Author Listings 31-40

Busse Library provides this website as a resource for students and faculty researching literature's major authors. Based upon the book, The Literary 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Novelists, Playwrights, and Poets of All Time by Daniel S. Burt (New York: Facts on File, 2001), the project offers full listings by ranking and through a name index.

Specialized pages offer women writers, American authors, United Kingdom authors, and world authors grouped by continent. Developed solely for this website, additional project resources include significant authors in children's literature and a compilation of other "top 100" literature projects.

Each author's entry includes online biographical research and landmarks, scholarly resources, major works online, and Busse Library offerings for the novelist, dramatist, or poet.

This project, and its inspiration, develop from a tradition to select the world's most important authors who made a lasting contribution to literature and to compile a selection of history's most significant published texts in fiction and nonfiction.

The Authors, By Ranking:

• Franz Kafka (1883-1924) [31]
• Moliere (1622-1673) [32]
• William Wordsworth (1770-1850) [33]
• Aristophanes (c.450-c.385 B.C.) [34]
• Thomas Mann (1875-1955) [35]
• Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) [36]
• Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) [37]
• Henry James (1843-1916) [38]
• Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) [39]
• Walt Whitman (1819-1892) [40]

Franz Kafka

• Franz Kafka: Index to Selected Shorter Writings. Texts provided by Malaspina College-University, British Columbia -- full content of In the Penal Colony, A Hunger Artist, The Metamorphosis, and others
• Franz Kafka: Project Gutenberg -- full texts of The Trial and The Metamorphosis
• Franz Kafka's Texts on the Web -- German directory with English, Spanish, and Russian options available
• Books: Franz Kafka. The Guardian Unlimited (UK) -- directory to review articles
• Franz Kafka: Das Schloss -- criticism and original texts (in manuscript form)
• "The Human Stain." By John Banville. The Nation (Oct. 18, 2004). -- book review resources
• The Kafka Project. By Mauro Nervi. -- gateway for author
• Franz Kafka. Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2001. Bartleby.com
• Franz Kafka: Books and Writers -- biography
• Franz Kafka's Prague: A Literary Walking Tour. By Marylin Bender, c2000-2004. New York Society Library (NYSL)
• In Memory of A Good Man: Franz Kafka Photo Album

Busse Library Resources on Kafka

• Brod, Max. Franz Kafka, a biography / [c1960] PT2621.A26Z8 B61, 1960a
• Gray, Ronald D. Kafka; a collection of critical essays / [1962] PT2621.A26 Z746
• Hall, Calvin S. Dreams, life, and literature; a study of Franz Kafka / 1970. PT2621.A26 Z74618
• Kafka, Franz. The metamorphosis /[c1972] PT2621 .A26 M4x 1972
• Kafka, Franz. Selected short stories / [1952] PT2621.A26 S4x
• Marson, Eric Lawson. Kafka's Trial: the case against Joseph K / c1975. PT2621.A26 M4x 1972
• Neumeyer, Peter F. Twentieth century interpretations of The castle / [1969] PT2621.A26 S43
• Pawel, Ernst. The nightmare of reason: a life of Franz Kafka / 1985, c1984. PT2621.A26 Z8155 1985
• Thiher, Allen. Franz Kafka: a study of the short fiction / c1990. PT2621.A26 Z9316 1990

Moliere

• Chronological List of Plays: Moliere -- full, French translations of major works
• Moliere: Author Record: Project Gutenberg -- directory of 25 full texts including Tartuffe, School for Husbands, The Imaginary Invalid, and others
• Concordance Moliere -- keyword search for major plays
• Biography of Moliere: 2020site
• Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere: The Catholic Encyclopedia -- detailed biography
• Moliere: A Chronology -- French and English detailed biography and timeline
• Moliere: Books and Writers -- biography
• Vie de Moliere. By Voltaire. [The Life of Moliere]. Online Books Page: University of Pennsylvania -- French-only text

