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:
- Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) [11]
- Murasaki Shikibu (c.978-1030) [12]
- Sophocles (496-406 B.C.) [13]
- William Faulkner (1897-1962) [14]
- Feodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) [15]
- T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) [16]
- Marcel Proust (1871-1922) [17]
- Jane Austen (1775-1817) [18]
- George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] (1819-1880) [19]
- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) [20]
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
- Biblioteca Virtual: Miguel de Cervantes -- virtual works library (Spanish-only)
- Biblioteca Virtual: Don Quixote de la Mancha -- full audio of complete novel (Spanish-only)
- The Great Books Index: Miguel de Cervantes -- directory to online texts
- IntraText: Don Quixote de la Mancha -- full text with concordance, statistics, and graphics (Spanish-only)
- Project Gutenberg: Miguel de Cervantes -- full access to Spanish and English versions of Don Quixote, including complete 42 volume series
- Works of Miguel de Cervantes in Old and Modern Spanish Spelling. Ed. Fred F. Jahle, Texas A&M University
- Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America
- The Cervantes International Bibliography Online (CIBO): Texas A&M University
- The Cervantes Project: Texas A&M University -- web's definitive collection of texts, criticism, and other resources
- Cervantes Society of America
- The Don Quixote Project: Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Johns Hopkins University -- online exhibit
- H-Cervantes Discussion Network: Cervantes -- Life, Times, and His Work -- scholarly discussion forum
- Cervantes: A Brief Biography: Don Quixote.com -- extended discussion
- Miguel de Cervantes: Books and Writers -- biography
- New Catholic Encyclopedia: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra -- detailed biography
Busse Library Resources about Cervantes
- Allen, John Jay. Don Quixote, hero or fool; a study in narrative / 1969-79. PQ6353 .A4
- Canavaggio, Jean. Cervantes / c1990. PQ6337 .C2313 1990
- Efron, Arthur. Don Quixote and the Dulcineated world / [1971] PQ6352 .E35
- Flores, Angel. Cervantes across the centuries / 1969 [c1948] PQ6341.B47 F6 1969
- Juan Arbo, Sebastian. Cervantes, the man and his time / [1955] PQ6337 .A613
- Lewis, D.B. Wyndham. The shadow of Cervantes / [1962] PQ6337 .L35 1962a
- MacEoin, Gary. Cervantes / [1950] PQ6337 .M13
- Nelson, Lowry. Cervantes; a collection of critical essays / [1969] PQ6337 .N4
Murasaki Shikibu
- Oxford Text Archive (OTA): Oxford University: The Tale of Genji -- several free formats for downloading
- The Tale of Genji: UNESCO Global Heritage Pavilion -- full text of Japan's greatest novel
- The Tale of Genji: University of Virginia Libraries, Japanese Text Initiative -- full English text based on Teika-bon manuscript
- A Brief Genji Character List and Glossary: University of Wisconsin-Parkside -- pronunciations and descriptions
- Tale of Genji Scroll Index: Dartmouth University --online exhibit
- Tale of Genji: University of British Columbia (UBC) Fine Arts Library -- scroll display and novel history
- Tokugawa Art Museum: Illustrated Handscroll of The Tale of Genji -- 12th century masterpiece and original source for novel text
- The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu. Excerpts from Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan (1920). Presented by A Celebration of Women Writers.
- Murasaki Shikibu -- detailed biography from Thomson-Gale
- "Murasaki Shikibu." By Royall Tyler. Harvard Magazine (May-June 2002). -- biography
- Tale of Genji.org -- photographs of novel's crucial landmarks
Busse Library Resources on Shikibu
- Bowring, Richard John. Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji / 1988. PL788.4.G43 B68 1988
- Keene, Donald. Seeds in the heart: Japanese literature from earliest times / 1993. PL726.115 .K44 1993
- Morris, Ivan I. The world of the shining prince: court life in ancient Japan / 1969, c1964. DS824 .M6x 1969
Sophocles
- Antigone: Internet Classics Archive: MIT
- Electra: Internet Classics Archive: MIT
- Great Books Index: Sophocles -- directory to online texts
- Oedipus at Colonus: Internet Classics Archive: MIT
- Oedipus the King: Internet Classics Archive: MIT
- Sophocles: Antigone. Ed. Sir Richard Jebb. The Perseus Project: Tufts University
- Sophocles: Project Gutenberg -- full-text collection including the Oedipus trilogy
- "Sophocles and his Tragedies." From The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence upon Civilization. Ed. Alfred Bates, 1906. TheaterHistory.com
- "Sophocles' Oedipus." By John Porter, University of Saskatchewan -- critical play study and course resource
- "Sophocles' Oedipus Rex." By Maureen C. Howard. Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, c2005. -- critical teaching aid with notes and bibliographies
- Sophocles. Works, 1502. Brigham Young University Libraries. -- exhibit of first Greek printing of classic play
- "Sophocles: A Mythic Life." By Helen Shaw, American Repetory Theater (APT).
