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	Webliography : The Literary 100: Full Author Listings: Top 10 Authors 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: Top 10 Authors William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Alighieri Dante (1265-1321) Homer (fl.c.750? B.C.) Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) Charles Dickens (1812-1870) James Joyce (1882-1941) John Milton (1608-1674) Virgil (70-19 B.C.) Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832) William Shakespeare Major Works Online Collected Works of the Bard: James Matthew Furrow -- offers all major plays and search engine Complete Works of William Shakespeare: MIT -- the Internet's first full collection The First Folio and Early Quartos of William Shakespeare: Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Great Books Index: William Shakespeare -- directory to online texts Internet Public Library: Shakespeare Bookshelf Internet Shakespeare Editions: Library -- fully annotated, critical studies of several plays and poems Project Gutenberg: William Shakespeare -- all major works available Shakespearean Prompt-Books of the Seventeenth Century. Ed. G. Blakemore Evans. -- studies of stage texts used in 17th century performances Tales from Shakespeare: Charles and Mary Lamb The Tragedy of King Richard the Third: An Annotated Hypertext Edition: Richard III Society The Works of William Shakespeare: Electronic Text Center: University of Virginia -- 1866 Globe edition Scholarly Resources Folger Shakespeare Library: Washington, D.C. Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet Shakespeare Bulletin: A Journal of Performance Criticism and Scholarship Shakespeare Illustrated: Emory University -- study of paintings based on classics plays The Shakespeare Mystery: Frontline: PBS -- film on authorship debate Shakespeare Quarterly: Folger Library Shakespeare Society of America Shakespeare's Globe: Southwark, London -- the new theater Shakespeare's Texts in Original Spelling -- offers Quarto and Folio editions Biographical Research and Landmarks The Seven Ages of Shakespeare's Life Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: Stratford-upon-Avon "Shakespeare of Stratford." By Amanda Mabillard. Shakespeare Timeline Summary Chart -- offers events from playwright's life and world history Stratford-upon-Avon: William Shakespeare -- biography William Shakespeare -- biography and bibliography from Brandeis University William Shakespeare: Books and Writers -- biography Busse Library Resources Borgeson, Jess. The Reduced Shakespeare Company's the complete works / c1994. PR2879. B67 1994 Boyce, Charles. Shakespeare A to Z : the essential reference to his / c1990. PR2892. B69 1990, Ref Campbell, Oscar James. The reader's encyclopedia of Shakespeare / [1966]. PR2892. C3, Ref Davis, James E. Teaching Shakespeare today: practical approaches / c1993. PR2987. T37 1993 Folger Shakespeare Library. Shakespeare Quarterly. PERIODICALS Frye, Roland Mushat. Shakespeare's life and times: a pictorial record / 1967. PR2893. F7 q Griffin, Alice Sylvia Venezky. The sources of ten Shakespearean plays / [1966] PR1121. G68 Halliday, F.E. A Shakespeare companion, 1550-1950 / [1952] PR2892. H3, Ref Marder, Louis. The Shakespeare newsletter. PERIODICALS Price, George R. Reading Shakespeare's plays; [a guide for college students] / [1962] PR2987. P7 Shakespeare, William. The first folio of Shakespeare / 1968. PR2751. A15 1968 Van Doren, Mark. Shakespeare/ 1953 [c1939]. PR2976. V25 1953 Dante Alighieri Major Works Online Dante Alighieri: Project Gutenberg -- offers multiple translations in English and Italian Great Books Index: Dante Alighieri -- directory to online texts Library: Digital Dante: Columbia University -- full texts of The Divine Comedy, The Inferno, and others Stony Brook Dante Project: English Translations of The Divine Commedy and Lyric Poetry. -- complete, annotated texts Scholarly Resources American Dante Bibliography: Brandeis University Dante Online: Dante Society of Italy Dante Society of America Digital Dante: Columbia University -- author gateway Princeton Dante Project -- Divine Comedy featured as annotated text Renaissance Dante in Print: University of Notre Dame William and Katherine Devers Program in Dante: University of Notre Dame Biographical Research and Landmarks Dante Alighieri: Books and Writers -- biography Dante Alighieri: Catholic Encyclopedia -- detailed biography Dante Alighieri: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Home