Busse Library Resources on Moliere

• Brown, John Russell. Restoration theatre / [1967,c1965] PR693 .R43x
• Gossman, Lionel. Men and masks: a study of Moliere / [1963] PQ1860 .G6
• Grene, Nicholas. Shakespeare, Jonson, Moliere, the comic contract / 1980. PN1926 .G7 1980
• Guicharnaud, Jacques. Moliere, a collection of critical essays / [1964] PQ1860.A2 G8

William Wordsworth

• The Complete Poetical Works. William Wordsworth. London: Macmillan, 1888. Bartleby.com
• Lyrical Ballads. William Wordsworth. Full text offered by Electronic Text center, University of Virginia Library
• Selected Poetry of William Wordsworth: Representative Poetry Online -- 58 poems and "Preface to Lyrical Ballads"
• William Wordsworth: Author Record: Project Gutenberg -- links to eight full texts including complete poems, Lyrical Ballads (1798), and Poems in Two Volumes.
• William Wordsworth: The Literature Network -- 45 poems and short biography
• Online Literary Criticism Collection: William Wordsworth: Internet Public Library (IPL)
• William Wordsworth: An overview: The Victorian Web
• The Wordsworth Circle: NYU -- international journal
• Wordsworth-Coleridge Association: NYU
• National Portrait Gallery (UK): William Wordsworth -- features seventeen portraits for viewing
• William Wordsworth: Academy of American Poets -- profile and seven poems
• William Wordsworth: Books and Writers
• William Wordsworth: Literary Encyclopedia
• The Wordsworth Trust: Dove Cottage, Grasmere, Cumbria (UK)
• Wordsworth's Lake District -- photographic tour

Busse Library Resources on Wordsworth

• Beatty, Arthur. William Wordsworth, his doctrine and art in their historical relations / 1960. PR5888 .B4 1960
• Garrod, Heathcote William. Wordsworth: lectures and essays / 1927. PR5881 .G3
• Gill, Stephen Charles. William Wordsworth: a life / 1989. PR5881 .G55 1989
• Harper, George McLean. William Wordsworth, his life, works, and influence / 1916. PR5881 .H3
• Herford, C.H. The age of Wordsworth / 1901. PR457 .H5 1901
• Potts, Abbie Findlay. Wordsworth's Prelude; a study of its literary form / 1966 [c1953] PR5864 .P68 1966
• Rylestone, Anne L. Prophetic memory in Wordsworth's Ecclesiastical sonnets / c1991. PR5866 .R95 1991
• Stallknecht, Newton Phelps. Strange seas of thought; studies in William Wordsworth's philosophy / [1958] PR5888 .S7 1958
• Wordsworth, William. The complete poetical works of William Wordsworth / 1903. PR5850 .F03

Aristophanes

• Aristophanes: Author Record: Project Gutenberg -- six full texts including The Birds, Lysistrata, The Frogs, and Clouds
• Aristophanes: Great Books Index -- directory of online texts
• Aristophanes: Internet Classics Archive: MIT -- full texts of nine major works
• Lysistrata: EServer Drama Collection -- full text online
• Perseus Project: Greek and Roman Materials -- full texts of all major works from Tufts University
• "Aristophanes and Greek Old Comedy." By John Porter, University of Saskatchewan.
• "Aristophanes and the Old Greek Comedy." By Edith Hamilton. From The Greek Way.
• Aristophanes: TheaterHistory.com -- biographical and critical studies
• The Classic Text: Aristophanes. Online Exhibit from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, c2001. -- narrative and exhibit artifacts
• "Women in the Okikos: The Stranger Within." By Catherine Colgrove, Canterbury School, IN. c1998-2000 AbleMedia.
• Aristophanes -- short biography
• Aristophanes. Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2001. Bartleby.com

Busse Library Resources on Aristophanes

• Aristophanes. Five comedies / 1955. PA3877 .A2 1955
• Casson, Lionel. Masters of ancient comedy; selections from Aristophanes, Menander / 1960. PA3629 .C3
• Dover, Kenneth James. Aristophanic comedy / 1972. PA3879 .D6
• Lord, Louis E. Aristophanes; his plays and his influence / 1963. PA3879 .L65 1963
• McLeish, Kenneth. The theatre of Aristophanes / 1980. PA3879 .M3 1980

