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LITERARY CRITICISM & REVIEWS

Finding an Article or Book Review  |  Biography, Criticism, and Reviews 
Literary Reference Resources in the Library (in Gale Literary Index)
Short Stories Criticism  |  Poetry Criticism  |  Film Criticism  |  Public World Wide Web Resources  |  About Cliffs Notes

WHAT IS LITERARY CRITICISM?

"Literary criticism" is the evaluation, analysis, or interpretation of literary works. It is usually in the form of a critical essay or extended book review. Criticism may examine a particular literary work, or may look at an author’s writings as a whole, or may compare and contrast works by time period or with other authors.

WHAT IS AN INDEX?

Indexes allow you to do one search covering hundreds or thousands of articles rather than doing numerous searches through individual books, periodicals, and the Internet. Indexes contain citations to articles. Citations include an article’s title, author, page numbers, publication date, and the name of the periodical in which it was published. Many indexes provide full-text copies of the articles they index. 

FINDING AN ARTICLE OR BOOK REVIEW 

There are many ways to find critical analyses of a book or author:

1. Use a SPECIALIZED index. These focus only on author biographies and literary criticism.

IMPORTANT RESEARCH NOTE

American Women Writers. (Ref PS 147 A4) This five volume work, which covers contributions to American writing by women from colonial times to the present, is both a critical guide and a book of readable essays.

American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies (Ref PS129 A55, 12 volumes) This is an excellent source for information about the lives, careers and works of major American writers. Essays integrate criticism and biographical details. The major weakness of this set is that it includes very few women or Black writers.

Asian American Literature (Ref PS153.A84) This reference tool contains reviews and has criticism of works by Asian American writers.

Biography Index (Ref Z301 B5) Comprehensive guide to American biographical material appearing in selected periodicals and books.

Black Literature Criticism (Ref PS153N5) Presents a broad selection of the best criticism of works by twenty-six major black writers of the past one hundred years.

Book Review Digest (Ref, Z1219 C96) Provides citations and excerpts from reviews in periodicals of current juvenile, adult fiction and nonfiction in the English language from 1905 to the present. Only ten percent of published books are reviewed here.

Book Review Index (Ref Z1035.A1) Provides periodic citations to locate reviews of books, periodicals, books-on-tape, from 1965 to 1998, representing a wide range of popular, academic and professional interests. This is an index only. No full-text.

British Writers (Ref PR85B689) Literary biographies of authors who have made a significant contribution to English literature, from the fourteenth century to now.

Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography (Ref PR 19 C64, 8 Volumes) This eight-volume work was created with high school and college students in mind. Entries start with important facts about the writer, a chronological listing of works, a biography, critical evaluations of important works, references for further study.

Contemporary Authors (Ref PS128 C6) Biographical and critical essays about recent and current authors worldwide. Also includes bibliographies of further readings about those authors.

Contemporary Black Biography (Ref E185.96 C66, 35 volumes) Contemporary Black Biography contains biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of African heritage who form the international black community who have changed today’s world.

RESEARCH HINT: For more biographical information, be sure to also visit the Chabot College Library Web site. Click on "Online Reference Shelf – Biographical Works." See a librarian for many other print and online biographical reference tools.

Contemporary Literary Criticism (Ref PN 771 C59) Includes authors now living, and those who died after 1960. Includes essays on specific literary works.

Critical Survey of Long Fiction English Language Series (Ref 3451.C67, 8 volumes) This survey examines a broad spectrum of the best examples of fictional narratives. Individual critical assessments of authors whose major work are in the field of novels and novellas.

Critical Survey of Long Fiction Foreign Languages (Ref PN 3451 C75, 5 Volumes) This work is a foreign-language survey of the best examples of fictional narratives. It is a continuation of the Critical Survey English language series.

Dictionary of Literary Biography (Ref PS 129 256 volumes) Similar to Contemporary Authors, but covers both currently and historically influential British and American literary figures. Each volume provides a biographical-bibliographical guide for a particular area of literature such as "American Western Writers," "American Poets," "American Short Story Writers," "American novelists since World War II." Since 1981, DLB yearbooks update published entries and add new features.

