Degree/Diploma in English
Useful Links
The following links may prove useful in your studies. This selection is by no means comprehensive, however, and you will be able to find further information by doing searches of your own. The best search engine, I have found, is Google www.google.com, because it is selective. Try typing English Literature as a search and see what comes up.
The number of literary sites on the web is enormous, but some of them are low-grade and occasionally inaccurate. Whilst the web is a great resource for scholars, therefore, you should approach it with circumspection. Don't use web pages as your only source of study, use them as a supplement to other forms of study.
Libraries
Goldsmith Library: http://libweb.gold.ac.uk/ [external link]
Goldsmiths has a well-stocked academic library. You will be able to use the library for reference purposes during the week of the Summer School.
The University of London Library: http://www.external.shl.lon.ac.uk/ [external link]
The University of London Library at Senate House can be used for reference purposes at any time of year at the cost of £7 per day.
The British Library: www.bl.uk [external link]
The British Library has the most extensive book collection in Britain (and one of the most extensive in the world). You cannot use the Library Reading Rooms without a reader's pass, but you may find it useful to consult the catalogues on line and see what's available.
Electronic Texts
The following sites are excellent resources if you have trouble getting hold of books.
Bartleby: http://www.bartleby.com/ [external link]
Bibliomania: http://www.bibliomania.com/ [external link]
The On-Line Literature Library: http://www.literature.org/authors/ [external link]
The Project Gutenberg: www.promo.net/pg/ [external link]
University of Pennsylvania On-Line: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/authors.html [external link]
Guides to Web Resources
All these sites offer comprehensive listings of web resources for various literary subjects from the Classical Epic to Contemporary Theory.
Jack Lynch at Rutgers University:
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/ [external link]
Voice of the Shuttle:
http://vos.ucsb.edu/index-netscape.asp [external link]
English Literature on the Web:
http://www.lang.nagoyau.ac.jp/~matsuoka/EngLit.html [external link]
Reference
The Literary Encyclopaedia: www.litencyc.com [external link]
This site is not yet complete, but is growing steadily. When it is finished it will be one of the most extensive literary reference sites on the web.
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature [external link]
An exhaustive and comprehensive reference work.
Booksellers
Books can be purchased on line from the following:
Waterstones: www.waterstones.com [external link]
Amazon: www.amazon.com [external link]