- Sophocles: Perseus Encyclopedia: Tufts University -- detailed biography
Busse Library Resources on Sophocles
- Bloom, Harold. Sophocles' Oedipus Rex / 1988. PA4413.O7 S66 1988
- Blundell, Mary Whitlock. Helping friends and harming enemies: a study in Sophocles / 1989. PA4417 .B54 1989
- Harshbarger, Karl. Sophocles' Oedipus / c1979. PA4413 .O7 H3
- O'Brien, Michael J. Twentieth century interpretations of Oedipus Rex / [1968] PA4413.O7 O2
- Reinhardt, Karl. Sophocles / c1979/ PA4417 .R413 1979
- Segal, Charles. Oedipus tyrannus: tragic heroism and the limits of knowledge / c1993. PA4413.O7 S52 1993
- Sheppard, John Tresidder. Aeschylus & Sophocles; their work and influence / 1963. PA3829 .S45 1963
- Sophocles. The Oedipus plays of Sophocles; Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus / [1958] PA4414 .A2 R6
- Woodard, Thomas Marion. Sophocles; a collection of critical essays / [1966] PA4417 .W6 1996
William Faulkner
- Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury: The Hypertext Edition. From Department of English, University of Saskatchewan.
- Annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference: University of Mississippi
- Center for Faulkner Studies: Southeast Missouri State University
- Faulkner Collection and Rowan Oak Papers: Special Collections, University of Mississippi
- The Faulkner Journal: University of Central Florida
- People, Places, and Events: A Faulkner Glossary
- William Faulkner Bibliographies: William Faulkner on the Web
- William Faulkner Collection: University of Virginia
- William Faulkner Foundation: Rennes, France
- William Faulkner on the Web. By John B. Padgett, University of Mississippi -- web's definitive resource for the author
- The William Faulkner Society
- Nobel Prize for Literature, 1949: William Faulkner -- biography and famous acceptance speech
- William Faulkner: Books and Writers
- William Faulkner: Mississippi Writers Page (MWP) -- extensive biography
- William Faulkner: Publications -- full list of author's works and publishing history
Busse Library Resources on Faulkner
- Brodsky, Louis Daniel. William Faulkner: life glimpses / 1990. PS3511.A86 Z6355 1990
- Brown, Calvin S. A glossary of Faulkner's South / 1976. PS3511.A86 Z49 1976, Ref
- Duvall, John N. Faulkner's marginal couple: invisible, outlaw, and unspeakable communities / 1990. PS3511.A86 Z78218 1990
- Faulkner, William. Uncollected stories of William Faulkner / 1981. PS3511 .A86 A6 1981
- Ford, Margaret Patricia. Who's who in Faulkner / [1963] PS3511.A86 Z784 Ref
- Fowler, Doreen. Faulkner and religion / c1991. PS3511.A86 Z78321126 1991
- Gladstein, Mimi Reisel. The indestructible woman in Faulkner / c1986. PS374.W6 G55 1986
- Hoffman, Frederick John. William Faulkner: three decades of criticism / 1960. PS3511.A86 Z8 1960
- Meriwether, James B. Lion in the garden; interviews with William Faulkner, 1926-1962 / [1968] PS3511.A86 Z892
- Vickery, Olga W. The novels of William Faulkner: a critical interpretation / [1959] PS3511.A86 Z98
- Williamson, Joel. William Faulkner and southern history / 1993. PS3511.A86 Z98574 1993
Feodor Dostoevsky
- The Brothers Karamazov: Darmouth College -- biography, critical studies, and early manuscripts of novel
- The Brothers Karamazov. Translated by Constance Garnett: Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL)
- The Complete Works of Dostoevsky: Petrozavodsk State University, Russia -- English and Russian translations of all major works
- Great Books Index: Fyodor Dostoevsky -- directory to online texts
- Literary Works: Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1821-1881 -- directory with full text works
- Literature Network: Fyodor Dostoevsky -- short biography and six major novels
- Project Gutenberg: Fyodor Dostoevsky -- offers full texts of The Idiot, Crime and Punishment, Notes from the Underground, and The Possessed
- Concordances to the Complete Works of Dostoevsky -- full references for all major works (Russian-only site)
- Dostoevsky Research Station. By Christiaan Stange.