European writers (Ref PN501 E9, Volume 5-11) Volumes 5 to 7 cover the Age of Romanticism, from 1790 to 1850. Volumes 8-11 cover the twentieth century.

Hispanic Writers (Ref PQ 7081.3 H58 1991) Covers more than 400 authors who are part of the twentieth century Hispanic literature and culture in the Americas.

Latin American Writers (Ref PQ7081 A1 L37, 3 volumes) Here are 2,500 to ten thousand-word essays Latin American writers in prose and theater since the 1950’s.

Magill’s Literary Annual (Ref, PN44 M33, 45 volumes) Magill’s Literary Annual contains essays and reviews of the 200 outstanding books published each year in the United States. Citations of other critical reviews for each are also listed.

Masterpieces of African-American Literature (Ref PS 153 N5 M264, 3 volumes) Contains 266 essays examining the major writings of the African American tradition, in all genres from poetry to non-fiction, drama to novels.

Masterpieces of American Literature (Ref PS 94 M34) Masterpieces of American Literature surveys the broad range of American achievements in prose and poetry, from Colonial times to the late twentieth century. The 199 articles presented here offer descriptions, analyses, characters, plots, themes, critical evaluations, and significance of major works of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry.

Masterpieces of Latino Literature (Ref PQ 7081 A1 M29, 3 volumes) Highlights the literary achievements of Latino authors and thinkers from the seventeenth century to the present. Descriptions, analyses, characters, plots, themes, and critical evaluations of major works of fiction, nonfiction, drama and poetry are arranged alphabetically, by title for individual works or by genre.

Masterplots (Ref. PN44.J3) 500 plots in story form and essay reviews from the world’s finest literature.

Masterplots II : American Fiction (Ref, PN846.M37) 360 interpretive essays on works of Twentieth Century’s fiction published in the U.S. and Latin America.

Masterplots II African-American Authors (Ref, PS153.N5) contains 266 essays examining the major writings of the African American tradition in all genres from poetry to nonfiction, drama to novels.

Masterplots II American literature (Ref, PN846 M37) includes more than 360 interpretive essays on works of Twentieth century fiction published in the U.S. and in Latin America

Masterplots II Drama (Ref, PN6112.5 M37, 4-volumes) Examines 327 works of Twentieth century
drama from around the world.

Masterplots II Women’s Literature (Ref, PN471.M37) 536 essays that examine the most important books of fiction and non-fiction authored by women, from ancient Greece to the late Twentieth century.

Modern American Fiction (Stacks PS379.M54) Critical materials on American authors who wrote or became prominent after the turn of the century.

Masterplots II Short Stories (Ref PN3326 M27) Examines theme, characters, plot, style and technique of more than 700 nineteenth and twentieth century stories by prominent authors.

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama (Ref PN1625 M3, 5 volumes) The Encyclopedia of World Drama focuses on the achievements of playwrights who have influenced the evolution of world drama in the Western tradition including Europe, America, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Entries include a biography, analysis, synopses, a play list and a bibliography.

Shakespearean Criticism (Ref PR 2965 S43) Presents significant passages from published criticism on the works of Shakespeare. The series is devoted to aesthetic criticism, performance criticism, poetry, authorship controversy, costume and set design.

Something About the Author (Ref PN 451 S6) Deals with the lives and works of authors and illustrators of children’s books. It is often the only available source for less well-known writers or artists.

Thesaurus of Book Digests 1950-1980 (Ref PN44 W4 1981) Is a compilation of digests –plot, theme, or thesis summaries- of the most important books of all types and genres published between 1950-1980.

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Ref PN 771 T85) Excerpts from criticism of the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, and short story writers who lived between 1900 and 1960.

Yesterday’s Authors of Books for Children (Ref PN451 Y4) Facts and pictures about authors and illustrators of books for young people, from early times to 1960.

RESEARCH HINT: You have another source for critical reviews of the literature if you have an Alameda County Library card. Click on "The Alameda County Reader’s corner" and receive reviews, quick links to booklists, book discussion groups.

The web address is: http://www.aclibrary.org/readerscorner/readerscorner.asp

SHORT STORIES

Critical Survey of Short Fiction (Ref PN3451 C7, 7+ volumes ) Critical Survey of Short Fiction provides an exhaustive examination of the history, characteristics, structure, and prime examples of literature’s most popular forms. "Essays" detail the roots of ballads, Bible narratives, medieval epics etc. The rest of this work is arranged by "Authors" and "Current Authors."

