English

ESL

Catesol:ESL Resources http://www.catesol.org/resource.html World Wide Web ESL Resources. Scroll down to Teacher/Student Resources.
Interesting Things for ESL Students http://www.manythings.org/ Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and more for learners of English as a second language.
OWL ESL Resources http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html Comprehensive list of ESL resources for students on the Internet, maintained by the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
OWL Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html This website succinctly explains proper grammar, punctuation and spelling.

Literature and Literary Criticism

C-Span American Writers http://www.americanwriters.org/ This companion website from C-Span focuses on American writers and is searchable by writer, work or place.
English Literature Resources http://www.english-literature.org/resources/ Resources and Links regarding English Literature.
Key Sites on American Literature http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oal/amlitweb.htm List of key links to American literature.
Literary Criticism (IPL) http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/“The IPL (Internet Public Library) Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period”.
Resources for World Literature http://www.gpc.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/english_203b.html Resources and links regarding World Literature.