Internet Resources: Literature

ALA Youth Media Awards -  Includes the Newbery Medal, Printz Award, and the Coretta Scott King Book Award.

Nobel Prize in Literature - Prize winners since 1901.

• The Pulitzer Prizes - Prizes in journalism and literature since 1917.

• Folger Shakespeare Library - Digital collections, texts of Shakespeare's works, and materials for students and teachers.
• Project Gutenberg - Digital collection of 60,000 of the world's greatest literary works, with a focus on titles for which U. S. copyright has expired, freely available to read or download.
• Representative Poetry Online - Collection of over 4,800 poems in French and English from the middle ages to the work of poets living today.
• Robbins Library Digital Projects - Online collections for the study of medieval literature.

• Encylopedia Mythica - Articles about deities and beings from all corners of the world.
• SurLaLune Fairy Tales - A timeline of tales' evolutions, and annotations to topical articles and books.
• Andrew Lang's Fairy Books - Full text, sortable by country of origin.
• Fairy and Folk Tales: Websites - Scroll to the bottom for more recommendations.

Academy of American Poets - Essays and interviews, poet biographies, and over 5000 poems.

Poetry Foundation - Information on poets and poetry from the publisher of Poetry magazine.