Reference Guide to Short Fiction (Ref PN 3373 R36) Entries on most significant writers of short fiction from the 19^th and 20^th centuries include a biography, a complete list of the writer’s published books, a selected list of bibliographies and critical essays on the writer.

Short Story Criticism (Ref PN3373 S56) Provides significant passages from criticism of the greatest short story writers of all times. Also provides biographical and bibliographical supplementary materials

REFERENCE TOOLS : POETRY

Critical Survey of Poetry (Ref PN 1111 C7)

Granger’s Index to Poetry (Ref PN1022 G7) This important tool offers no critical analysis. It is used to find poetry by author, subject, title, first line and last line. It tells you if the Chabot College Library has the book you need. First look up the subject, then title.]

Magill’s Critical Survey of Poetry English Language Series (Ref PN1111 C7, 8 volumes +) This work provides a comprehensive overview of English language poets, their works, and the poetic genre in general. This work is divided into two sections, "Authors," and "Essays."

Masterplots II: Poetry Series (Ref, PN1110.5 M37, 9 volumes) Examines individual works of poetry ranging from 7^th century Chinese to twentieth century poetry from around the world. This is a companion set to Magill’s English language series.

Poetry Criticism (Ref PN1010 A6) Provides substantial critical excerpts and biographical information on poets of various nationalities, eras and movements who are most frequently studied in high school and undergraduate college courses.

REFERENCE TOOLS: FILMS
Note: Also take a look at our library subscription databases and film reviews available on the web.

Film Review Annual 1982+ (Ref PN1995 F5) offers important reviews in their entirety of full-length films released in the U.S. during each year between 1982-1998.

Magill’s Cinema Annual 1982+ (Ref PN 1995 M7) Essay length reviews of significant domestic and foreign films released in the United States by year.

Magill’s Survey of Cinema. English Language Films (1^st & 2^nd Series) 1927 to 1985 (Ref PN 1995 M3) Articles analyze several aspects of the film under discussion: production, background, story line, direction, performances, technical merits, critical and popular response and awards.

Magill’s Survey of Cinema Foreign Language Films (Ref PN1993.45 M34)
Offers production information and individual critical article

Motion Picture Guide 1990+ Ref PN 1995 M7 This valuable reference source provides an extensive survey of major U.S. and international films, by year.

New York Times Film Reviews 1913-1970. (Ref PN 1995 A43) Brief reviews of American movies produced and released between 1913 and 1970.

World Wide Web Resources

Important Research Note: Before Searching for your information from the Web, look at originally printed resources from our online subscription databases, first.

General Literary Criticism Web Sites and Online Books  |  Poetry Criticism Web Sites
Film Criticism Web Sites  |  Shakespeare Web Sites  |  Web Sites on Individual Authors

WEB SITES: AUTHOR, CRITICISM

Book Award Lists http://bookwire.com/bookwire/otherbooks/Book-Awards.html

Links to award lists that include Agatha, Booker, Caldecott, Hugo, National Book Award, Newberry, Nobel, Pulitzer and Stoker.

The New York Review of Books  http://www.nybooks.com/
This is the intelligent researcher’s ultimate literary guide, with essays and reviews by writers who hold books and the arts to the highest standards. Its lone drawback: The Archives currently post the full text of reviews only since 1996, but the site is working to put all 37 years of reviews and articles online. You can search the index back to 1963. Warning: You must pay a subscription fee to view the entire database.

New York Times Book Review http://www.nytimes.com/books/review/index.html
The Times is the grande dame of book reviews. The reviews, which can often be considered literature themselves, are divided into Fiction and Non-Fiction. Use the search engine at http://query.nytimes.com/search/advanced to find a review of a book released in 1996 to now. Type in the name of the author or title into the first search box. Type in "book review" into the second box. Articles from the last 7 days are free, as are most book and movie reviews back to 1996.

New York Times Movie Reviews  http://www.nytimes.com/pages/movies/index.html

On-Line Books Page http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
The Online Books Page purpose is to encourage access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It does this by providing an index of thousands of free online books and by pointing to significant directories and archives of online texts.