- Dostoevsky Studies: International Dostoevsky Society -- index and TOCs to first nine publication years (1980-1988)
- International Dostoevsky Society
- Biography of Dostoevsky: The Brothers Karamazov -- reflects author's life that influenced novel
- Dostoevsky Memorial Museum: Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Fyodor Dostoevsky: Books and Writers -- biography
- Fyodor Dostoevsky: His Life -- biography
Busse Library Resources on Dostoevsky
- Chapple, Richard L. A Dostoevsky dictionary / c1983. PG3238.A09 C5 1983
- Curle, Richard. Characters of Dostoevsky; studies from four novels / 1966. PG3328.Z6 C8 1966
- Dostoevksy, Fyodor. The best short stories / 1992. PG3326 .A2 1992
- Frank, Joseph. Dostoevsky: the stir of liberation, 19580-1859 / c1983. PG3328 .F74 1983
- Grossman, Leonid Petrovich. Dostoevsky: a biography / [1975] PG3328 .G6613 1975
- Ivanov, V.I. Freedom and the tragic life: a study in Dostoevsky / [1959, 1957] PG3328 .Z6 I8
- Shestov, Lev. Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Nietzsche / [1969] PG3415.P5 S513
- Simmons, Ernest Joseph. Dostoevsky; the making of a novelist / [1962] PG3328 .S5
- Trace, Arther S. Furnace of doubt: Dostoevsky & "The Brothers Karamazov" / c1988. PG3325.B73 T73 1988
- Wasiolek, Edward. Dostoevsky: the major fiction / [1964] PG3328.Z6 W3
T.S. Eliot
- Great Books Index: T.S. Eliot -- directory for online texts
- Project Gutenberg: T.S. Eliot -- full text offerings for The Waste Land, Poems, Prufrock and Other Observations, and other texts
- Representative Poetry Online: T.S. Eliot -- 20 major works and short biography
- T.S. Eliot Hypertext Project. By Arwin van Arum -- annotated editions of The Waste Land and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
- What the Thunder Said: T.S. Eliot -- biography and large works collection
- TSE: The Web Site: T.S. Eliot -- scholarly discussion forum
- TSEBase: The Online Concordance to T.S. Eliot's Collected Poems: University of Missouri
- T.S. Eliot: Modern American Poetry -- criticism and bibliography
- The Nobel Prize in Literature, 1948: T.S. Eliot -- biography and acceptance speech
- The TIME 100: The Most Important People of the 20th Century: T.S. Eliot -- extensive biography
- T.S. Eliot: Academy of American Poets -- biography and works list
- T.S. Eliot: Books and Writers -- biography
Busse Library Resources on Eliot
- Brady, Ann P. Lyricism in the poetry of T.S. Eliot / 1978. PS3509.L43 Z6443
- Clark, David R. Twentieth century interpretations of Murder in the Cathedral / [1971] PS3509.L43 M856
- Donoghue, Denis. Words alone: the poet, T.S. Eliot / c2000. PS3509.L43 Z668 2000
- Kenner, Hugh. T.S. Eliot; a collection of critical essays / [1962] PS3509.L43 Z6913
- Martin, Mildred. A half-century of Eliot criticism; an annotated bibliography / [1972] PS3509.L43 Z735x
- Rajan, Balachandra. T.S. Eliot, a study of his writings by several hands / 1964. PS3509.L43 Z82 1964
- Ricks, Beatrice. T.S. Eliot, a bibliography of secondary works / 1980. PS3509.L43 Z84x
- Smidt, Kristian. Poetry and belief in the work of T.S. Eliot / 1949. PS3509.L43 Z866
- Smith, Grover Cleveland. T.S. Eliot's poetry and plays: a study in sources and meaning / [1956] PS3509.L43 Z868
- Vendler, Helen Hennessy. Coming of age as a poet: Milton, Keats, Eliot, Plath / 2003. PR502 .V46 2003
- Ward, David. T.S. Eliot between two worlds; a reading of T.S. Eliot's poetry and plays / 1973. PS3509.L43 Z892
- Williamson, George. A reader's guide to T.S. Eliot; a poem-by-poem analysis / 1953. PS3509.L43 Z898
Marvel Proust
- Marcel Proust: Ephemera Site. By Chris Taylor -- resource devoted to English translations of minor works
- Marcel Proust: Project Gutenberg -- Remembrance of Things Past sections: three French offerings; (1) English ["Swann's Way"]
- University of Adelaide Library: Marcel Proust -- offers all volumes of Remembrance of Things Past
- "Humanism and the Arts: Doing Time with Marcel Proust." By Jeannette Lowen. From Free Inquiry Magazine (22.4). Council for Secular Humanism
- Kolb-Proust Archive for Research: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
- Marcel Proust Correspondence: Special Collections, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Marcel Proust: Library of Congress Citations
- Proust Bibliography: Modern Languages and Linguistics Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
- Proust: Gallica: National Library of France -- features biography, criticism, publishing history, and other resources (French-only)
- Proust Society of America
- Society for the Friends of Marcel Proust: Combray, France -- publishers of the Proust Bulletin (French only)
- Chronology of Proust's Life: TempsPerdu.com. By Mark Calkins, c2004.
