo - guide to texts and
translations, commentaries, research materials, and
related resources.
Augustus
(Octavian, Caesar): Web Directory
- annotated links to online texts, translations, images,
introductions, essays, and historical fiction.
Boethius:
Life of - brief biography of
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius.
Cassiodorus
- study of the life of Flavius Magnus Aurelius
Cassiodorus Senator, statesman, monk, and historian.
Written by James J. O'Donnell.
Catullus
on the Web - poems and
criticism.
Marcus
Tullius Cicero - the Cicero
Hompage including texts, chronology, bibliograpy, and
images.
Diotima's
Horace - with selected odes
translated by Steven Willett.
Flavius
Josephus Home Page - dedicated
to the works of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus.
Featuring the latest information about Josephus' account
of Jesus.
Ovid:
Recent Bibliography - fully
searchable and frequently updated bibliography of recent
work (1990-) on the Roman poet Ovid.
Ovid:
Metamorphoses - annotated list
of links.
Orphee:
European band
Seneca:
Biographies
Tacitus
Home Page - with a chronology
of his life, summary of his works, and a bibliography.
Tacitus:
The End of the Republic -
describing how the civil war and proscriptions (mass
executions of political opponents) had destroyed the
Republic.
Titus
Livius (59BCE-17CE)
Virgil:
The Classic Text: -
illustrated examination of a variety of Virgil texts.
Virgil.org
- Virgil translations, editions, maps, bibliography, and
discussion group
Vergil
Project - from the University
of Pennsylvania's Department of Classics.
Publishers
Fiction
& Literary Fiction & General
(Top)
Allison
& Busby Ltd
- London
Arcadia
Books Ltd.
- London
Black
Ace Books
- Scotland
Blackstaff
Press Ltd.
- Belfast
Bloomsbury
Publishing PLC
- London
Canongate
Books Ltd.
- Edinburgh
Chivers
Press
- Cumbria
Constable
& Robinson Ltd.
- London
Faber
& Faber Ltd
- London
Granta
Publications
- London
HarperCollins
Publishers
- London
The
Harvill Press
- London
The
Lilliput Press
- Dublin
Pan
Macmillan / Picador
- London
Merlin
Publishing -
Dublin
Mentor
Books
- Dublin
The
Mercier Press
- Cork
The
O'Brien Press Ltd
- Dublin
Paragon
Press
- Leeds
Penguin
UK
- London
Piatkus
Books
- London
Pipers'
Ash Ltd
- Chippenham
Poolbeg
Press
- Dublin
Random
House Publishing
- (includes Transworld: Anchor, Bantam, Bantam Press,
Black Swan, Corgi and Doubleday)
Serpent's
Tail
- London
Severn
House Publishers
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Wolfhound
Press
- Dublin
Children's
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Atlantic
Europe Publishing Ltd.
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