Atlantic Monthly Magazine Search http://www.theatlantic.com/search/
Provides critical reviews of influential books; this website contains reviews dating back to the 19^th century to show how authors were received by their contemporaries.

Lit Links http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/
LitLinks has biographies and short lists of links to authors in five literary genres: fiction, drama, poetry, essays, and critical theory. It also categorizes some good sites on literary periods from medieval through contemporary. A good starting point.

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/TABLE.HTML
This detailed website is a guide to finding literary criticism and commentary about American authors. It is arranged by literary periods, and includes introductions and general bibliographies for each period.

Boston Book Review http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/bbr/bbr-home.html
Reviews contemporary books it considers important. Intellectually and thoughtfully written, this site showcases the best of both the latest issue and past editions. Full text of the past issues back to 1993 as well as indices to poetry, fiction, and film reviews.

Internet Classics Archive http://classics.mit.edu/index.html
This site features 441 works of classical literature by 59 authors, including Aesop, Aeschylus, Homer, Ovid and Plato. Visitors can read classic works in their entirety, participate in discussions of the works and bone up on the authors themselves.

Online Literary Criticism Collection http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/
Provides links to over 4,000 online sites offering biography, bibliography, and criticism about major authors and works written worldwide.

Literary Index (Gale Group) http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex
An author and title index to Gale Group products containing over 12,000 and over 165,000 titles. Search by author, title, nationality, and birth and death dates.

Literary Research Tools on the Net http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
An incredibly comprehensive collection of Web sites related to literature and the humanities. Compiled and maintained at the University of Pennsylvania.

Online Literary Criticism Collection http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.00.00/
Another very good place to find author biographies and book reviews.

Online Literary Criticism Guide http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/guide.html
The Internet Public Library has collected and described some of the best starting places for finding online critical writing. The Criticism Collection offers critical biographical sites for hundreds of authors. 

Great Books Online www.bartleby.com
Home of great literary Websites on such people as Emily Dickenson, W.E. B. Du Bois, Robert Frost, John Keats, Herman Melville, Edna St Vincent Millay, and Gertrude Stein. This site includes full text of writings from these authors. Also offers unlimited access to more than 100 reference, verse, fiction, nonfiction and reference titles FREE OF CHARGE.

Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research http://vos.ucsb.edu/
This site is a very comprehensive 70-page index to author information on the Internet, but there is little actual criticism mixed in among the online texts and links. Sections of the site, which may prove particularly useful, include: Classical studies, English Literature, Literatures (Other than English), and Literary Theory.

Banned Books On-Line http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html
The books featured here, ranging from Ulysses to Little Red Riding Hood, have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts. 

Booklist www.ala.org/booklist
This is the online version of the American Library Association’s Booklist Magazine. The magazine reviews 4,000 books for adults, 2,500 books for children as well as reference books and online reference tools. You can scan topics by issue, or use the site’s search engine. There is also a cumulative index, with alphabetical entries for authors and titles..

FOR MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON YOUR AUTHOR, BOOK, MOVIE

USE THE CHABOT COLLEGE ONLINE LIBRARY AT: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/

POETRY WEB SITES

About: Poetry http://poetry.about.com
Offers original articles and features about poetry, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources compiled by a subject specialist, a subject-specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Emphasis is on North American poets, such as Robert Frost, Allen Ginsberg and Walt Whitman, but does feature Blake, Coleridge and Yeats. Also includes haiku and reviews. Don’t get lost. Use the links in the gray box to the left of the screen to navigate around this very rich site.

American Verse project www.hti.umich.edu/english/amverse/
The University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative is developing an electronic full text which is an archive of American poetry prior to 1920.

CAPA: Contemporary American Poetry Archive http://capa.conncoll.edu/
American poetry archive designed to make out-of-print volumes of poetry available to readers, scholars, and researchers.

Electronic Poetry Center http://epc.buffalo.edu/
Collection of poets and their works organized alphabetically by surname. Also provides a listing of electronic and print-based poetry magazines and books.

Glossary of Poetic Terms http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0903237.html
This is the "InfoPlease Almanac" glossary of poetry terms.