of Dante in Abruzzo, Italy: Casa di Dante in Abruzzo -- Italian-only text Busse Library Resources Alighieri, Dante. The Divine comedy of Dante Alighieri / [c1897] PQ4315 .C4 1897 Alighieri, Dante. The Inferno of Dante: a new verse translation / 1996. PQ4315.2 .P47 1996 Blake, William. Blake's Dante: the complete illustrations to the Divine comedy / 1980. PQ4329 .B5 1979q Brandeis, Irma. Discussions of the Divine comedy / [1961] PQ4341 .B76 Freccero, John. Dante; a collection of critical essays / [1965] PQ4432 .F7 Gilson, Etienne. Dante the philosopher / 1949. PQ4412 .G55 1949a Semper, Isidore Joseph. In the steps of Dante / 1941. PS3537 .E52 I5 1941 Singleton, Charles Southward. Dante's Commedia: elements of structure /1977, c1954. PQ4399 .S5 1977 Homer Major Works Online Ancient History Sourcebook: The Odyssey: Homer Internet Classics Archive: The Illiad Internet Classics Archive: The Odyssey The Iliad: Perseus Project, Tufts University The Odyssey: Perseus Project, Tufts University Scholarly Resources Homer and the Papyri: Center for Hellenic Studies: Harvard University "Homer": From "Bureaucrats and Barbarians: The Greek Dark Ages." By Richard Hooker -- explores poet's role in ancient history The Homer Homepage: Georgia Perimeter College -- directory for online resources "Iliad." By Roger Dunkle, Brooklyn College, CUNY. From The Classical Origins of Western Culture, c1986. "The Mythological Background of Homer's Iliad." By John Porter, University of Saskatchewan Biographical Research and Landmarks Homer. Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2001. Bartleby.com Homer. Perseus Encyclopedia: Tufts University -- detailed study Busse Library Resources Atchity, Kenneth John. Homer's Iliad: the shield of memory / c1978. PA4037 .A725 Clarke, Howard W. The art of the Odyssey / [1967] PA4037 .C48 Homer. The Odyssey of Homer / [c1921] PA4025.A5 P3 1921 Johnston, Ian C. The ironies of war: an introduction to Homer's Iliad / c1988. PA4037 .J58 1988 Kirk, G.S. Homer and the epic / 1965. PA4037 .K46 1965 Murray, Gilbert. The rise of the Greek epic / 1911. PA3105 .M85 1911 Peradotto, John. Man in the middle voice: name and narration in the Odyssey / c1990. PA 4167 .P4x Stanley, Keith. The shield of Homer: narrative structure in the Iliad / c1993. PA4037 .S74 1993 Steiner, George. Homer; a collection of critical essays / [1962] PA4037.A5 S7 Whitman, Cedric Hubbell. Homer and the heroic tradition / 1958. PA4025.A5 B9 1944 Leo Tolstoy Major Works Online Great Books Index: Leo Tolstoy -- directory of online texts Project Gutenberg: Leo Tolstoy -- offers full texts of all major works including Anna Karenina, War and Peace, and others PSU's Electronic Classics Series: Leo Tolstoy -- PDF directory of full texts from Penn State University The Tolstoy Library: Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) -- offers complete set of all major works Scholarly Resources Leo Tolstoy. By G.K. Chesterton and G.H. Perris. Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia -- critical study Reminiscences of Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy. By Maxim Gorky. Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia. Tolstoy Studies Journal: University of Toronto Biographical Research and Landmarks The Last Days of Leo Tolstoy by Vladimir Chertkob. -- full text of assistant's book about author's death Leo Tolstoy -- offers biography, chronology, works directory, and photo galleries Leo Tolstoy: Books and Writers -- biography Tolstoy Audio -- Russian text/audio only Tolstoy Images Gallery: Tolstoy Studies Journal Yasnaya Polyana: The Tolstoy Estate and Museum -- author's home for 60 years Busse Library Resources Adelman, Gary. Anna Karenina: the bitterness of ecstasy / 1990. PG3365 .A63 A34 1990 Bayley, John. Tolstoy and the novel / [1967,c1966] PG3385 .B38 1967 Christian, Reginald Frank. Tolstoy: a critical introduction / 1969. PG3410 .C55 Courcel, Martine de. Tolstoy: the ultimate reconciliation / c1987. PG3385 .W48 1988 Eikhenbaum, Boris. The young Tolstoi / [1972] PG3410 .N48 Jones, Malcolm V. New essays on Tolstoy / 1978. PG3410 .N48 Knowlson, T. Sharper. Leo Tolstoy: a biographical and critical study / [n.d.] PG3410 .K6x Silbajoris, Rimvydas. Tolstoy's aesthetics and his art / 1991. PG3415.A3 S5 1991 Geoffrey Chaucer Major Works Online The Canterbury Tales: Electronic Literature Foundation -- Middle and modern English translations The Canterbury Tales: Harvard University The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. Ed. Michael