Resources for Classic Authors
Websites:
to the author biography. These biographies are short descriptions about the author's life and their works. You can also further refine the author
search by genre.
quiz, and a discussion forum.
for British figures but from all over the world. Many of the famous classic authors are included and it gives a good, general biography.
Books:
to a specific author, it allows for a very in depth and detailed biography of each of the authors listed.
each of these influential authors written by different people.
Top Classic Authors:
Homer Homer is a very difficult figure to find exact biographies on because there are issues surrounding his existance. This biography of Homer also
discusses the issues surrounding him and the fact that much is not known about him and must be guessed and deduced from tradition The existence and evidence for the author Homer is questionable because much does not exist on him and this site does a good job of discussing
Homer as an author and it also discusses the issues and theories surrounding him.
Jane Austen
family to discuss her life and relationships. This entire site is dedicated to Jane Austen and contains a detailed biography but also contains other information about the author and her works. It
is very thoroughly dedicated to Austen.
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s life and time. Absolute Shakespeare contains information and pages about many of Shakespeare's works. The biography part is not done in the traditional
paragraph form but broken down into topics with a short description of that aspect of his life. The "Ultimate Shakespeare Resource Guide" contains links to Shakespeare research materials, collections, and more.
Top 10 Classic Authors
- Classic Reader http://www.classicreader.com/list/authors/
to the author biography. These biographies are short descriptions about the author's life and their works. You can also further refine the author
search by genre.
- The Literature Network http://www.online-literature.com/
quiz, and a discussion forum.
- Historic Figures http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/
for British figures but from all over the world. Many of the famous classic authors are included and it gives a good, general biography.
Books:
- Great Writers: Cervantes, Scott, Milton, Virgil, Montaigne, Shakespeare by George Woodberry.
to a specific author, it allows for a very in depth and detailed biography of each of the authors listed.
- Literary genius: 25 classic writers who define English and American literature by Joseph Epstein.
each of these influential authors written by different people.
Top Classic Authors:
Homer Homer is a very difficult figure to find exact biographies on because there are issues surrounding his existance. This biography of Homer also
discusses the issues surrounding him and the fact that much is not known about him and must be guessed and deduced from tradition The existence and evidence for the author Homer is questionable because much does not exist on him and this site does a good job of discussing
Homer as an author and it also discusses the issues and theories surrounding him.
Jane Austen
- Jane Austen, Obstinate Heart: a biography by Valerie Grosvenor Myer
family to discuss her life and relationships. This entire site is dedicated to Jane Austen and contains a detailed biography but also contains other information about the author and her works. It
is very thoroughly dedicated to Austen.
William Shakespeare
- Shakespeare: the biography by Peter Ackroyd
Shakespeare’s life and time. Absolute Shakespeare contains information and pages about many of Shakespeare's works. The biography part is not done in the traditional
paragraph form but broken down into topics with a short description of that aspect of his life. The "Ultimate Shakespeare Resource Guide" contains links to Shakespeare research materials, collections, and more.
Top 10 Classic Authors