Glossary of Poetic Terms http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html
You get much more than the definition here. This glossary offers phonetic pronunciation, numerous examples, poetic quotations, writers’ guidelines and hyper-linked keywords and cross references.

LitFinder  http://www.aclibrary.org/research/magsbooks.asp  Indexes over 600,000 poems and indexes full text for over 50,000 poems. Contains interpretations, too. Note: you will need an Alameda County Library card to access this database.

Poetry Archives http://www.emule.com/poetry/
Collection of classical poetry, searchable by author. Offers 3,700 full text works of poets including Charlotte Bronte, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, Lewis Carroll, John Donne, Tu Fu, Rudyard Kipling, Wilfred Owens, William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde. The discussion forum for literary enthusiasts is a great feature.

Poetry Magic http://www.poetreymagic.co.uk/
This British clearly organized site offers essays under two main categories, beginning and advanced. Beginning topics include postmodernist poetry, finding a theme, word choice, and published. Advanced topics include literary criticism, poetry movements, and intellectual foundations.

Prose and Verse Criticism of Poetry www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/indexcriticism.html
This large index to many works of poetry criticism is arranged by the name of the author being critiqued. It is a good place to find essays on poems about pre-20^th century authors, including some classical Roman and Greek writers.

Atlantic Unbound: Poetry Pages www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry
Site features famous modern poets. There are articles about the art of writing, poetry analysis and a large selection of works published in The Atlantic Monthly since 1993.

Bartleby Verse and Poet Finder www.bartleby.com/verse
Bartleby offers unlimited access to their anthologies and reference tools. This site covers British and American poetry. There are 24 individual sites for famous poets including Emily Dickinson, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats and others. Use the very effective search engine. There are many links here.

Modern American Poetry www.english.uiuc.edu/maps
Comprehensive information about American poets as well as in-depth analysis their work.

The Poetry Archives www.emule.com/poetry
Collection of more than 3,700 poems from well known to obscure poets. The discussion forum for literary enthusiasts is a great feature.

Time-Line of English Poetry 658-2003 http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display_rpo/timeline.cfm
A chronological history of English poetry, from the early modern English of the Renaissance, 17^th century and Augustan periods, through the romantic, Victorian, Georgian and modern ears, and covering the beat generation, and postmodern works. Searchable by author, first line or keyword. Also offers a glossary of poetic terms.

 NOTE: See Also: "Web Sites For Individual Authors" below

FILM WEB SITES

All Movie Guide www.allmovie.com
For basic plot summaries, reviews, and cast and production lists, this site lives up to its name. Type in a movie title, an actor’s or a director’s name, or even a plotline keyword to find films and extensive information about them. Plenty of links.

Movie Review Query Engine http://www.mrqe.com
The "Movie Review Query Engine" offers over 26,000 movie reviews as well as other information about movies.

Rotten Tomatoes http://www.rottentomatoes.com
This easy-to-read and navigate site offers the critical reaction on movies from the nation’s top print and online film critics. More than 87,000 titles and 200,000 review links are made available.

Greatest Film References and Sources www.filmsite.org/home.html
This is a fine all-around resource with reviews, historical information and lists, including 100 Greatest Films and 200 Greatest Films. Take a gander at the list of great films that, surprisingly, never won an Academy Award: An Affair to Remember, The Maltese Falcon and The Color Purple, among others.

Indiewire www.indiewire.com
Updated frequently with independent-film news, the site also offers reviews, interviews with key players, plus links and a discussion area.

American Movie Classics www.amctv.com
This site provides interviews and background information for the 24-hour movie network that features classic films from the 1930’s through the 1980’s. Search through star bios and descriptions of more than 2,000 classic movies.

The Palace www.moderntimes.com/palace
The Palace is devoted to film history from the 1920’s through the 1950’s. Click on a decade for a photo spread of some of that period’s memorable films and links to star information. "Midnight Ramble" explores black Hollywood and the portrayal of African-Americans during the first half of the 20^th century.

Classic Celluloid http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/4337/
Background information on classic films from the silent and early sound eras. Includes a brief historical sketch of the cinema, biographical essays on selected stars and an annotated list of links to sites related to Hollywood, silent comedy and select film institutes.