Murphy, CUNY. -- modern English versions Project Gutenberg: Geoffrey Chaucer -- directory to major works online Prologue: The Canterbury Tales: Medieval Sourcebook -- offers Middle English and modern English in side-by-side format Troilus and Criseyde: Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia -- Middle English only Scholarly Resources A Basic Chaucer Glossary: Towson University The Canterbury Tales Project: Center for Technology and the Arts, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK -- electronic compilation of all early manuscripts and forms of tales A Chaucer Bibliography. By Stephen R. Reimer. ENGL 324: University of Alberta, Canada Chaucer Bibliography Online: New Chaucer Society and University of Texas at San Antonio Library -- extensive holdings The Chaucer MetaPage: University of North Carolina -- offers bibliography, biography, links directory, and other resources The Chaucer Review: An Indexed Bibliography, volumes 1-30. GeoffreyChaucer.org: Annotated Guide to Online Resources -- critical site commentaries and recommendations Geoffrey Chaucer Website: Harvard University -- resources for college course Middle English Glossarial Database: Harvard University -- search Chaucer's works New Chaucer Society: Washington University, St. Louis Biographical Research and Landmarks Geoffrey Chaucer: Books and Writers -- biography Geoffrey Chaucer: The Catholic Encyclopedia -- extensive biography The Luminarium: Geoffrey Chaucer -- biography, essays, and other resources Busse Library Resources Baldwin, Ralph. The unity of the Canterbury tales / 1955. PR1874 .B3 1955 Benson, C. David. Chaucer's drama of style: poetic variety and contrast / c1986. PR1874 .B46 1986 Bloom, Harold. Geoffrey Chaucer's The knight's tale / 1988. PR1868.K63 G46 1988 Cooper, Helen. The Canterbury tales / 1989. PR1874 .C64 1989 Howard, Donald Roy. The idea of medieval literature: new essays on Chaucer / c1992. PR1924 .I34 1992 Lumiansky, R.M. Of sondry folk; the dramatic principle in the Canterbury tales / 1955. PR1874 .L8 Tripp, Raymond P. Beyond Canterbury: Chaucer, humanism, and literature / c1977. PR1924 .T7 Whittock, Trevor. A reading of the Canterbury tales / 1968. PR1874 .W5 Williams, David. The Canterbury Tales: a literary pilgrimage / c1987. PR1874 .W55 1987 Charles Dickens Major Works Online A Christmas Carol. Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia The David Copperfield Website -- full novel text and scholarly resources Great Books Index: Charles Dickens -- directory to online works Project Gutenberg: Charles Dickens -- full texts of all major works including A Tale of Two Cities, Sketches by Boz, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, Little Dorrit, Hard Times, A Christmas Carol, and many others Search Bleak House: Dickens Project, University of California -- context and chapter notes available Scholarly Resources Charles Dickens: Overview: The Victorian Web David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page -- outstanding resource on author The Dickens Project: University of California, Santa Cruz Dickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian Fiction A Hyper-Concordance to the Works of Charles Dickens: Victorian Literary Studies Archive Biographical Research and Landmarks Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum: Portsmouth, England Charles Dickens: Books and Writers -- biography Charles Dickens: Literary Encyclopedia -- critical biography Charles Dickens Museum, London -- only surviving home of author The Dickens Fellowship -- worldwide appreciation association Busse Library Resources Bentley, Nicolas. The Dickens index / 1988. PR4580 .B46 1988 Collins, Phillip Arthur William. Dickens: the critical heritage / 1971. PR4588 .C635 1971b Coolidge, Archibald Cary. Charles Dickens as serial novelist / [1967] PR4588 .C64 Davis, Earle Rosco. The flint and the flame; the artistry of Charles Dickens / 1963. PR4588 .D3 Dyson, A.E. The inimitable Dickens: a reading of the novels / [c1970] PR4581 .D9 Fielding, K.J. Charles Dickens; a critical introduction / [1958] PR4581 .F46 Hardy, Barbara Nathan. The moral art of Dickens / 1970. PR4588 .H3 1970b Korg, Jacob. Twentieth century interpretations of Bleak House / [1968] PR4556 .K6 Magnet, Myron. Dickens and the social order / 1985. PR4592.S58 M35 1985 Schlicke, Paul. Oxford reader's companion to Dickens / 1999. PR4580 .O94 1999 Stewart, Garrett. Dickens and the trials of imagination / 1974. PR4594 .S8 Wagenknecht, Edward. The man Charles Dickens, a Victorian portrait / 1929. PR4581 .W2 James Joyce Major Works Online The Internet Ulysses by James Joyce. Ed. by Jorn Barger. -- prominent online project with notes and full text James Joyce's Ulysses: One Page Every Day -- single page approach to novel Project Gutenberg: James Joyce -- full works collection offering Dubliners, Ulysses, Chamber Music, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Scholarly Resources The Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations. James Joyce's Ulysses. