- Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
- This is the classic text online! Please refer to it for advice on grammar and usage.
- The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
- MLA: Modern Language Association (the official Web page)
- UIUC Writer's Workshop
- Merriam Webster Dictionary
- Grammar compiled by Ann Salzmann at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
- How to Create a Works Cited page in MLA Style.
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
http://www.grammarbook.com/
http://www.mla.org/
Click on the right-hand MLA Style Guide bar to access the Citation Guide. For a condensed, easier version, try our own MLA-based Web Guides to Citing Materials.
http://www.cws.uiuc.edu/workshop/
This is especially interesting for the Grammar Handbook and Writing Tips.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/structure/structure1/salzmann_index.html#grammar
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLAWorksCited.html
Online Writing Centers and Resources
- Westfield State College Writer's Guide
- Online Writing Lab (Purdue University)
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Writing World (compiled by Moira Allen)
- Writing Center (University of Maine)
- The Text Doctor: Webliography of English and Language Resources
- Other Online Writing Centers around the country.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
http://www.writing-world.com/
Click on the drop-down menu to find the main content of this site which contains links for specific genres of writing, workshops, guides, etc. This site contains so much it is difficult to categorize.
http://www.umaine.edu/wcenter/resources.html
http://www.textdoctor.com/resources/webliography.html
http://www.umaine.edu/wcenter/others.html
Composition and Rhetoric
- Glossary of Rhetorical Terms (University of Kentucky)
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html
Literary Theory
- Literary Resources -- Theory (Jack Lynch)
- Voice of the Shuttle Theory Page:
- An excellent page of sources covering theory in the field.
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/theory.html
This is an eclectic collection of sites touching upon philosophy, cultural studies, psychology, and many popular literary theories.
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2718
Associations, Institutes, and Events
- Association for the Study of Literature & Environment
- Modern Language Association Homepage (official).
- A Yahoo site devoted to happenings related to literature is Literature Events http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Events/
http://www.asle.umn.edu/
http://www.mla.org/
These include festivals, book fairs, and conferences.
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