SHAKESPEARE WEB SITES

The Complete Works of Shakespeare http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
This resource includes a Shakespeare discussion area, Shakespeare Internet resources, chronological and alphabetical listing of plays, familiar quotations, and glossary.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet http://shakespeare.palomar.edu
This is an annotated, scholarly guide to William Shakespeare, his works, life, and times. Features of this outstanding site are a Shakespearean Timeline, Works (synopses of plays, study guides, canons and more), Criticism, Critical Resources, a bibliography, and even a Shakespeare Biography Quiz

  A SMALL SAMPLING OF THE MANY WEB SITES FOR INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS 

Research Note: There are many author sites on the Web. There’s also several ways to find them.

1. Go to the shaded Web directories listed below.
2. Go to Literature Resource Center, enter the author's name, and then click on the Additional Resources tab.  Underneath Additional Resources, click on the Websites tab to find quality websites on your author.
3. Go to the Chabot College Library home page. Click on Search the World Wide Web, then click on any of the selections listed underneath Academic Searching.   Enter either your author or the literary genre of your author to eventually find selected web sites on your author.
4. Do an author name search on Google or another search engine.  Keep in mind that the sites you come across have not been evaluated by an expert, so some of the information you come across may not be accurate or judged by a reputed critic.
5. To find printed author information, refer back to the first page of this pathfinder to the section entitled "Finding an Article or Book Review."
6. A few selected sites on most often studied authors at Chabot College are listed below.

 Important Research Note

Raymond Carver http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/01/21/specials/carver.html?0119bk
Includes news and reviews from the archives of The New York Times. Registration required.

Kate Chopin http://www.pbs.org/katechopin/
This site is about the life and work of the renowned nineteenth-century Louisiana author. Includes interviews, chronology, work excerpts, and bibliography.

Sandra Cisneros: Teacher Resource File http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/cisneros.htm
An author biography, bibliography, lesson plans, book reviews and ERIC resources have been gathered here. You can search this site, use an index or site map.

e.e.Cummings http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=157
Bigraphy, selection of poems, and links. Please notice. No upper case here.

Chaucer Metapage http://www.unc.edu/depts/chaucer/index.html
For students trying to understand Chaucer, or for those trying to get a feel for life in 14^th and 15^th Century England, visit this site to read about Chaucer’s work, hear the work read aloud, and figure out the meanings of Olde English words found in his work.

The F. Scott Fizgerald Centennial Homepage http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/index.html
Elegant graphics and a wealth of information. Explore the exhaustive bibliographies, interesting quotations, facts and comments. The Web site celebrates his writings, his life, and his relationships with other writers of the 20^th century.

T. S. Eliot, (Thomas Stearns) http://www.camdenfamily.com/thunder/index.html
Here is a timeline and a bibliography of Eliot’s works, including poetry, plays and critical essays. Links are available on texts, which are free of copyright restrictions.

Robert Frost- Works to December 1920 http://www.bartleby.com/people/Frost-Ro.html
This Web site offers the full text of Frost’s classic early works: A Boy’s Will, North of Boston, Mountain Interval, and additional poems.

Nathaniel Hawthorne http://www.eldritchpress.org/nh/hawthorne.html
A searchable site containing many works in full-text with links to information about characters, words used, places, art, dates, related articles, and notes. Also available is a timeline of his life, biographical information, criticism and other essays about the author.

Barbara Kingsolver http://www.kingsolver.com/home/index.asp
What makes this site unique is the FAQ section. A complete bookshelf, bibliography and biography is also available

Toni Morrison Page http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/tonimorrison/
Dedicated to Toni Morrison and her works, including Sula, Tar Baby, Jazz, and Paradise. Includes web resources such as biographies, bibliographies, essays,and interviews.

J. K. Rowling http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/07/23/specials/rowling.html
Archive of articles and reviews about Rowling's work, including her best selling Harry Potter series. Registration required.

J.K. Rowling: Scholastic’s Harry Potter page http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/index.htm
This site shares author information, discussion guides, and a reading circle.

J.D. Salinger http://www.levity.com/corduroy/salinger.htm
Articles, reviews, biographies, bibliographies and links to other home pages.