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee -- online exhibit Comparison of Online Ulysses Editions. By Jorn Barger (2000) -- detailed analysis of various texts International James Joyce Foundation IQ Infinity: The Unknown James Joyce. By Jorn Barger -- applies AI and computer design principles to the novels The James Joyce Center, Dublin James Joyce Quarterly: University of Tulsa (OK) James Joyce Scholars Collection: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. Edited by David Hayman. -- out-of-print and crucial, early criticism Joyce Country: An Alphabetical List of Persons and the Places that They Inhabit. By Bob Williams -- characters listing with citations Joyce Studies Annual: University of Texas Press -- TOC of past editions Biographical Research and Landmarks "And a Very Good Time it Was: A Short Life of James Joyce." By Tim Miller. -- extensive biography (PDF format) Archiving the Ephemeral: The James Joyce Collection at Buffalo, SUNY Libraries James Joyce: Books and Writers -- biography James Joyce Society -- NYC appreciation group James Joyce House: 15 Usher's Island (Dublin) -- setting for famous short story "The Dead" The James Joyce Museum: Dublin Joyce Chronology. By Bob Williams. The TIME 100: James Joyce -- detailed profile Busse Library Resources Adams, Robert Martin. AfterJoyce: studies in fiction after Ulysses / 1977. PR6019.O9 Z5228 Bidwell, Bruce. The Joycean way: a topographic guide to "Dubliners" / 1982. PR6019.O9 Z524x Budgen, Frank. James Joyce and the making of Ulysses / [1960] PR6019.O9 U63 1960 Burgess, Anthony. Joysprick: an introduction to the language of James Joyce / 1973. PR6019.O9 Z959 Deming, Robert H. A bibliography of James Joyce studies / c1977. PR6019.O9 Z529x 1977q Fargnoli, A. Nicholas. James Joyce A to Z: the essential reference / c1995. PR6019.O9 Z533376 1995 Joyce, James. The critical writings of James Joyce / 1989. PR6019.O9 A6 1989 Joyce, Stanislaus. My brother's keeper; James Joyce's early years / 1958. PR6019 .O9 Z649 Segall, Jeffrey. Joyce in America: cultural politics and the trials of Ulysses / c1993. PR6019. O9 U693 1993 Tindall, William York. A reader's guide to James Joyce / 1971 [c1959] PR6019.O9 Z833 1971 John Milton Major Works Online Great Books Index: John Milton -- directory of online texts The John Milton Reading Room: University of Dartmouth -- full texts of all major prose and poetry, including Samson Agonistes, Paradise Regained, and Poems (1645) Paradise Lost (1667 ed.): Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Paradise Lost (1674 ed.) John Milton Reading Room, University of Dartmouth. Paradise Regained (c.1665- 1667 ed.). Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Project Gutenberg: John Milton -- full text versions of Areopagitica, Paradise Lost, and Paradise Regained Representative Poetry Online (RPO): John Milton -- 39 classic texts Scholarly Resources The Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations: John Milton, Paradise Lost. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee -- online exhibit John Milton: The Milton-L Homepage -- scholarly discussion group The Luminarium: John Milton -- offers works, criticism, and biographical resources Milton Society of America Biographical Research and Landmarks John Milton: Books and Writers -- biography A John Milton Chronology. By Roy C. Flannagan, Ohio University John Milton: Literary Encyclopedia -- extensive, critical biography Milton's Cottage Museum: Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, England -- last remaining author home Busse Library Resources Danielson, Dennis Richard. The Cambridge companion to Milton / 1989. PR3588 .C27 1989 Hanford, James Holly. A Milton handbook / [1970] PR3588 .H2 1970 Klemp, P.J. The essential Milton: an annotated bibliography / c1989. PR3581 .K5x REF Kolbrener, William. Milton's warring angels: a study of critical / 1997. PR3588 .K65 1999 Milton, John. Paradise lost: an authoritative text / c1993. PR3560.A2 E45 1993 Reichert, John. Milton's