English, Communications & Media Studies: Websites & More

A digital collection dedicated to the life and work of poet Algernon Charles Swinburne.

Listen, watch, and read interviews with some of the most notable 20th century writers as archived by the BBC.

A free encyclopedia covering mythology, folklore, and religion from all over the world. While this hasn't been updated in several years, the information is still relevant and the sources are usually cited.

The result of major research institutions and libraries banding together to preserve cultural material. Includes access to millions of digitized books that are past their copyright, mostly non-fiction.

Developed as a free online library, it now includes half a million digitized books and other free resources such as archived internet pages, video games, videos, and music.

Find detailed information about almost every movie and television show ever made.

Take a close look at the digitized versions of Jane Austen’s original manuscripts!

While it hasn’t been updated in a few years, this anthology of historical English literature is a good place to find a variety of texts divided by time period. There is also an encyclopedia linked to it that provides thorough explanations, images, and resources for further reading.

Browse through the English section of MERLOT’s excellent collection of peer-recommended web-based teaching and learning resources. There are also sections for Comparative Literature and Classics, Communication Studies, and Journalism.

Search or browse through thousands of free educational and cultural materials such as eBooks, audiobooks, films, and online courses. They are great to follow on social media to be kept up to date about what they’ve found!

Find over 46,000 free to use eBooks that are in a variety of formats (PDF, epub, Kindle ready). Many are works of literature that are in the public domain!

Search through the digitized manuscripts of “England’s First Family of Writers” Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, William Godwin, and Mary Wollstonecraft. You likely know Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly as the author of Frankenstein.

This Wikipedia-like site catalogs a variety of tropes used in popular culture storytelling. Excellent for writing inspiration or pop culture analysis!

Find works by lesser-known women writers from the 19th century. You can browse by author, title, genre, or year.

See digitized manuscripts, notebooks, letters, and more from Walt Whitman. The site also links to bibliographies and criticisms.

Find letters, full digitized text of fiction including short stories, images, audio, and more by and about Willa Cather.

A multimedia archive dedicated to the visual art and poetry of William Blake.