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Literature

Arts/Literature includes links to websites dealing with a wide range of subjects and interests which span the entire length and breadth of the literary arts: webpages devoted to specific, recognized authors, sites on book-collecting, sites covering specific genres and types of literature, and even online editions of specific works by numerous recognized authors and poets of the past as well as no few of the present.

Websites for publishers should be submitted to an appropriate category of Business/Industries/Publishing -- they will not be listed here.

Websites selling books or publications should be submitted to an appropriate category of Shopping/Publications -- they will not be listed here.

Websites concerned with writing that has not appeared in print should be submitted to an appropriate category of Arts/Online_Writing -- they will not be listed here.

Authors

This category primarily serves as a placeholder for the subcategories that are dedicated to individual, recognized authors.

To site suggesters: Please find the most specific category. We list sites according to the author's last name, and the genre. If for example the author's name is Jane Doe, and she writes only poetry, please click on the letter D sub-category, then on the Poetry link. That is where the website should be suggested. If the author writes in a variety of Genres, simply click on the letter D sub-category, then suggest the site there. Also be aware that when the primary focus is to sell books, those sites should be suggested to Shopping/Publications/Books or its sub-categories.

Awards and Bestsellers

This category is concerned primarily with sites presenting information about literary awards, usually for published works, or best seller lists. Alternatively, sites relating information on prizes and awards in support, recognition, or promotion of the field of literature.

Sites concerning individual authors should not be submitted to this category. For example, a site on Stephen King should be submitted here: Arts: Literature: Authors: Horror: K: King, Stephen.

Commercial sites should be submitted to the appropriate "shopping" category. For example a site selling books by Stephen King should be submitted here: Shopping: Publications: Books: Fiction: Sci-Fi Fantasy and Horror: King, Stephen.

Biography

This category is for online information about biographies, including online texts. Sites that are selling books or information must be submitted to a subcategory of Shopping/Publications/Books; they will not be reviewed here.

Chats and Forums

Chats and Forums are an interactive element on many websites. The presentation and delivery formats may vary slightly, from threaded discussion boards, to online mailing lists and live chat, but all facilitate the exchange of ideas and information in an online community setting.

Arts/Literature/Chats & Forums is for online literary communities whose main feature is an interactive community discussing published literature and authors.

Chats or forums whose main focus is submitting of original writing for online viewing and discussion belong in the Online_Writing category.

To maximize visibility, first look for the most specific category for the community. For example, if the main focus of your community forums is Science Fiction, your best bet would be to submit to Science Fiction and Fantasy/Message Boards and Communities/. Likewise if your main focus is discussion of a specific author or book - like ''Stephen King'' or ''Harry Potter'' - check to see if these categories have an area for forum communities.

Children's

This category is for sites that offer information about literature for children. Sites which sell literature for children do not belong in this category. They should be sent to Shopping/Books/Sellers/Children. Do not add duplicate URL's.

Drama

Drama here refers to a play, or a literary composition intended to portray life or character or to tell a story usually involving conflicts and emotions exhibited through action and dialogue, designed for theatrical performance. The resulting literary traditions reflect the full spectrum of thought as history allows us to know it. A dramatist, or playwright, is one who writes plays. Dramatist can also refer to a person involved in the art of composing, writing, acting, or producing plays. In this category are found sites and categories relating to playwrights, their literary works, and the artistic environments and traditions in which they worked.

Please submit sites relating to specific dramatists

Electronic Text Archives

This category is for printed literary texts available on the Internet--links to Internet literature archive projects such as Project Gutenberg, for example, can be found here. If you are looking for--or wish to submit a site with or related to--literature originally published to the Internet, you may wish to browse the Arts: Online Writing category.

Festivals

Literature festivals vary tremendously in their formats, but all have in common a wish to celebrate literature and literacy. Typically, a festival will be spread over more than one day and will include readings from authors, book sales, workshops and signings. Some festivals concentrate on "great" literature, others focus on the literature of a particular part of the world, others again may focus on children's literature or more accessible, everyday books.

Genres

This Arts/Literature category contains listings of websites which are related to fiction. Its sub-categories are sorted by genre, form, mode of publication, and so on.

Sites listed at this level are restricted to those covering multiple genres, or, a recognized (sub)genre without a subcategory -- academic studies, tributes to or studies of multiple authors or works, interviews, substantive reviews, journalistic articles about the genre or its writers, and bibliographies. Sites specific to a single genre should be submitted to that genre''s lowest specifically related subcategory, i.e. Robert Jordan can be found in Arts/Literature/Genres/Fantasy/Authors/J/Jordan,_Robert.

Journals

This category is for academic journals with reviews and articles about literary theory and other scholarly works.

This category is for academic journals with reviews and articles about literary theory and other scholarly works.

Literary e-zines and magazines should be suggested to Arts/Literature/Magazines_and_E-zines

E-zines that have content by authors should be suggested to Arts/Online_Writing/E-zines

E-zines or print magazines that have content for writers, that is "writer's resources" should be suggested to the best category in Arts/Writers_Resources/News_and_Media

Magazines and E-zines

This category at the Open Directory Project is for listing websites of print literary magazines, or online literary magazines with a print edition. Online magazines (e-zines) that have printed literature as the subject may also be included in this category. E-zines with writing that exists only online, whether in the form of a webzine, available by email or by downloading in a format such as PDF, can be found in the Online Writing category.

Only submit magazines that have a print edition, or e-zine that have as the subject printed literature, in this category. The magazine should feature some form of literature.

Magazines that review literature or provide some form of literary criticism should be submitted to the Reviews and Criticism category.

Magazines that are primarily one genre might have a more suitable category under that genre; specifically, Poetry, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.

Magazines that exist only online should be submitted in the E-zine category.

Websites for academic journals should be submitted to the Journals category.

Myths and Folktales

This category is the top level home for subcategories dedicated to traditional and classical folktales, fairy tales, myths, fables, and legends (including urban legends).

Do not suggest shopping sites, fantasy sites, and sites in languages other than English to this category and its subcategories.

Please suggest new URL's directly to the most appropriate subcategory for review.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Performance

This category is for listings of websites dealing with literary performance--readings, non-theatric (strictly speaking) dramatizations, and so on.

Periods and Movements

This category contains listings of internet resources related to the history of literature--literary movements, periods, eras, and so forth.

Philosophical (read: academic) existentialism should go in Society/Philosophy/Current_Movements/Existentialism.

Personal Pages

Collection of web pages about an individual or group and their interests, relevant to Literature. Please select the subcategory best describing the content/topic of the site.

Poetry

This is for non-commercial websites about poetry, which is defined as "writing... in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm".

This category is only for non-commercial websites with a wide variety of poetry topics. If you suggest sites here that aren't about a wide variety of poetry topics, they will take a very long time to be reviewed; thus, we strongly suggest you help us help you, and find the most appropriate and specific category before suggesting the website.

NOTE: For websites selling poetry, please click on the link titled "Shopping". It will take you to https://curlie.org/Shopping/Publications/Books/Arts/Poetry.