- Marcel Proust: Books and Writers -- biography
- Marcel Proust: Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2001. Bartleby.com
Busse Library Resources on Proust
- Cattaui, Georges. Marcel Proust / [1968,c1967] PQ2631.R63 Z54563 1968d
- Girard, Renee. Proust: a collection of critical essays / [1962] PQ2631.R63 Z6135
- Graham, Victor E. The imagery of Proust / 1966. PQ2631.R63 Z6138
- Hindus, Milton. The Proustian vision / [1967, c1953] PQ2631.R63 Z63x
- Maurois, Andre. Proust: portrait of a genius / 1984. PQ2631.R63 Z7822 1984
- Moss, Howard. The magic lantern of Marcel Proust / c1962. PQ2631.R63 A84
- Thody, Philip. Marcel Proust / 1987. PQ2631.U25 S79 1994
Jane Austen
- Electronic Text Center: University of virginia: Jane Austen Collection -- full texts of all major novels
- Great Books Index: Jane Austen -- directory to online texts
- Jane Austen Information Page -- complete library of all major works. Site also offers criticism, biography, and other resources
- Oxford Text Archive: Jane Austen -- free downloads of eleven major works
- Project Gutenberg: Jane Austen -- eight major novels available
- The Works of Jane Austen: Austen.com -- full texts of all major novels
- American Society of Jane Austen Scholars
- A Guide to the Jane Austen Collection: Goucher College Library (Baltimore, MD) -- extensive bibliography
- A Hyper-Concordance to the Complete Novels of Jane Austen
- Jane Austen Center: Bath, England -- research facility
- Jane Austen: An Overview: The Victorian Web
- Jane Austen Society of North America
- The Jane Austen Society of the United Kingdom
- Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal
- The Chawton House Library and Study Center -- manor house owned by Austen family
- Hampshire: The Inspirational Home of Jane Austen: Official Site
- Jane Austen Biography and Chronology: Jane Austen Society of Australia
- Jane Austen: Books and Writers -- biography
- Jane Austen Places: The Asthoft Gallery --places associated with family history
- A Memoir of Jane Austen by Her Nephew. By J.E. Austen-Leigh (1871).
Busse Library Resources on Austen
- Galperin, William H. The historical Austen / c2003. PR4037 .G35 2002
- Gard, Roger. Jane Austen's novels: the art of clarity / 1992. PR4037 .G37 1992
- Laski, Marghanita. Jane Austen and her world / 1975. PR4036 .L38 1975b
- Morgan, Susan. In the meantime: character and perception in Jane Austen's / 1980. PR4038.P5 M6
- Paris, Bernard J. Character and conflict in Jane Austen's novels / 1978. PR4038.C47 P3
- Park, You-me. The postcolonial Jane Austen / 2000. PR4037 .A87 2000
- Rubenstein, Elliot. Twentieth century interpretations of Pride and prejudice / [1969] PR4034.P73 R8
- shaw, Harry E. Narrating reality: Austen, Scott, Eliot / 1999. PR868.R4 S53 1999
- Spencer, Jane. The rise of the woman novelist: from Aphra Behn to Jane Austen / 1986. PR113 .S6 1986
- Sulloway, Alison G. Jane Austen and the province of womanhood / c1989. PR4037 .S85 1989
- Waldron, Mary. Jane Austen and the fiction of her time / 1999. PR4037 .W29 1999
George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans]
- Great Books Index: George Eliot -- directory to online texts
- Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life. University of Virginia, Electronic Text Center (ETC) -- 1900 edition
- Oxford Text Archive: George Eliot -- offers classic and minor works including The Lifted Veil, The Sad Fortunes of Reverend Amos Barton, and Felix Holt, the Radical
- Project Gutenberg: George Eliot -- offers eight classics including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch, and Silas Marner
- Silas Marner. University of Virginia, Electronic Text Center (ETC). -- 1885 edition
- Chronological List of By Date of Publication of George Eliot's Novels, Short Stories, and Poems -- offers concordance and timeline of works
- George Eliot-- George Henry Lewes Studies: Penn State University
- "George Eliot." By Virginia Woolf (1919). From The Times Literary Supplement
- George Eliot: A Selected Bibliography: The Victorian Web
- George Eliot: An Overview: The Victorian Web
- A Hyper-Concordance to the Complete Works of George Eliot
- George Eliot: Books and Writers -- biography
- George Eliot. By Leslie Stephen (1902). University of Toronto English Library (UTEL) -- full biography online
- George Eliot. By Matilde Blind (1883). Victorian Women Writers Project: An Electronic Collection, Indiana University -- full biography text
- George Eliot Country: Coventry and Warwickshire: BBC -- gateway to Eliot history and her landscapes
Busse Library Resources on George Eliot
- Bennett, Joan. George Eliot, her mind and her art / 1962. PR4681 .B4 1962.
