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How to analyse literature
Cool Reference Websites
Making of books

HOW TO ANALYSE LITERATURE

• Elements of Fiction: a powerpoint presentation on the basices
• The Norton Website: an online companion to examining and writing about literature.
• Online Writing Lab, Purdue U: close reading, developing your thesis, pre-writing activities, drafting your essay, avoiding the pitfalls

REFERENCE WEBSITES

• Babelfish: Language translation service. Provides online text and website translation. Very easy to use.
• Bartletts Quotations: over 11,000 searchable quotations.
• Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology: modern English words whose origins reach far back in Ancient Greek or Roman mythology.
• Glossary of Musical Terms/Synopses of Operas: a good resource for musical references that you may come across in literature.
• Glossary of Religious Terms: organized by the major religions of the world.
• Language Tool: search 275 dictionaries, translate from 69 source languages to 73 target languages.
• Today in Literature: is a daily calendar of stories about the great people, books, characters and events in literary history emailed to you once a day or week.
• Shakespeare Glossary: glossary of unusual words found in Shakespeare's works.
• Questia.com: The world's largest online library compiled by select development librarians to include books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. A rich resource of scholarly content. Just type in any author or any word and discover all the resources you can access online from cover to cover 24/7.

Discover the art of making books through these resources.

• Central New York Book Arts: you'll spend hours on this fascinating and comprehensive site about bookmaking.
• Los Angeles Book Arts Center: the focus of this center is on artists books and the paper arts. The website features a course schedule of free lectures and fee-based classes.