Thomas Mann

• Great Books Index: Thomas Mann -- directory of online texts
• Thomas Mann: Author Record: Project Gutenberg -- German-only texts of Gladius Dei, Der Tod in Venedig, and Tristan
• Nobel Prize in Literature, 1929: Thomas Mann
• Thomas Mann Collection: Rare Books and Special Collections: Princeton University Libraries
• Thomas Mann: Autobiography -- penned by author for Nobel Prize ceremony (1930)
• Thomas Mann: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Freedom of Information Act -- 1927-1955 investigation for Communist party activity
• Thomas Mann: Books and Writers
• Thomas Mann. Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2001. Bartleby.com
• Thomas Mann: Literary Encyclopedia.

Busse Library Resources on Mann

• Feuerlicht, Ignace. Thomas Mann / [1968] PT2625 .A44 Z5583
• Hatfield, Henry Caraway. Thomas Mann; a collection of critical essays / [1964] PT2625.A44 Z596
• Hayman, Ronald. Thomas Mann: a biography / c1995. PT2625.A44 Z6113 1995*
• Heller, Erich. Thomas Mann, the ironic German; a study / 1973 [c1958] PT2625.A44 Z613 1973
• Mann, Thomas. Stories of three decades / 1936. PT2625.A44 S7x
• Prater, Donald A. Thomas Mann, a life / 1995. PT2625.A44 Z7932 1995eb
• Reed, T.J. Thomas Mann; the uses of tradition / 1974. PT2625 .A44 Z7668
• Travers, Martin Patrick Anthony. Thomas Mann / 1992. PT2625.A44 Z922147 1992

Henrik Ibsen

• Collected Poems of Henrik Ibsen. Translated by John Northam. Ibsen.net
• Henrik Ibsen: Author Record: Project Gutenberg -- directory to 15 major works, including Hedda Gabler,The Doll's House, An Enemy of the People, and Ghosts.
• Ibsen Texts on the Internet: National Ibsen Committee (Norway) -- resource directory
• Project Runeberg: Digital Facsimile Edition of 1898-1902 Popular Edition of Ibsen's Complete Works -- Norwegian texts only
• Center for Ibsen Studies: University of Oslo
• Henrik Ibsen Concordance: University of Bergen (Norway)
• Ibsen.net -- gateway to author history and texts
• Ibsen Encyclopedia --full details on major works
• Ibsen Society of America
• "Ibsen's Works: Three Chronological Lists." By Thomas Van Laan, Rutgers University.
• International Ibsen Bibliography: Center for Ibsen Studies
• National Ibsen Committee (Norway)
• National Theatre's Pictorial Collection of Ibsen's Plays -- classic images from early Norwegian stagings
• Play Concordance: A Doll's House: Iowa State University
• Henrik Ibsen: Books and Writers -- biography
• "Ibsen: A Life." From Ibsen Society of America
• The Ibsen Museums in Norway: Skien, Grimstad, and Oslo -- author's residences during career

Busse Library Resources on Ibsen

• Downs, Brian Westerdale. Ibsen; the intellectual background / 1969. PT8895 .D6 1969
• Egan, Michael. Ibsen, the critical heritage / 1972. PT8895 .E35
• Fjelde, Rolf. Ibsen; a collection of critical essays / [1965] PT8890 .F53
• Freedman, Morris. The moral impulse; modern drama from Ibsen to the present / [1967] PN1851 .F7
• Grene, David. Reality and the heroic pattern; last plays of Ibsen, Shakespeare / [1967] PN1623 .G7
• Ibsen, Henrik. The works of Henrik Ibsen / [1911-12] PT8852 .E5 A7 1911
• Rosefeldt, Paul. The absent father in modern drama / c1995. PN1821 .R67 1995

