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American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States
Index to 5000+ speeches, 200 audio clips, 100 of the "greatest' speaches in Amerian rhetoric, and 80 speeches from the movies.
Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls
"Stanford's Dime Novel and Story Paper Collection consists of over 8,000 individual items, and includes long runs of the major dime novel series (Frank Leslie's Boys of America, Happy Days, Beadle's New York Dime Library, etc.) and equally strong holdings of story papers like the New York Ledger and Saturday Night.
Ethnologue
"The Ethnologue is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Ethnologue Name Index lists over 39,000 language names, dialect names, and alternate names. The Ethnologue Language Family Index organizes languages according to language families." Online version of the the 13 edition. Barbara F. Grimes, Editor. Consulting Editors: Richard S. Pittman & Joseph E. Grimes.
History of the English Language
Index of links to the history of the English langauge. Maintained by by Don Mosser at the University of Vermont.
Humbul Humanities Hub
"Humbul is a service. It is dedicated to discovering, evaluating and cataloguing online resources in the humanities. Humbul provides online access to this growing collection of records. It is constantly seeking new ways to increase the availablity and use of its record collection."
Hyperizons: Hypertext Fiction
Site devoted to the emerging genre of hypertext fiction. Created by Michael Shumate of Duke's Special Collections Library.
The Ibsen Centre
"Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) is considered the father of modern drama and one of the world’s most famous playwrights. As relevant today as 100 years ago, his plays are still staged the world over ... The Centre for Ibsen Studies was founded as part of the University of Oslo on 1 September 1992 in an effort to facilitate research on, and the dissemination of information about, Henrik Ibsen and his work. The Centre’s objective is to enhance and promote research on Ibsen in the national and international arenas. The Centre is an information and service centre designed to facilitate research on Ibsen for Norwegian and foreign scholars and students, as well as for people associated with the theatre."
Lake Superior Writers
"Lake Superior Writers is a membership organization that offers support to writers at all levels, from the experienced published writer to the emerging artist. The organization sponsors a periodic writers contest (which provides cash awards to winners and publishes their work in an anthology); writing workshops in various techniques; regular genre-based writing groups, a newsletter; a monthly E-calendar of events, and ongoing community-outreach projects."
Modern Language Association
"Founded in 1883, the Modern Language Association of America provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy. MLA members host an annual convention and other meetings, work with related organizations, and sustain one of the finest publishing programs in the humanities. For over a hundred years, members have worked to strengthen the study and teaching of language and literature."
Plagiarism
Annotated bibliography compiled by Sharon Stoerger.
Prehistoric Fiction
Steve Trussel compiles this page about prehistoric fiction.
Project Gutenberg
Plain vanilla texts of over 10,000 books in the public domain.
Scholarly Societies Online
Listings and information on over 1200 websites maintained by international academic and scholarly societies.
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