- Carroll, Alicia. Dark smiles: race and desire in George Eliot / c2003. PR4692.R25 C37 2003
- Haight, Gordon Sherman. George Eliot; a biography / [1968] PR4681 .H27
- Hardy, Barbara Nathan. Middlemarch; critical approaches to the novel / 1967. PR4662 .H3
- Mudge, Isadore Gilbert. A George Eliot dictionary / 1924. PR4695 .M8
- Olcott, Charles Sumner. George Eliot: scenes and people in her novels / 1911. PR4688 .O4
- Rignall, John. Oxford reader's companion to George Eliot / 2000. PR4680.O94 2000, Ref
- Roberts, Neil. George Eliot : her beliefs and her art / 1975. PR4688 .R6 1975
- Stump, Reva Juanita. Movement and vision in George Eliot's novels / 1959. PR4688 .S8
William Butler Yeats
- Oxford Text Archive: W.B. Yeats -- offers The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats and other texts for download
- Project Gutenberg: William Butler Yeats -- features nine major poem collections
- William Butler Yeats: University of Maryland -- extensive collection of poem texts
- W.B. Yeats Collection: Bartleby.com -- offers three full text collections -- The Wind Among the Reeds, Responsibilities and Other Poems, and The Wild Swans at Coole
- Critical Books on W.B. Yeats (to 2002): English 602, California State University, Northridge
- "Preface to the Works of William Blake." By W.B. Yeats (c.1892)
- The System of W.B. Yeats's A Vision. By Neil Mann. -- exploration of Yeats's symbolic themes
- W.B. Yeats Society of New York
- http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/vendler.html -- view lecture segments online
- Yeats Society; Sligo, Ireland -- official research society
- Nobel Prize in Literature, 1923: William Butler Yeats -- offers biography and acceptance speech
- W.B. Yeats: Academy of American Poets -- biography and six classic texts
- W.B. Yeats: BBC Four: Audio Interviews -- offers sound clip of poet from 1936 and biography
- W.B. Yeats. Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2001. Bartleby.com
- William Butler Yeats: Books and Writers -- biography
Busse Library Resources on Yeats
- Bloom, Harold. Yeats / 1970. PR5907 .B55
- Cullingford, Elizabeth. Gender and history in Yeats's love poetry / 1993. PR5908.L65 C85 1993
- Eddins, Dwight. Yeats: the nineteenth century matrix / [1971] PR5907 .E3
- Ellman, Richard. The identity of Yeats / 1964. PR5906 .E39 1964
- Hall, James. The permanence of Yeats; selected criticism / 1950. PR5907 .H3
- Henn, T.R. The lonely tower; studies in the poetry of W.B. Yeats / [1965] PR5907 .H4 1965
- Jeffares, A. Norman. W.B. Yeats, man and poet / [1966] PR5906 .J42 1966
- Kain, Richard Morgan. Dublin in the age of William Butler Yeats and James Joyce / [1972, c1962] DA995.D75 K3
- Malins, Edward Greenway. A preface to Yeats / c1974. PR5906 .M296 1974b
- Ure, Peter. Towards a mythology; studies in the poetry of W.B. Yeats / [1967] PR5908.M8 U7 1967
- Unterrecker, John Eugene. A reader's guide to William Butler Yeats / 1980. PR5907 .U5 1980