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Subject Guide - English

RPCC Library Online Resources


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Grammar, Composition, Writing, & Citation Help


Literature, Literary Analysis, and Criticism

  • The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, “contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing.”
  • Poets.org, from the Academy of American Poets, offers numerous resources on classic and contemporary poetry, poems searchable by title or poet, audio and video resources, interviews, bios, essays, and more.
  • Shakespeare's Works from Folger Shakespeare Library: A comprehensive digital collection of Shakespeare’s plays and poetry with an interactive interface.
  • The Short-Story: Specimens Illustrating Its Development, from Bartleby.com, offers “a selection of 23 short stories from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the Twentieth Century.”
  • Voices and Visions, a series of videos from Annenberg Learner on thirteen American poets.

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