Anton Chekhov

• 201 Stories by Anton Chekhov. Translated by Contance Garrett (1916-1922)
• Anton Chekhov: Eldritch Press -- resource directory and full texts of major works
• Anton Chekhov: The Literature Network -- short biography with plays and story texts
• Anton Chekhov: Project Gutenberg -- offers 18 major texts including Uncle Vanya, The Sea-Gull, and short stories
• "Anton Chekhov: Fragments of Recollections." By Maxim Gorky (1921).
• Literary Encyclopedia: Anton Chekhov -- critical study
• Anton Chekhov -- critical biography from Brandeis University
• Anton Chekov: Books and Writers -- biography
• Anton Chekhov: TheatreHistory.com
• Chekhov House-Museum, Moscow
• Chekhov's Houses in Yalta and Gursuf

Busse Library Resources on Chekhov

• Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich. The image of Chekhov; forty stories in the order / 1963. PG3456.A13 P3x
• Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich. The works of Anton Chekhov / [c1929] PG3456 .A1 1929
• Gilman, Richard. Chekhov's plays, an opening into eternity / c1995. PG3458.Z8 G5 1995eb
• Hingley, Ronald. Chekhov; a biographical and critical study / [1966] PG3458 .H47 1966
• Jackson, Robert Louis. Chekhov; a collection of critical essays / [1967] PG3458.A1 J3 1967
• Maegd-Soep, Carolina de. Chekhov and women: women in the life and work of Chekhov / c1987. PG3458.Z9 W865 1987
• Rayfield, Donald. Anton Chekhov: a life / 1998. PG3458 .R35 1998
• Simmons, Ernest Joseph. Chekhov; a biography / [1962] PG3458 .S5

Henry James

• A Calendar of the Letters of Henry James and a Biographical Register of Henry James's Correspondents. By Steven H. Jobe and Susan Elizabeth Gunter. University of Nebraska Press. -- full catalog of all known James letters
• Daisy Miller. By Henry James. Eldritch Press -- full novel online
• Henry James: Author Record: Project Gutenberg -- full text access to all major novels and over 40 other titles
• Great Books Index: Henry James -- directory for online texts
• The Literature Network: Henry James -- biography and full texts of The Beast in the Jungle, The Ambassadors, Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw, and others
• The Center for Henry James Studies: Creighton University (NE)
• The Henry James E-Journal
• The Henry James Review
• The Henry James Scholar's Guide to Web Sites. By Richard D. Pathaway, SUNY New Paltz -- resources directory
• The Henry James Society
• A Hyper-Concordance to the Works of Henry James: Victorian Literary Studies Archive
• Online Literary Criticism Collection: Henry James -- hosted by Internet Public Library (IPL)
• Perspectives in American Literature (PAL): Henry James
• Henry James: Books and Writers -- biography
• Lamb House, Rye, East Sussex: Henry James
• Literary Encyclopedia: Henry James

Busse Library Resources on Henry James

• Beach, Joseph Warren. The method of Henry James / 1954. PS2124 .B4 1954
• Budd, John. Henry James: a bibliography of criticism, 1975-1981 / 1983. PS2123 .B8x
• Cargill, Oscar. The novels of Henry James / 1961. PS2124 .C25
• Edel, Leon. Henry James; a collection of critical essays / [c1963] PS2123 .E354x
• James, Henry. The art of the novel / 1934. PS2112 .A3 1984
• James, Henry. The notebooks of Henry James / 1955 [c1947] PS2123 .A4
• Jolly, Roslyn. Henry James: history, narrative, fiction / 1993. PS2127.H5 J64 1993
• Long, Robert Emmet. Henry James, the early novels / c1983. PS2124 .L62 1983
• McWhirter, David Bruce. Desire and love in Henry James: a study of the late novels / 1989. PS2127.L65 M39 1989
• Ricks, Beatrice. Henry James: a bibliography of secondary works / 1975. PS2123 .R6x