wisdom: nature and scripture in Paradise Lost / c1992. PR3562 .R37 1992 Schwartz, Regina M. Remembering and repeating: on Milton's theology / 1993. PR3562 .S35 1993 Shawcross, John T. John Milton: the self and the world / c1993. PR3581 .S5 1993eb Walker, Julia M. Milton and the idea of woman / c1988. PR3592.W6 M55 1988 Webber, Joan. Milton and his epic tradition / c1979. PR3562 .W34 Wilson, A.N. The life of John Milton / 1984, c1983. PR3581 .W47 1984 Virgil [Vergil] Major Works Online The Aeneid. By Vergil. (Ed. Theodore C. Williams). Perseus Project, Tufts University -- available in Latin and English The Aeneid by Virgil. Project Gutenberg The Aeneid by Virgil. Translated by John Dryden. Internet Classics Archive, MIT The Aeneid by Vergil. The Vergil Project: University of Pennsylvania -- Latin text with commentary and online text editor Eclogues By Virgil. (ed. J.B. Greenough). Perseus Project, Tufts University -- Latin and English texts The Georgics. By Virgil. (ed. J.B. Greenough). Perseus Project -- Latin and English texts Scholarly Resources "A Bibliographic Guide to Vergil's Aeneid." By Shirley Werner. Appendix Vergiliana: Bibliotheca Augustana -- Latin text only The Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations: Virgil. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee -- online exhibit "An Introduction to the Art of Vergil." By William Harris, Middlebury College The Vergil Project: University of Pennsylvania -- offers five Latin editions The Vergil Search Engine The Vergilian Society Virgil in Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance: An Online Bibliography. By David Wilson-Okamura. Biographical Research and Landmarks The Life of Virgil. By Aelius Donatus (fl.350). Translated by David Wilson-Okamura (1996, c2005). Virgil: Books and Writers -- biography Busse Library Resources Bowra, C.M. From Virgil to Milton / 1945. PN1303 .B58x Commager, Steele. Virgil; a collection of critical essays / [1966] PA6825 .A3 1966 Cruttwell, Robert Wilson. Virgil's mind at work; an analysis of the symbolism / 1969. PA6825 .C78 1969 Hunt, John William. Forms of glory; structure and sense in Virgil's Aeneid / [1973] PA6825 .H8 Lyne, R.O.A.M. Further voices in Vergil's Aeneid / 1987. PA6825 .L96 1987 Poschl, Viktor. The art of Vergil; image and symbol / [1962] PA6825 .P613 1970 Vergillius Maro, Publius. The works of Virgil / 1880. PA6807.A1 D7x 1880 Virgil. The Aeneid of Virgil / in the English translation / [c1923] PA6801.A6 A4x Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Major Works Online Project Gutenberg: German Version -- full text of Faust Project Gutenburg: Goethe -- full directory of online works including complete poems and Faust in English and German Scholarly Resources The English Goethe Society -- oldest group in UK Goethe Association of Weimar -- German-only text The Goethe Collection: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University -- largest collection outside Germany The Goethe Society of North America The Goethe Yearbook: Goethe Society of North America -- view TOCs online "Historical and Literary References in Goethe's Faust." By Adam Rock, University of Calgary Variations of the Faust Myth: A Chronological, International Overview: University of Calgary Biographical Research and Landmarks The Goethe House in Frankfurt (Germany) Goethe Museum and Kippenberg Collection : Dusseldorf, Germany Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. Books and Writers Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. By Jane K. Brown, University of Washington -- detailed biography Busse Library Resources Dieckmann, Liselotte. Johann Wolfgang Goethe / [1974] PT2049 .D5 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Faust, part one & part two / [c1965] PT2026.F2 P25 Hohendorf, Horst. The life and times of Goethe / 1967. PT2054 .H612 Lange, Victor. Goethe; a collection of critical essays / [1968] PT2178 .L3 McMillan, Douglas J. Approaches to teaching Goethe's Faust / 1987. PT1930 .A6 1987 Other Pages in the Project : Authors by Name or Ranking The Literary 100: Author Name Index The Literary 100: Full Author Listings Authors by Gender, Nationality, or Location The Literary 100: American Authors The Literary 100: United Kingdom Authors The Literary 100: Women Authors The Literary 100: World Authors -- grouped by continent Of Special Interest The Literary 100: Children's Authors The Literary 100: Inspired Projects -- other "top 100" literary lists
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