Vladimir Nabokov

• Zembla: Works: Vladimir Nabokov -- excerpts only and some audio files
• International Vladimir Nabokov Society
• Nabokov A to Z -- hypertext concordance to Lolita
• Nabokov Studies: Penn State University
• BBC Four: Audio: Vladimir Nabokov -- author interviews
• Beyond Lolita: Rediscovering Nabokov on His Birth Centennial (1899-1977): CNN.com
• "Homes and Haunts: Vladimir Nabokov." By Dieter E. Zimmer -- photos and chronology
• Literary Encyclopedia: Vladimir Nabokov -- critical study
• Nabokov Under Glass: New York Public Library -- online exhibition for 1999 exhibit
• Vladimir Nabokov: Books and Writers -- biography
• Zembla: Devoted to the Life and Works of Vladimir Nabokov: Penn State University Libraries -- biography, chronology, and other resources

Busse Library Resources on Nabokov

• Appel, Alfred. Nabokov: criticism, reminiscences, translations / 1970. PG3476.N3 Z78 1970a
• Boyd, Brian. Vladimir Nabokov: the Russian years / c1990. PG3476.N3 Z59 1990
• Dembo, L.S. Nabokov; the man and his work / 1967. PG3476.N3 Z62x
• Fowler, Douglas. Reading Nabokov / [1982] PG3475.N3 Z7x 1982
• Nabokov, Vladimir. The stories of Vladimir Nabokov / c1995. PS3527.A15 A6 1995
• Page, Norman. Nabokov, the critical heritage / 1982. PG3476.N3 Z787 1982
• Proffer, Carl R. A Book of things about Vladimir Nabokov / 1974. PG3476.N3 Z58
• Rampton, David. Vladimir Nabokov / 1993. PS3527.A15 Z88 1993

Walt Whitman

• Modern American Poetry: Walt Whitman -- criticism and poem texts
• Walt Whitman: Published Works -- full versions of the 1855, 1856, 1867, and 1871-72 editions of Leaves of Grass
• Whitman Collection: Electronic Text Center: University of Virginia -- directory to full texts
• Mickle Street Review: Rutgers University -- dedicated to Whitman studies
• Pespectives in American Literature (PAL): Walt Whitman
• Poet at Work: Recovered Notebooks from the Thomas Biggs Harned Walt Whitman Collection -- view artifacts
• Walt Whitman and Slavery. By Kenneth M. Price, University of Nebraska Lincoln
• Walt Whitman and the Development of Leaves of Grass: University of South Carolina Libraries -- online exhibit
• Walt Whitman Archive: University of Virginia -- gateway for author offering texts, criticism, and biographical resources
• Walt Whitman Birthplace Historic Site: West Hills, NY
• "Walt Whitman." By Ed Folsom and Kenneth M. Price -- detailed, critical biography
• Walt Whitman: Academy of American Poets -- biography and 18 poem texts
• Walt Whitman: Books and Writers -- biography
• Walt Whitman Project: Brooklyn New York

Busse Library Resources on Whitman

• Allen, Gay Wilson. Walt Whitman handbook / 1946. PS3231 .A7
• Aspiz, Harold. Walt Whitman and the body beautiful / c1980. PS3242.B58 A84
• Callow, Philip. From noon to starry night: a life of Walt Whitman / 1992. PS3231 .C25 1992
• Deutsch, Babette. Walt Whitman, builder for America / [c1941] PS3231 .D44
• Lewis, R.W.B. The presence of Walt Whitman / 1962. PE1010 .E5 1960-61
• Miller, Edwin Haviland. Walt Whitman's "song of myself": a mosaic of interpretations / 1989. PS3222.S63 M55 1989
• Pearce, Roy Harvey. Whitman, a collection of critical essays / [1962] PS3238 .P4
• Perlman, Jim. Walt Whitman -- the measure of his song / 1981. PS3238 .W37
• Reynolds, David S. A historical guide to Walt Whitman / 2000. PS3238 .H57 2000
• Waskow, Howard J. Whitman explorations in form / [1966] PS3231 .W35